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26 Farvardin 1431
Sunday 26 Farvardin 1431 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 14 April 2052, and 14 Sha'ban 1474 in the Islamic calendar.
This day's Islamic date is not yet officially announced and is an astronomical estimate; it and the day's religious occasions may move by a day.
This day in four calendars
- Persian26 Farvardin 1431
- Gregorian14 April 2052
- Islamic14 Sha'ban 1474
- Imperial26 Farvardin 2611
- Day of the year26 of 365
- Left in the year339 days
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On this day: April 14
Events
- 69 (1957 years ago) Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho in the First Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome.
- 1929 (97 years ago) The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix takes place in the Principality of Monaco. William Grover-Williams wins driving a Bugatti Type 35.
- 1978 (48 years ago) Tbilisi demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
- 1988 (38 years ago) In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
- 1991 (35 years ago) The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1994 (32 years ago) In a friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two U.S. Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
- 2002 (24 years ago) Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
- 2024 (2 years ago) Flooding in the Persian Gulf starts, killing 19 in Oman.
Births
- 1126 (900 years ago) Averroes, Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher (died 1198)
- 1578 (448 years ago) Philip III of Spain,
- 1629 (397 years ago) Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (died 1695)
- 1889 (137 years ago) Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian and academic (died 1975)
- 1891 (135 years ago) B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist, jurist, and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Law and Justice (died 1956)
- 1906 (120 years ago) Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (died 1975)
- 1940 (86 years ago) Julie Christie, Indian-English actress and activist
- 1973 (53 years ago) Adrien Brody, American actor
Deaths
- 911 (1115 years ago) Pope Sergius III, pope of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1759 (267 years ago) George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer (born 1685)
- 1917 (109 years ago) L. L. Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist, created Esperanto (born 1859)
- 1930 (96 years ago) Vladimir Mayakovsky, Georgian-Russian actor, playwright, and poet (born 1893)
- 1935 (91 years ago) Emmy Noether, German-American mathematician and academic (born 1882)
- 1950 (76 years ago) Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (born 1879)
- 1964 (62 years ago) Rachel Carson, American biologist and author (born 1907)
- 1986 (40 years ago) Simone de Beauvoir, French novelist and philosopher (born 1908)