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3 Bahman 1434

Sunday 3 Bahman 1434 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 23 January 2056, and 5 Rajab 1478 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

No occasion is recorded for this day. Next occasion: International Day of Education, Monday 4 Bahman (tomorrow).

1579 (447 years ago) The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
1719 (307 years ago) The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
1941 (85 years ago) Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
1943 (83 years ago) World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
1950 (76 years ago) The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
1958 (68 years ago) After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
1967 (59 years ago) Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
2018 (8 years ago) The China–United States trade war begins when President Donald Trump places tariffs on Chinese solar panels and washing machines.

1783 (243 years ago) Stendhal, French novelist (died 1842)
1832 (194 years ago) Édouard Manet, French painter (died 1883)
1862 (164 years ago) David Hilbert, German mathematician and academic (died 1943)
1907 (119 years ago) Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
1918 (108 years ago) Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
1930 (96 years ago) Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
1947 (79 years ago) Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian politician, 5th president of Indonesia
1984 (42 years ago) Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer

1516 (510 years ago) Ferdinand II of Aragon,
1931 (95 years ago) Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (born 1881)
1944 (82 years ago) Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1863)
1989 (37 years ago) Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1904)
2002 (24 years ago) Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (born 1930)
2015 (11 years ago) Abdullah of Saudi Arabia,
2021 (5 years ago) Hal Holbrook, American actor and director (born 1925)
2021 (5 years ago) Larry King, American journalist and talk show host (born 1933)