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5 Farvardin 1435
Friday 5 Farvardin 1435 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 24 March 2056, and 7 Ramadan 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.
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This day in four calendars
- Persian5 Farvardin 1435
- Gregorian24 March 2056
- Islamic7 Ramadan 1478
- Imperial5 Farvardin 2615
- Day of the year5 of 365
- Left in the year360 days
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Occasions on 5 Farvardin 1435
On this day: March 24
Events
- 1199 (827 years ago) King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
- 1934 (92 years ago) The Tydings–McDuffie Act is passed by the United States Congress, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
- 1944 (82 years ago) German troops massacre 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
- 1949 (77 years ago) Hanns Albin Rauter, a chief SS and Police Leader in the Netherlands, is convicted and executed for crimes against humanity.
- 1976 (50 years ago) In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a seven-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.
- 1990 (36 years ago) Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War ends with the last ship of Indian Peace Keeping Force leaving Sri Lanka.
- 2008 (18 years ago) Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
- 2018 (8 years ago) Students across the United States stage the March for Our Lives demanding gun control in response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.
Births
- 1834 (192 years ago) William Morris, English textile designer, poet, and author (died 1896)
- 1874 (152 years ago) Harry Houdini, Hungarian-American magician and actor (died 1926)
- 1884 (142 years ago) Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
- 1930 (96 years ago) Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (died 1980)
- 1954 (72 years ago) Rafael Orozco Maestre, Colombian singer (died 1992)
- 1956 (70 years ago) Steve Ballmer, American businessman
- 1973 (53 years ago) Jim Parsons, American actor
Deaths
- 809 (1217 years ago) Harun al-Rashid, Arab caliph (born 763)
- 1603 (423 years ago) Elizabeth I of England,
- 1882 (144 years ago) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (born 1807)
- 1905 (121 years ago) Jules Verne, French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1828)
- 1946 (80 years ago) Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (born 1892)
- 1976 (50 years ago) Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (born 1887)
- 2016 (10 years ago) Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer (born 1947)
- 2016 (10 years ago) Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1949)