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7 Aban 1439

Thursday 7 Aban 1439 in the Persian calendar is Thursday, 28 October 2060, and 3 Jumada al-Thani 1483 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

1420 (606 years ago) Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty when the Forbidden City is completed.
1492 (534 years ago) Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan.
1776 (250 years ago) American Revolutionary War: British troops under General William Howe attack General George Washington's Continental Army and capture Chatterton Hill in the Battle of White Plains during the New York and New Jersey campaign.
1918 (108 years ago) World War I: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
1940 (86 years ago) World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
1965 (61 years ago) Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
2009 (17 years ago) US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
2018 (8 years ago) Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.

1466 (560 years ago) Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)
1903 (123 years ago) Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (died 1966)
1914 (112 years ago) Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (died 1995)
1933 (93 years ago) Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (died 1983)
1955 (71 years ago) Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
1956 (70 years ago) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran
1967 (59 years ago) Julia Roberts, American actress and producer
1974 (52 years ago) Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer

312 (1714 years ago) Maxentius, Roman emperor (born 278)
1627 (399 years ago) Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (born 1569)
1704 (322 years ago) John Locke, English physician and philosopher (born 1632)
1740 (286 years ago) Anna of Russia,
1818 (208 years ago) Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (born 1744)
1900 (126 years ago) Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (born 1823)
2022 (4 years ago) Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1935)
2023 (3 years ago) Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (born 1969)