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29 Bahman 1439
Thursday 29 Bahman 1439 in the Persian calendar is Thursday, 17 February 2061, and 26 Ramadan 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.
This day in four calendars
- Persian29 Bahman 1439
- Gregorian17 February 2061
- Islamic26 Ramadan 1483
- Imperial29 Bahman 2619
- Day of the year335 of 365
- Left in the year30 days
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Occasions on 29 Bahman 1439
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On this day: February 17
Events
- 1865 (161 years ago) American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
- 1944 (82 years ago) World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
- 1992 (34 years ago) First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops massacre more than 20 Azerbaijani civilians during the Capture of Garadaghly.
- 1995 (31 years ago) The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.
- 1996 (30 years ago) The 8.2 Mw Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving 166 people dead or missing and 423 injured.
- 2008 (18 years ago) Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
- 2011 (15 years ago) Arab Spring: In Bahrain, security forces launch a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama; the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday.
- 2015 (11 years ago) Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti.
Births
- 624 (1402 years ago) Wu Zetian, Chinese empress consort (died 705)
- 1836 (190 years ago) Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (died 1870)
- 1888 (138 years ago) Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1969)
- 1925 (101 years ago) Hal Holbrook, American actor and director (died 2021)
- 1955 (71 years ago) Mo Yan, Chinese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1963 (63 years ago) Michael Jordan, American basketball player, executive, and businessman
- 1981 (45 years ago) Paris Hilton, American model, media personality, actress, singer, DJ, author and businesswoman
- 1991 (35 years ago) Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Deaths
- 1600 (426 years ago) Giordano Bruno, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (born 1548)
- 1673 (353 years ago) Molière, French actor and playwright (born 1622)
- 1856 (170 years ago) Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (born 1797)
- 1909 (117 years ago) Geronimo, American tribal leader (born 1829)
- 1934 (92 years ago) Albert I of Belgium,
- 1970 (56 years ago) Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
- 1986 (40 years ago) Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (born 1895)
- 1998 (28 years ago) Ernst Jünger, German soldier, philosopher, and author (born 1895)