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6 Esfand 1440
Friday 6 Esfand 1440 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 24 February 2062, and 14 Shawwal 1484 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.
Friday
This day in four calendars
- Persian6 Esfand 1440
- Gregorian24 February 2062
- Islamic14 Shawwal 1484
- Imperial6 Esfand 2620
- Day of the year342 of 365
- Left in the year23 days
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Occasions on 6 Esfand 1440
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On this day: February 24
Events
- 1812 (214 years ago) Treaty of Paris between Napoleon and Frederick William III of Prussia against Russia is signed.
- 1920 (106 years ago) The Nazi Party (NSDAP) is founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany.
- 1943 (83 years ago) World War II: First large-scale protest march resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police in Athens against rumours of forced mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany.
- 1945 (81 years ago) Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
- 1991 (35 years ago) Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
- 2004 (22 years ago) The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.
- 2007 (19 years ago) Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
- 2022 (4 years ago) Russo-Ukrainian War: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Births
- 1304 (722 years ago) Ibn Battuta, Moroccan explorer
- 1463 (563 years ago) Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494)
- 1500 (526 years ago) Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1558)
- 1536 (490 years ago) Pope Clement VIII,
- 1944 (82 years ago) David Wineland, American physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- 1955 (71 years ago) Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (died 2011)
- 1956 (70 years ago) Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
- 1961 (65 years ago) Erna Solberg, Norwegian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Norway
Deaths
- 1799 (227 years ago) Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (born 1742)
- 1810 (216 years ago) Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (born 1731)
- 1815 (211 years ago) Robert Fulton, American engineer (born 1765)
- 1856 (170 years ago) Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1792)
- 1990 (36 years ago) Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (born 1896)
- 2001 (25 years ago) Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (born 1916)
- 2018 (8 years ago) Sridevi, Indian actress (born 1963)
- 2020 (6 years ago) Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (born 1918)