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31 Shahrivar 1441

Thursday 31 Shahrivar 1441 in the Persian calendar is Thursday, 21 September 2062, and 17 Jumada al-Awwal 1485 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

455 (1571 years ago) Emperor Avitus enters Italy with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
1953 (73 years ago) Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
1964 (62 years ago) Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
1965 (61 years ago) The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
1977 (49 years ago) Malév Flight 203 crashes near Urziceni, Romania, killing 29 people.
1991 (35 years ago) Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union.
2013 (13 years ago) Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
2019 (7 years ago) A 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana.

1842 (184 years ago) Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1918)
1866 (160 years ago) H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (died 1946)
1909 (117 years ago) Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian educator and politician, 1st President of Ghana (died 1972)
1934 (92 years ago) Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (died 2016)
1947 (79 years ago) Stephen King, American author and screenwriter
1954 (72 years ago) Shinzo Abe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2022)
1957 (69 years ago) Kevin Rudd, Australian politician and diplomat, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
1980 (46 years ago) Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress

19 BC Virgil, Roman poet (born 70 BC)
687 (1339 years ago) Pope Conon,
1327 (699 years ago) Edward II of England,
1558 (468 years ago) Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1500)
1576 (450 years ago) Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (born 1501)
1832 (194 years ago) Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (born 1771)
1860 (166 years ago) Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (born 1788)
1957 (69 years ago) Haakon VII of Norway,