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5 Aban 1444
Monday 5 Aban 1444 in the Persian calendar is Monday, 26 October 2065, and 25 Rajab 1488 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
- Persian5 Aban 1444
- Gregorian26 October 2065
- Islamic25 Rajab 1488
- Imperial5 Aban 2624
- Day of the year221 of 365
- Left in the year144 days
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Occasions on 5 Aban 1444
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On this day: October 26
Events
- 1774 (252 years ago) American Revolution: The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
- 1917 (109 years ago) World War I: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
- 1937 (89 years ago) Nazi Germany begins expulsions of 18,000 Polish Jews.
- 1942 (84 years ago) World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.
- 1977 (49 years ago) Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
- 1991 (35 years ago) Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
- 1994 (32 years ago) Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
- 1999 (27 years ago) The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
Births
- 1759 (267 years ago) Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (died 1794)
- 1800 (226 years ago) Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (died 1891)
- 1916 (110 years ago) François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France (died 1996)
- 1919 (107 years ago) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (died 1980)
- 1942 (84 years ago) Bob Hoskins, English actor, singer, and director (died 2014)
- 1947 (79 years ago) Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States
- 1959 (67 years ago) Evo Morales, Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia
- 1973 (53 years ago) Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter
Deaths
- 899 (1127 years ago) Alfred the Great, English king (born 849)
- 1764 (262 years ago) William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (born 1697)
- 1890 (136 years ago) Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (born 1826)
- 1902 (124 years ago) Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (born 1815)
- 1909 (117 years ago) Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (born 1841)
- 1957 (69 years ago) Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896)
- 1957 (69 years ago) Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (born 1883)
- 1979 (47 years ago) Park Chung Hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (born 1917)