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4 Tir 1444

Wednesday 4 Tir 1444 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 24 June 2065, and 19 Rabi' al-Awwal 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

1571 (455 years ago) Miguel López de Legazpi conquers Manila for Spain, modern day capital of the Philippines.
1821 (205 years ago) Battle of Carabobo: Decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
1913 (113 years ago) Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
1932 (94 years ago) A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
1945 (81 years ago) The first Victory Day Parade takes place on Red Square in Moscow, Soviet Union, symbolizing the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany.
1960 (66 years ago) Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt is injured in an assassination attempt.
1995 (31 years ago) Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
2002 (24 years ago) The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.

1842 (184 years ago) Ambrose Bierce, American short story writer, essayist, and journalist (died 1914)
1883 (143 years ago) Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
1911 (115 years ago) Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (died 1995)
1911 (115 years ago) Ernesto Sabato, Argentine physicist and academic (died 2011)
1927 (99 years ago) Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
1941 (85 years ago) Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author
1962 (64 years ago) Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexican politician
1987 (39 years ago) Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer

1398 (628 years ago) Hongwu, Chinese emperor (born 1328)
1519 (507 years ago) Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (born 1480)
1908 (118 years ago) Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (born 1837)
1922 (104 years ago) Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1867)
1935 (91 years ago) Carlos Gardel, French-Argentine singer, composer and actor (born 1890)
1980 (46 years ago) V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (born 1894)
2014 (12 years ago) Eli Wallach, American actor (born 1915)
2021 (5 years ago) Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (born 1960)