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17 Tir 1447
Saturday 17 Tir 1447 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 7 July 2068, and 7 Jumada al-Awwal 1491 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
- Persian17 Tir 1447
- Gregorian7 July 2068
- Islamic7 Jumada al-Awwal 1491
- Imperial17 Tir 2627
- Day of the year110 of 365
- Left in the year255 days
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Occasions on 17 Tir 1447
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On this day: July 7
Events
- 1930 (96 years ago) The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement organises the Peasant March demonstration in Helsinki to put pressure on the government to prohibit communist activities.
- 1944 (82 years ago) World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
- 1953 (73 years ago) Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
- 1980 (46 years ago) Institution of sharia law in Iran.
- 1981 (45 years ago) US President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1983 (43 years ago) Cold War: Samantha Smith, a United States schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
- 1991 (35 years ago) Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 2012 (14 years ago) At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
Births
- 1843 (183 years ago) Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1926)
- 1860 (166 years ago) Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1911)
- 1882 (144 years ago) Yanka Kupala, Belarusian poet and writer (died 1941)
- 1899 (127 years ago) George Cukor, American director and producer (died 1983)
- 1901 (125 years ago) Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director (died 1974)
- 1907 (119 years ago) Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (died 1988)
- 1940 (86 years ago) Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
- 1949 (77 years ago) Shelley Duvall, American actress, writer, and producer (died 2024)
Deaths
- 1304 (722 years ago) Benedict XI, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1240)
- 1307 (719 years ago) Edward I, king of England (born 1239)
- 1901 (125 years ago) Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (born 1827)
- 1930 (96 years ago) Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer, creator of Sherlock Holmes (born 1859)
- 2006 (20 years ago) Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (born 1928)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (born 1926)
- 2021 (5 years ago) Jovenel Moïse, Haitian entrepreneur and politician, President of Haiti (born 1968)