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16 Farvardin 1450

Sunday 16 Farvardin 1450 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 5 April 2071, and 4 Rabi' al-Awwal 1494 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

1818 (208 years ago) In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
1879 (147 years ago) Bolivia declares war on Chile, and Chile declares war on Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Adolf Hitler issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41 summarizing Case Blue, including the German Sixth Army's planned assault on Stalingrad.
1958 (68 years ago) Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada, is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
1976 (50 years ago) In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
1998 (28 years ago) In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.
2009 (17 years ago) North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of six-party talks.
2010 (16 years ago) Up to 50 people are killed and another 100 injured in two militant suicide bombings and attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan: the first on an Awami National Party rally in Timergara; the second on the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar.

1568 (458 years ago) Pope Urban VIII,
1588 (438 years ago) Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (died 1679)
1900 (126 years ago) Spencer Tracy, American actor (died 1967)
1908 (118 years ago) Bette Davis, American actress (died 1989)
1916 (110 years ago) Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer (died 2003)
1937 (89 years ago) Colin Powell, American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State (died 2021)
1947 (79 years ago) Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Filipino academic and politician, 14th President of the Philippines
1950 (76 years ago) Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

1794 (232 years ago) Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (born 1759)
1964 (62 years ago) Douglas MacArthur, American general (born 1880)
1975 (51 years ago) Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (born 1887)
1976 (50 years ago) Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (born 1905)
1994 (32 years ago) Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1967)
1997 (29 years ago) Allen Ginsberg, American poet (born 1926)
2005 (21 years ago) Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
2008 (18 years ago) Charlton Heston, American actor, director, and political activist (born 1923)