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22 Dey 1453
Friday 22 Dey 1453 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 11 January 2075, and 23 Muharram 1498 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.
Friday
This day in four calendars
- Persian22 Dey 1453
- Gregorian11 January 2075
- Islamic23 Muharram 1498
- Imperial22 Dey 2633
- Day of the year298 of 366
- Left in the year68 days
- ZodiacCapricorn
- YearHorse
Occasions on 22 Dey 1453
No occasion is recorded for this day. Next occasion: Yennayer (Amazigh New Year), Saturday 23 Dey (tomorrow).
On this day: January 11
Events
- 1861 (165 years ago) American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
- 1923 (103 years ago) Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
- 1943 (83 years ago) Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
- 1962 (64 years ago) An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
- 1972 (54 years ago) East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
- 1994 (32 years ago) The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
- 1998 (28 years ago) Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
- 2013 (13 years ago) One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
Births
- 347 (1679 years ago) Theodosius I, Roman emperor (died 395)
- 1755 (271 years ago) Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1804)
- 1842 (184 years ago) William James, American psychologist and philosopher (died 1910)
- 1906 (120 years ago) Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD (died 2008)
- 1954 (72 years ago) Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1975 (51 years ago) Matteo Renzi, Italian politician, 56th Prime Minister of Italy
- 1979 (47 years ago) Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman
- 1992 (34 years ago) Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer
Deaths
- 140 (1886 years ago) Pope Hyginus, Bishop of Rome (born 74)
- 1928 (98 years ago) Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (born 1840)
- 1941 (85 years ago) Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (born 1868)
- 1988 (38 years ago) Isidor Isaac Rabi, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
- 1991 (35 years ago) Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
- 2008 (18 years ago) Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (born 1919)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Aaron Swartz, American programmer and activist (born 1986)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1928)