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9 Mordad 1453
Monday 9 Mordad 1453 in the Persian calendar is Monday, 30 July 2074, and 5 Sha'ban 1497 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
- Persian9 Mordad 1453
- Gregorian30 July 2074
- Islamic5 Sha'ban 1497
- Imperial9 Mordad 2633
- Day of the year133 of 366
- Left in the year233 days
- ZodiacLeo
- YearHorse
Occasions on 9 Mordad 1453
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On this day: July 30
Events
- 30 BC Mark Antony wins a final cavalry battle against Octavian in the battle of Alexandria, but his infantry is defeated and the next day his fleet and troops start to desert to Octavian.
- 762 (1264 years ago) Baghdad is founded.
- 1419 (607 years ago) First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
- 1502 (524 years ago) Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
- 1756 (270 years ago) In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
- 1945 (81 years ago) World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
- 1971 (55 years ago) Apollo program: On Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin in the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
- 1980 (46 years ago) Vanuatu gains independence.
Births
- 1511 (515 years ago) Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, historian, and architect (died 1574)
- 1818 (208 years ago) Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (died 1848)
- 1863 (163 years ago) Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (died 1947)
- 1945 (81 years ago) Patrick Modiano, French novelist and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1947 (79 years ago) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California
- 1947 (79 years ago) Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1970 (56 years ago) Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1974 (52 years ago) Hilary Swank, American actress and producer
Deaths
- 579 (1447 years ago) Pope Benedict I,
- 1718 (308 years ago) William Penn, English businessman and philosopher, founded the Province of Pennsylvania (born 1644)
- 1811 (215 years ago) Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and soldier (born 1753)
- 1898 (128 years ago) Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (born 1815)
- 1912 (114 years ago) Emperor Meiji of Japan,
- 1996 (30 years ago) Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (born 1903)
- 2007 (19 years ago) Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1918)
- 2007 (19 years ago) Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1912)