Sunday · in 18778 days
16 Esfand 1456
Sunday 16 Esfand 1456 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 6 March 2078, and 21 Rabi' al-Thani 1501 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
- Persian16 Esfand 1456
- Gregorian6 March 2078
- Islamic21 Rabi' al-Thani 1501
- Imperial16 Esfand 2636
- Day of the year352 of 365
- Left in the year13 days
- ZodiacPisces
- YearHen
Occasions on 16 Esfand 1456
- international
- countries
On this day: March 6
Events
- 12 BC The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.
- 1820 (206 years ago) The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by United States President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
- 1904 (122 years ago) Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce, the Antarctic region of Coats Land is discovered from the Scotia.
- 1943 (83 years ago) World War II: Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel launches the Battle of Medenine in an attempt to slow down the British Eighth Army. It fails, and he leaves Africa three days later.
- 1957 (69 years ago) the Ghana Independence Act 1957 is passed in the United Kingdom resulting in Ghana gaining independence from the British.
- 1975 (51 years ago) Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
- 2008 (18 years ago) A gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem.
- 2008 (18 years ago) A suicide bomber kills 68 people in the Karrada district of Karrada in Baghdad
Births
- 1475 (551 years ago) Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1564)
- 1806 (220 years ago) Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English-Italian poet and translator (died 1861)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Andrzej Wajda, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)
- 1927 (99 years ago) Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Valentina Tereshkova, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
- 1946 (80 years ago) David Gilmour, English guitarist and singer-songwriter
- 1947 (79 years ago) Rob Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and activist (died 2025)
- 1972 (54 years ago) Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player
Deaths
- 1888 (138 years ago) Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (born 1832)
- 1900 (126 years ago) Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (born 1834)
- 1973 (53 years ago) Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
- 1982 (44 years ago) Ayn Rand, Russian-American philosopher, author, and playwright (born 1905)
- 1986 (40 years ago) Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (born 1887)
- 2005 (21 years ago) Hans Bethe, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)
- 2007 (19 years ago) Jean Baudrillard, French photographer and theorist (born 1929)
- 2016 (10 years ago) Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (born 1921)