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26 Esfand 1456

Wednesday 26 Esfand 1456 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 16 March 2078, and 1 Jumada al-Awwal 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

1898 (128 years ago) In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.[page needed]
1935 (91 years ago) Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm itself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
1968 (58 years ago) Vietnam War: My Lai massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops.
1978 (48 years ago) A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
1988 (38 years ago) Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
2005 (21 years ago) Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
2014 (12 years ago) Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
2025 (a year ago) A fire breaks out in a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killing at least 59 people and injuring 155 others.

1751 (275 years ago) James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (died 1836)
1789 (237 years ago) Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (died 1854)
1839 (187 years ago) Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)
1926 (100 years ago) Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (died 2017)
1941 (85 years ago) Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2018)
1953 (73 years ago) Richard Stallman, American computer scientist and programmer
1959 (67 years ago) Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Norway, 13th Secretary General of NATO
1965 (61 years ago) Mark Carney, Canadian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Canada

37 (1989 years ago) Tiberius, Roman emperor (born 42 BC)
455 (1571 years ago) Valentinian III, Roman emperor (assassinated; b. 419)
1914 (112 years ago) Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)
1930 (96 years ago) Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1870)
1935 (91 years ago) John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876)
1937 (89 years ago) Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1863)
1940 (86 years ago) Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858)
1957 (69 years ago) Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (born 1876)