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15 Khordad 1456

Friday 15 Khordad 1456 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 4 June 2077, and 12 Rajab 1500 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.

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This day in four calendars

1561 (465 years ago) The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning, and is never rebuilt.
1876 (150 years ago) An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco via the first transcontinental railroad, 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
1920 (106 years ago) Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Gustaf Mannerheim, the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army, is granted the title of Marshal of Finland by the government on his 75th birthday. On the same day, Adolf Hitler arrives in Finland for a surprise visit to meet Mannerheim.
1943 (83 years ago) A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
1946 (80 years ago) in Argentina assumes its first presidency Juan Domingo Perón.
1986 (40 years ago) Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
1988 (38 years ago) Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.

1738 (288 years ago) George III of the United Kingdom,
1867 (159 years ago) Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland (died 1951)
1929 (97 years ago) Karolos Papoulias, Greek lawyer and politician, 5th President of Greece (died 2021)
1952 (74 years ago) Bronisław Komorowski, Polish historian and politician, 5th President of Poland
1971 (55 years ago) Joseph Kabila, Congolese soldier and politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1975 (51 years ago) Angelina Jolie, American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian, and activist
1976 (50 years ago) Alexei Navalny, Russian lawyer and politician (died 2024)
1985 (41 years ago) Lukas Podolski, German footballer

1039 (987 years ago) Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 990)
1798 (228 years ago) Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (born 1725)
1830 (196 years ago) Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (born 1795)
1875 (151 years ago) Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (born 1804)
1876 (150 years ago) Abdulaziz, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1830)
1941 (85 years ago) Wilhelm II, German Emperor (born 1859)
1942 (84 years ago) Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and a principle architect of the Holocaust (born 1904)
1971 (55 years ago) György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (born 1885)