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20 Mehr 1456
Monday 20 Mehr 1456 in the Persian calendar is Monday, 11 October 2077, and 23 Dhu al-Qa'dah 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.
This day in four calendars
- Persian20 Mehr 1456
- Gregorian11 October 2077
- Islamic23 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1500
- Imperial20 Mehr 2636
- Day of the year206 of 365
- Left in the year159 days
- ZodiacLibra
- YearHen
Occasions on 20 Mehr 1456
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On this day: October 11
Events
- 1138 (888 years ago) A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
- 1311 (715 years ago) The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.
- 1840 (186 years ago) The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
- 1862 (164 years ago) American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
- 1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
- 1962 (64 years ago) The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
- 1976 (50 years ago) George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
- 1986 (40 years ago) Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
Births
- 1758 (268 years ago) Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (died 1840)
- 1884 (142 years ago) Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 32nd First Lady of the United States (died 1962)
- 1884 (142 years ago) Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)
- 1885 (141 years ago) François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
- 1896 (130 years ago) Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and theorist (died 1982)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (died 2023)
- 1942 (84 years ago) Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician
- 1992 (34 years ago) Cardi B, American rapper
Deaths
- 1303 (723 years ago) Pope Boniface VIII,
- 1531 (495 years ago) Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (born 1484)
- 1889 (137 years ago) James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (born 1818)
- 1896 (130 years ago) Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (born 1824)
- 1963 (63 years ago) Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1889)
- 2019 (7 years ago) Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (born 1934)
- 2022 (4 years ago) Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (born 1925)
- 2025 (a year ago) Diane Keaton, American actress (born 1946)