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5 Mordad 1456

Monday 5 Mordad 1456 in the Persian calendar is Monday, 26 July 2077, and 5 Ramadan 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

1847 (179 years ago) Liberia declares its independence from the United States. France and the United Kingdom are the first to recognize the new nation.
1941 (85 years ago) World War II: Battle of Grand Harbour, British forces on Malta destroy an attack by the Italian Decima Flottiglia MAS. Fort St Elmo Bridge covering the harbour is demolished in the process.
1944 (82 years ago) World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
1956 (70 years ago) Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
1963 (63 years ago) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.
1963 (63 years ago) An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
2009 (17 years ago) The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.
2016 (10 years ago) Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.

1856 (170 years ago) George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1950)
1875 (151 years ago) Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (died 1961)
1894 (132 years ago) Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (died 1963)
1928 (98 years ago) Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 1999)
1945 (81 years ago) Helen Mirren, English actress
1964 (62 years ago) Sandra Bullock, American actress and producer
1975 (51 years ago) Liz Truss, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1980 (46 years ago) Jacinda Ardern, 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand

1471 (555 years ago) Paul II, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1417)
1533 (493 years ago) Atahualpa, Inca emperor abducted and murdered by Francisco Pizarro (born ca. 1500)
1867 (159 years ago) Otto, king of Greece (born 1815)
1925 (101 years ago) Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1848)
1952 (74 years ago) Eva Perón, Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (born 1919)
2013 (13 years ago) Sung Jae-gi, South Korean philosopher and activist (born 1967)
2020 (6 years ago) Olivia de Havilland, American actress (born 1916)
2023 (3 years ago) Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer and musician (born 1966)