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1 Dey 1457
Wednesday 1 Dey 1457 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 21 December 2078, and 16 Safar 1502 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
- Persian1 Dey 1457
- Gregorian21 December 2078
- Islamic16 Safar 1502
- Imperial1 Dey 2637
- Day of the year277 of 366
- Left in the year89 days
- ZodiacCapricorn
- YearDog
Occasions on 1 Dey 1457
- religious
- cultural
On this day: December 21
Events
- 1832 (194 years ago) Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.
- 1861 (165 years ago) Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
- 1923 (103 years ago) United Kingdom and Nepal formally sign an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.
- 1941 (85 years ago) World War II: A Thai-Japanese Pact of Alliance is signed.
- 1968 (58 years ago) Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
- 1992 (34 years ago) A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, Portugal, killing 56.
- 1995 (31 years ago) The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
- 1999 (27 years ago) The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
Births
- 1804 (222 years ago) Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1881)
- 1917 (109 years ago) Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Jane Fonda, American actress and activist
- 1940 (86 years ago) Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer (died 1993)
- 1942 (84 years ago) Hu Jintao, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Paramount leader of China
- 1948 (78 years ago) Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
- 1967 (59 years ago) Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Georgia
- 1977 (49 years ago) Emmanuel Macron, French politician, 25th President of France
Deaths
- 72 (1954 years ago) Thomas the Apostle, Roman martyr and saint (born 1 AD)
- 1375 (651 years ago) Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet (born 1313)
- 1549 (477 years ago) Marguerite de Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (born 1492)
- 1940 (86 years ago) F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (born 1896)
- 1945 (81 years ago) George S. Patton, American general (born 1885)
- 1958 (68 years ago) Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (born 1884)
- 1988 (38 years ago) Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
- 2006 (20 years ago) Saparmyrat Nyýazow, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (born 1940) (date death announced)