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26 Mehr 1457
Monday 26 Mehr 1457 in the Persian calendar is Monday, 17 October 2078, and 10 Dhu al-Hijjah 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.
Public holiday
This day in four calendars
- Persian26 Mehr 1457
- Gregorian17 October 2078
- Islamic10 Dhu al-Hijjah 1501
- Imperial26 Mehr 2637
- Day of the year212 of 366
- Left in the year154 days
- ZodiacLibra
- YearDog
Occasions on 26 Mehr 1457
- religious holiday
- national
- international
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On this day: October 17
Events
- 1713 (313 years ago) Great Northern War: Russia defeats Sweden in the Battle of Kostianvirta in Pälkäne.
- 1919 (107 years ago) Leeds United F.C. founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up of Leeds City F.C. for making illegal payments to players during World War I
- 1933 (93 years ago) Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
- 1941 (85 years ago) World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
- 1979 (47 years ago) Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1988 (38 years ago) Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.
- 2004 (22 years ago) A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela.
- 2019 (7 years ago) The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.
Births
- 1760 (266 years ago) Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (died 1825)
- 1813 (213 years ago) Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (died 1837)
- 1912 (114 years ago) Pope John Paul I,
- 1915 (111 years ago) Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2005)
- 1918 (108 years ago) Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer (died 1987)
- 1920 (106 years ago) Montgomery Clift, American actor (died 1966)
- 1972 (54 years ago) Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1979 (47 years ago) Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver
Deaths
- 532 (1494 years ago) Pope Boniface II,
- 1849 (177 years ago) Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (born 1810)
- 1887 (139 years ago) Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (born 1824)
- 1889 (137 years ago) Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1828)
- 1893 (133 years ago) Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (born 1808)
- 1938 (88 years ago) Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (born 1854)
- 1967 (59 years ago) Puyi, Chinese emperor (born 1906)
- 1983 (43 years ago) Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (born 1905)