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2 Tir 1457

Wednesday 2 Tir 1457 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 22 June 2078, and 11 Sha'ban 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.

This day in four calendars

813 (1213 years ago) Battle of Versinikia: The Bulgars led by Krum defeat the Byzantine army near Edirne. Emperor Michael I is forced to abdicate in favor of Leo V the Armenian.
1783 (243 years ago) A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
1940 (86 years ago) World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
1941 (85 years ago) World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
1986 (40 years ago) The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
2002 (24 years ago) An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
2012 (14 years ago) Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
2025 (a year ago) The United States conducts airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

1767 (259 years ago) Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher, academic, and politician, Interior Minister of Prussia (died 1835).
1805 (221 years ago) Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (died 1872).
1898 (128 years ago) Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss soldier and author (died 1970)
1906 (120 years ago) Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)
1939 (87 years ago) Ada Yonath, Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in Chemistry (died 2026)
1949 (77 years ago) Meryl Streep, American actress
1964 (62 years ago) Dan Brown, American author and academic
1987 (39 years ago) Lee Min-ho, South Korean actor, singer, model, creative director and businessman

1276 (750 years ago) Innocent V, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1225)
1925 (101 years ago) Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (born 1849)
1931 (95 years ago) Armand Fallières, French politician, 9th President of France (born 1841)
1969 (57 years ago) Judy Garland, American actress and singer (born 1922)
1987 (39 years ago) Fred Astaire, American actor and dancer (born 1899)
1990 (36 years ago) Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
2008 (18 years ago) George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (born 1937)
2015 (11 years ago) James Horner, American composer and conductor (born 1953)