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14 Azar 1459

Wednesday 14 Azar 1459 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 4 December 2080, and 22 Safar 1504 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

1110 (916 years ago) An army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Sigurd the Crusader of Norway captures Sidon at the end of the First Crusade.
1917 (109 years ago) The Finnish Senate submits to the Parliament of Finland a proposal for the form of government of the Republic of Finland and issues a communication to Parliament declaring the independence of Finland.
1939 (87 years ago) World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
1945 (81 years ago) By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
1977 (49 years ago) Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
1982 (44 years ago) The China adopts its current constitution.
1991 (35 years ago) Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
1992 (34 years ago) Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.

1795 (231 years ago) Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (died 1881)
1835 (191 years ago) Samuel Butler, English author and critic (died 1902)
1875 (151 years ago) Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian-Swiss poet and author (died 1926)
1892 (134 years ago) Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1975)
1949 (77 years ago) Jeff Bridges, American actor
1969 (57 years ago) Jay-Z, American rapper, producer, actor, and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records
1973 (53 years ago) Tyra Banks, American model, actress, and producer
1996 (30 years ago) Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer (died 2025)

749 (1277 years ago) John of Damascus, Syrian priest and saint (born 676)
1131 (895 years ago) Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (born 1048)
1334 (692 years ago) Pope John XXII,
1642 (384 years ago) Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (born 1585)
1679 (347 years ago) Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (born 1588)
1798 (228 years ago) Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1737)
1975 (51 years ago) Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (born 1906)
1993 (33 years ago) Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1940)