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23 Azar 1459
Friday 23 Azar 1459 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 13 December 2080, and 1 Rabi' al-Awwal 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.
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This day in four calendars
- Persian23 Azar 1459
- Gregorian13 December 2080
- Islamic1 Rabi' al-Awwal 1504
- Imperial23 Azar 2639
- Day of the year269 of 365
- Left in the year96 days
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Occasions on 23 Azar 1459
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On this day: December 13
Events
- 1642 (384 years ago) Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand.
- 1938 (88 years ago) The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
- 1939 (87 years ago) The Battle of the River Plate is fought off the coast of Uruguay; the first naval battle of World War II. The Kriegsmarine's Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with three Royal Navy cruisers: HMS Ajax, HMNZS Achilles and HMS Exeter.
- 1949 (77 years ago) The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
- 1960 (66 years ago) While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.
- 1974 (52 years ago) Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1982 (44 years ago) The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.
- 2002 (24 years ago) European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.
Births
- 1521 (505 years ago) Pope Sixtus V,
- 1553 (473 years ago) Henry IV of France,
- 1797 (229 years ago) Heinrich Heine, German journalist, poet, and critic (died 1856)
- 1929 (97 years ago) Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor and producer (died 2021)
- 1953 (73 years ago) Ben Bernanke, American economist
- 1957 (69 years ago) Steve Buscemi, American actor and director
- 1967 (59 years ago) Jamie Foxx, American actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and comedian
- 1989 (37 years ago) Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter
Deaths
- 1124 (902 years ago) Pope Callixtus II,
- 1204 (822 years ago) Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (born 1135)
- 1250 (776 years ago) Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1194)
- 1466 (560 years ago) Donatello, Italian painter and sculptor (born 1386)
- 1784 (242 years ago) Samuel Johnson, English poet and lexicographer (born 1709)
- 1931 (95 years ago) Gustave Le Bon, French psychologist, sociologist, and anthropologist (born 1840)
- 1935 (91 years ago) Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)
- 1944 (82 years ago) Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (born 1866)