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16 Bahman 1459
Tuesday 16 Bahman 1459 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 4 February 2081, and 24 Rabi' al-Thani 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
- Persian16 Bahman 1459
- Gregorian4 February 2081
- Islamic24 Rabi' al-Thani 1504
- Imperial16 Bahman 2639
- Day of the year322 of 365
- Left in the year43 days
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- YearRat
Occasions on 16 Bahman 1459
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On this day: February 4
Events
- 1797 (229 years ago) The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
- 1859 (167 years ago) The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
- 1938 (88 years ago) Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
- 1948 (78 years ago) Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
- 1976 (50 years ago) In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
- 1992 (34 years ago) A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
- 1997 (29 years ago) En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel, killing 73.
- 2008 (18 years ago) Civic mobilizations in Colombia against FARC, under the name A million voices against the FARC.
Births
- 1871 (155 years ago) Friedrich Ebert, German lawyer and politician, first President of Germany (died 1925)
- 1897 (129 years ago) Ludwig Erhard, German soldier and politician, second Chancellor of West Germany (died 1977)
- 1900 (126 years ago) Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (died 1977)
- 1902 (124 years ago) Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (died 1974)
- 1913 (113 years ago) Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (died 2005)
- 1923 (103 years ago) Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (died 2013)
- 1947 (79 years ago) Dan Quayle, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th Vice President of the United States
- 1948 (78 years ago) Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter
Deaths
- 211 (1815 years ago) Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (born 145)
- 708 (1318 years ago) Pope Sisinnius,
- 1928 (98 years ago) Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1853)
- 1940 (86 years ago) Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (born 1895)
- 1974 (52 years ago) Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (born 1894)
- 1987 (39 years ago) Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (born 1902)
- 2006 (20 years ago) Betty Friedan, American author and activist (born 1921)
- 2020 (6 years ago) Daniel arap Moi, Former President of Kenya (born 1924)