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28 Bahman 1459

Sunday 28 Bahman 1459 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 16 February 2081, and 6 Jumada 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.

This day in four calendars

1899 (127 years ago) Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
1918 (108 years ago) The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
1945 (81 years ago) World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
1959 (67 years ago) Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
1962 (64 years ago) The Great Sheffield Gale impacts the United Kingdom, killing nine people; the city of Sheffield is devastated, with 150,000 homes damaged.
1984 (42 years ago) Iran launches Operation Dawn 5, a major offensive during the Iran–Iraq War targeting the Basra–Baghdad highway, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides.
1986 (40 years ago) China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
1998 (28 years ago) China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and six more on the ground.

1497 (529 years ago) Philip Melanchthon, German astronomer, theologian, and academic (died 1560)
1822 (204 years ago) Francis Galton, English biologist and statistician (died 1911)
1834 (192 years ago) Ernst Haeckel, German biologist, physician, and philosopher (died 1919)
1848 (178 years ago) Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright (died 1917)
1941 (85 years ago) Kim Jong Il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (died 2011)
1959 (67 years ago) John McEnroe, American tennis player and sportscaster
1986 (40 years ago) Diego Godín, Uruguayan footballer
1989 (37 years ago) Elizabeth Olsen, American actress

1899 (127 years ago) Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (born 1841)
1907 (119 years ago) Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1835)
1917 (109 years ago) Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright (born 1848)
1990 (36 years ago) Keith Haring, American painter and activist (born 1958)
1997 (29 years ago) Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist and academic (born 1912)
2016 (10 years ago) Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1922)
2019 (7 years ago) Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (born 1941)
2024 (2 years ago) Alexei Navalny, Russian activist (born 1976)