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1 Dey 1459
Saturday 1 Dey 1459 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 21 December 2080, and 9 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.
This day in four calendars
- Persian1 Dey 1459
- Gregorian21 December 2080
- Islamic9 Rabi' al-Awwal 1504
- Imperial1 Dey 2639
- Day of the year277 of 365
- Left in the year88 days
- ZodiacCapricorn
- YearRat
Occasions on 1 Dey 1459
- religious
- cultural
On this day: December 21
Events
- 1832 (194 years ago) Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.
- 1861 (165 years ago) Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
- 1923 (103 years ago) United Kingdom and Nepal formally sign an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.
- 1941 (85 years ago) World War II: A Thai-Japanese Pact of Alliance is signed.
- 1968 (58 years ago) Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
- 1992 (34 years ago) A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, Portugal, killing 56.
- 1995 (31 years ago) The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
- 1999 (27 years ago) The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
Births
- 1804 (222 years ago) Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1881)
- 1917 (109 years ago) Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Jane Fonda, American actress and activist
- 1940 (86 years ago) Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer (died 1993)
- 1942 (84 years ago) Hu Jintao, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Paramount leader of China
- 1948 (78 years ago) Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
- 1967 (59 years ago) Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Georgia
- 1977 (49 years ago) Emmanuel Macron, French politician, 25th President of France
Deaths
- 72 (1954 years ago) Thomas the Apostle, Roman martyr and saint (born 1 AD)
- 1375 (651 years ago) Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet (born 1313)
- 1549 (477 years ago) Marguerite de Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (born 1492)
- 1940 (86 years ago) F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (born 1896)
- 1945 (81 years ago) George S. Patton, American general (born 1885)
- 1958 (68 years ago) Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (born 1884)
- 1988 (38 years ago) Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
- 2006 (20 years ago) Saparmyrat Nyýazow, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (born 1940) (date death announced)