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14 Dey 1459
Friday 14 Dey 1459 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 3 January 2081, and 22 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.
Friday
This day in four calendars
- Persian14 Dey 1459
- Gregorian3 January 2081
- Islamic22 Rabi' al-Awwal 1504
- Imperial14 Dey 2639
- Day of the year290 of 365
- Left in the year75 days
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- YearRat
Occasions on 14 Dey 1459
- national
- cultural
- cultural
- fun
On this day: January 3
Events
- 1944 (82 years ago) World War II: US flying ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
- 1949 (77 years ago) The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
- 1961 (65 years ago) Cold War: After a series of economic retaliations against one another, the United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.
- 1987 (39 years ago) Varig Flight 797 crashes near Akouré in the Ivory Coast, resulting in 50 deaths.
- 1990 (36 years ago) United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
- 2004 (22 years ago) Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.
- 2015 (11 years ago) Boko Haram militants destroy the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, starting the Baga massacre and killing as many as 2,000 people.
- 2026 The United States conducts airstrikes across northern Venezuela, including the capital Caracas and captures Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores.
Births
- 106 BC Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (died 43 BC)
- 1883 (143 years ago) Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1967)
- 1892 (134 years ago) J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist (died 1973)
- 1901 (125 years ago) Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (died 1963)
- 1929 (97 years ago) Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1989)
- 1956 (70 years ago) Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 (57 years ago) Michael Schumacher, German racing driver
- 2003 (23 years ago) Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist
Deaths
- 236 (1790 years ago) Anterus, pope of the Catholic Church
- 1322 (704 years ago) Philip V, king of France (born 1292)
- 1501 (525 years ago) Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet, linguist, and mystic (born 1441)
- 1903 (123 years ago) Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (born 1837)
- 1923 (103 years ago) Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (born 1883)
- 1931 (95 years ago) Joseph Joffre, French general (born 1852)
- 1956 (70 years ago) Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)
- 2020 (6 years ago) Qasem Soleimani, Iranian major general, commander of the Iranian Quds Force (born 1957)