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8 Esfand 1459
Wednesday 8 Esfand 1459 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 26 February 2081, and 16 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
- Persian8 Esfand 1459
- Gregorian26 February 2081
- Islamic16 Jumada al-Awwal 1504
- Imperial8 Esfand 2639
- Day of the year344 of 365
- Left in the year21 days
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Occasions on 8 Esfand 1459
On this day: February 26
Events
- 1815 (211 years ago) Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba.
- 1935 (91 years ago) Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
- 1936 (90 years ago) In the February 26 Incident, young nationalist Japanese military officers assassinate multiple cabinet statesmen and start a rebellion in downtown Tokyo, which is ended 3 days later.
- 1945 (81 years ago) World War II: US troops reclaim the Philippine island of Corregidor from the Japanese.
- 1960 (66 years ago) A Kyiv-bound Aeroflot airliner crashes on approach to Snilow Airport in Lviv, killing 32 of the 33 people on board.
- 1971 (55 years ago) U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
- 1987 (39 years ago) Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
- 2026 The government of Pakistan declares "open war" against the Taliban in Afghanistan, initiating the 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan War.
Births
- 1564 (462 years ago) Christopher Marlowe, English playwright, poet and translator (died 1593)
- 1802 (224 years ago) Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1885)
- 1861 (165 years ago) Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician (died 1939)
- 1928 (98 years ago) Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (died 2014)
- 1946 (80 years ago) Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
- 1950 (76 years ago) Helen Clark, New Zealand academic and politician, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1956 (70 years ago) Michel Houellebecq, French author, poet, screenwriter, and director
- 1959 (67 years ago) Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey
Deaths
- 1821 (205 years ago) Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (born 1753)
- 1921 (105 years ago) Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (born 1840)
- 1931 (95 years ago) Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1847)
- 1961 (65 years ago) Mohammed V of Morocco,
- 1969 (57 years ago) Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (born 1883)
- 1969 (57 years ago) Levi Eshkol, Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (born 1895)
- 1998 (28 years ago) Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
- 2025 (a year ago) Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress (born 1985)