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12 Farvardin 1459

Sunday 12 Farvardin 1459 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 31 March 2080, and 9 Jumada al-Thani 1503 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.

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This day in four calendars

1174 (852 years ago) A conspiracy against Saladin, aiming to restore the Fatimid Caliphate, is revealed in Cairo, involving senior figures of the former Fatimid regime and the poet Umara al-Yamani. Modern historians doubt the extent and danger of the conspiracy reported in official sources, but its ringleaders will be publicly executed over the following weeks.
1774 (252 years ago) American Revolution: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
1814 (212 years ago) The Sixth Coalition occupies Paris after Napoleon's Grande Armée capitulates.
1933 (93 years ago) The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
1966 (60 years ago) The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
1991 (35 years ago) Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
1992 (34 years ago) The Treaty of Federation is signed in Moscow.

1596 (430 years ago) René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1650)
1675 (351 years ago) Pope Benedict XIV,
1685 (341 years ago) Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (died 1750)
1732 (294 years ago) Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1809)
1890 (136 years ago) William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
1914 (112 years ago) Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
1948 (78 years ago) Al Gore, American soldier and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureate
1971 (55 years ago) Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor

1547 (479 years ago) Francis I, French king (born 1494)
1631 (395 years ago) John Donne, English lawyer and poet (born 1572)
1855 (171 years ago) Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (born 1816)
1917 (109 years ago) Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)
1980 (46 years ago) Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (born 1913)
1995 (31 years ago) Selena, American singer-songwriter (born 1971)
2016 (10 years ago) Imre Kertész, Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)
2016 (10 years ago) Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-born English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (born 1950)