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15 Farvardin 1459

Wednesday 15 Farvardin 1459 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 3 April 2080, and 12 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.

This day in four calendars

No occasion is recorded for this day. Next occasion: Death of Umm al-Banin - Martyrs' Mothers Day, Thursday 16 Farvardin (tomorrow).

1851 (175 years ago) Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand after the death of his half-brother, Rama III.
1905 (121 years ago) Association football club Boca Juniors is founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1922 (104 years ago) Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
1996 (30 years ago) A United States Air Force Boeing T-43 crashes near Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing 35, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
1997 (29 years ago) The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
2013 (13 years ago) More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2017 (9 years ago) A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.

1783 (243 years ago) Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (died 1859)
1922 (104 years ago) Doris Day, American singer and actress (died 2019)
1924 (102 years ago) Marlon Brando, American actor and director (died 2004)
1930 (96 years ago) Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 2017)
1934 (92 years ago) Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist (died 2025)
1958 (68 years ago) Alec Baldwin, American actor, comedian, producer and television host
1961 (65 years ago) Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
1964 (62 years ago) Nigel Farage, English politician

33 (1993 years ago) Jesus of Nazareth, (Julian Calendar Date)
1287 (739 years ago) Pope Honorius IV,
1680 (346 years ago) Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Indian emperor, founded the Maratha Empire (born 1630)
1682 (344 years ago) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter and educator (born 1618)
1849 (177 years ago) Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (born 1809)
1882 (144 years ago) Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (born 1847)
1897 (129 years ago) Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (born 1833)
1991 (35 years ago) Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (born 1904)