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16 Khordad 1459

Wednesday 16 Khordad 1459 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 5 June 2080, and 16 Sha'ban 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

1849 (177 years ago) Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
1862 (164 years ago) As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
1949 (77 years ago) Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
1960 (66 years ago) The Lake Bodom murders occur in Finland.
1963 (63 years ago) Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers.
1967 (59 years ago) The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
2003 (23 years ago) A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50 °C (122 °F) in the region.
2017 (9 years ago) Six Arab countries—Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates—cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.

1819 (207 years ago) John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1892)
1862 (164 years ago) Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
1878 (148 years ago) Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (died 1923)
1883 (143 years ago) John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic (died 1946)
1898 (128 years ago) Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (died 1936)
1900 (126 years ago) Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
1942 (84 years ago) Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean lieutenant and politician, 2nd president of Equatorial Guinea
1971 (55 years ago) Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper

1316 (710 years ago) Louis X, king of France (born 1289)
1826 (200 years ago) Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1786)
1900 (126 years ago) Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1871)
1910 (116 years ago) O. Henry, American short story writer (born 1862)
1916 (110 years ago) Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (born 1850)
2004 (22 years ago) Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th president of the United States (born 1911)
2012 (14 years ago) Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (born 1920)
2015 (11 years ago) Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1936)