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18 Mordad 1459
Thursday 18 Mordad 1459 in the Persian calendar is Thursday, 8 August 2080, and 21 Shawwal 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
- Persian18 Mordad 1459
- Gregorian8 August 2080
- Islamic21 Shawwal 1503
- Imperial18 Mordad 2639
- Day of the year142 of 365
- Left in the year223 days
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- YearRat
Occasions on 18 Mordad 1459
On this day: August 8
Events
- 1588 (438 years ago) Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
- 1870 (156 years ago) The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
- 1945 (81 years ago) World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
- 1967 (59 years ago) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
- 1988 (38 years ago) The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
- 1990 (36 years ago) Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
- 2013 (13 years ago) A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
- 2022 (4 years ago) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.
Births
- 1879 (147 years ago) Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician (died 1919)
- 1901 (125 years ago) Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
- 1902 (124 years ago) Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
- 1951 (75 years ago) Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt (died 2019)
- 1964 (62 years ago) Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy
- 1966 (60 years ago) Jimmy Wales, American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia
- 1981 (45 years ago) Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
Deaths
- 117 (1909 years ago) Trajan, Roman emperor (born 53)
- 1827 (199 years ago) George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1770)
- 1897 (129 years ago) Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (born 1818)
- 1898 (128 years ago) Eugène Boudin, French painter (born 1824)
- 1996 (30 years ago) Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
- 2010 (16 years ago) Patricia Neal, American actress (born 1926)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Karen Black, American actress (born 1939)
- 2022 (4 years ago) Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1948)