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7 Tir 1459

Thursday 7 Tir 1459 in the Persian calendar is Thursday, 27 June 2080, and 9 Ramadan 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

1924 (102 years ago) The Johor–Singapore Causeway opens after five years of construction, providing a land connection for road and rail vehicles travelling between Johor and Singapore.
1941 (85 years ago) World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
1944 (82 years ago) World War II: Mogaung is the first place in Burma to be liberated from the Japanese by British Chindits, supported by the Chinese.
1977 (49 years ago) France grants independence to Djibouti.
1988 (38 years ago) The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
1991 (35 years ago) Two days after it had declared independence, Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War.
2017 (9 years ago) A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.
2024 (2 years ago) U.S. President Joe Biden debates former U.S. President Donald Trump. Biden's perceived poor performance leads to his withdrawal from the election on July 21.

1462 (564 years ago) Louis XII, king of France (died 1515)
1550 (476 years ago) Charles IX, king of France (died 1574)
1869 (157 years ago) Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist (died 1940)
1880 (146 years ago) Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (died 1968)
1931 (95 years ago) Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
1955 (71 years ago) Isabelle Adjani, French actress
1975 (51 years ago) Tobey Maguire, American actor
1985 (41 years ago) Nico Rosberg, German race car driver

1574 (452 years ago) Giorgio Vasari, Italian historian, painter, and architect (born 1511)
1831 (195 years ago) Sophie Germain, French mathematician and physicist (born 1776)
1839 (187 years ago) Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (born 1780)
1844 (182 years ago) Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (born 1805)
1989 (37 years ago) A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and academic (born 1910)
2001 (25 years ago) Tove Jansson, Finnish author, illustrator, and painter (born 1914)
2001 (25 years ago) Jack Lemmon, American actor (born 1925)
2016 (10 years ago) Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (born 1929)