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29 Mordad 1461

Wednesday 29 Mordad 1461 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 19 August 2082, and 24 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1505 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

947 (1079 years ago) Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces.
1561 (465 years ago) Mary, Queen of Scots, aged 18, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
1934 (92 years ago) The German referendum of 1934 approves Adolf Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
1960 (66 years ago) Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
1991 (35 years ago) Crown Heights riot in New York City begins.
1999 (27 years ago) In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
2003 (23 years ago) A truck-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
2010 (16 years ago) Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.

232 (1794 years ago) Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (died 282)
1631 (395 years ago) John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright (died 1700)
1871 (155 years ago) Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (died 1948)
1883 (143 years ago) Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (died 1971)
1924 (102 years ago) Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
1946 (80 years ago) Bill Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas, 42nd President of the United States
1967 (59 years ago) Satya Nadella, Indian-American business executive, chairman and CEO of Microsoft
1969 (57 years ago) Matthew Perry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)

14 (2012 years ago) Augustus, Roman emperor (born 63 BC)
1580 (446 years ago) Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (born 1508)
1662 (364 years ago) Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1623)
1923 (103 years ago) Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (born 1845)
1936 (90 years ago) Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (born 1898)
1954 (72 years ago) Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1881)
1977 (49 years ago) Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (born 1890)
1994 (32 years ago) Linus Pauling, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)