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3 Khordad 1463
Tuesday 3 Khordad 1463 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 23 May 2084, and 18 Ramadan 1507 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
- Persian3 Khordad 1463
- Gregorian23 May 2084
- Islamic18 Ramadan 1507
- Imperial3 Khordad 2643
- Day of the year65 of 365
- Left in the year300 days
- ZodiacGemini
- YearWhale
Occasions on 3 Khordad 1463
- national
- religious
- religious
- religious
- fun
On this day: May 23
Events
- 1829 (197 years ago) Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire.
- 1932 (94 years ago) In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
- 1948 (78 years ago) Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
- 1980 (46 years ago) The Shining, the psychological horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, is premiered on 10 screens in New York City and Los Angeles on the Memorial Day weekend.
- 2002 (24 years ago) The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
- 2008 (18 years ago) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
- 2016 (10 years ago) Eight bombings are carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people are killed and at least 200 people injured.
- 2021 (5 years ago) Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.
Births
- 1707 (319 years ago) Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (died 1778)
- 1891 (135 years ago) Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
- 1900 (126 years ago) Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (died 1946)
- 1908 (118 years ago) John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
- 1949 (77 years ago) Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (died 2019)
- 1951 (75 years ago) Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
- 1972 (54 years ago) Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
- 1991 (35 years ago) Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter
Deaths
- 230 (1796 years ago) Urban I, pope of the Catholic Church
- 1498 (528 years ago) Girolamo Savonarola, Italian friar and preacher (born 1452)
- 1906 (120 years ago) Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (born 1828)
- 1937 (89 years ago) John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (born 1839)
- 1945 (81 years ago) Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior and head of the SS (born 1900)
- 2009 (17 years ago) Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (born 1946)
- 2015 (11 years ago) John Forbes Nash Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1928)
- 2017 (9 years ago) Roger Moore, English actor (born 1927)