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9 Farvardin 1467
Sunday 9 Farvardin 1467 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 28 March 2088, and 4 Ramadan 1511 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
- Persian9 Farvardin 1467
- Gregorian28 March 2088
- Islamic4 Ramadan 1511
- Imperial9 Farvardin 2647
- Day of the year9 of 365
- Left in the year356 days
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Occasions on 9 Farvardin 1467
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On this day: March 28
Events
- 1566 (460 years ago) The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
- 1862 (164 years ago) American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
- 1918 (108 years ago) General John J. Pershing, during World War I, cancels 42nd 'Rainbow' Division's orders to Rolampont for further training and diverted it to the occupy the Baccarat sector. Rainbow Division becomes "the first American division to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for a period of three months".
- 1939 (87 years ago) Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
- 1941 (85 years ago) World War II: First day of the Battle of Cape Matapan in Greece between the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy.
- 1946 (80 years ago) Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
- 1970 (56 years ago) An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200.
- 2020 (6 years ago) The region of Uusimaa (with the capital city Helsinki) is temporarily isolated from the rest of Finland due to increased COVID-19 infections.
Births
- 1515 (511 years ago) Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (died 1582)
- 1592 (434 years ago) John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop and educator (died 1670)
- 1862 (164 years ago) Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1932)
- 1868 (158 years ago) Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1936)
- 1928 (98 years ago) Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American political activist and analyst; United States National Security Advisor (died 2017)
- 1936 (90 years ago) Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
- 1945 (81 years ago) Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino politician, 16th President of the Philippines
- 1986 (40 years ago) Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter and actress
Deaths
- 1584 (442 years ago) Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (born 1530)
- 1881 (145 years ago) Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (born 1839)
- 1941 (85 years ago) Virginia Woolf, English writer (born 1882)
- 1943 (83 years ago) Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1873)
- 1969 (57 years ago) Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (born 1890)
- 1985 (41 years ago) Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter (born 1887)
- 1994 (32 years ago) Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (born 1909)
- 2004 (22 years ago) Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)