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14 Khordad 1467

Thursday 14 Khordad 1467 in the Persian calendar is Thursday, 3 June 2088, and 13 Dhu al-Qa'dah 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.

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This day in four calendars

1539 (487 years ago) Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
1781 (245 years ago) Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending British raid.
1940 (86 years ago) Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
1940 (86 years ago) World War II: During the Battle of France, the Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
1943 (83 years ago) In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots.
1973 (53 years ago) A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
2006 (20 years ago) The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
2019 (7 years ago) Khartoum massacre: In Sudan, over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by Janjaweed militiamen storm and open fire on a sit-in protest.

1808 (218 years ago) Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 - 1865 (died 1889)
1865 (161 years ago) George V of the United Kingdom,
1906 (120 years ago) Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (died 1975)
1925 (101 years ago) Tony Curtis, American actor (died 2010)
1926 (100 years ago) Allen Ginsberg, American poet (died 1997)
1931 (95 years ago) Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba
1951 (75 years ago) Jill Biden, American educator, First Lady of the United States
1986 (40 years ago) Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player

1657 (369 years ago) William Harvey, English physician and academic (born 1578)
1826 (200 years ago) Nikolay Karamzin, Russian historian and poet (born 1766)
1875 (151 years ago) Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (born 1838)
1899 (127 years ago) Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (born 1825)
1924 (102 years ago) Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (born 1883)
1963 (63 years ago) Pope John XXIII,
1989 (37 years ago) Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (born 1900)
2016 (10 years ago) Muhammad Ali, American boxer (born 1942)