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27 Mehr 1468
Tuesday 27 Mehr 1468 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 18 October 2089, and 13 Rabi' al-Thani 1513 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
- Persian27 Mehr 1468
- Gregorian18 October 2089
- Islamic13 Rabi' al-Thani 1513
- Imperial27 Mehr 2648
- Day of the year213 of 365
- Left in the year152 days
- ZodiacLibra
- YearHen
Occasions on 27 Mehr 1468
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- fun
On this day: October 18
Events
- 1009 (1017 years ago) The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.
- 1016 (1010 years ago) The Danes defeat the English in the Battle of Assandun.
- 1561 (465 years ago) In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima is fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, resulting in a draw.
- 1944 (82 years ago) World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
- 1945 (81 years ago) Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte.
- 1945 (81 years ago) A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.
- 1991 (35 years ago) The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
- 2003 (23 years ago) Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
Births
- 1130 (896 years ago) Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (died 1200)
- 1405 (621 years ago) Pope Pius II,
- 1859 (167 years ago) Henri Bergson, French philosopher and theologian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)
- 1919 (107 years ago) Pierre Trudeau, Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2000)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
- 1956 (70 years ago) Martina Navratilova, Czech-American tennis player and coach
- 1960 (66 years ago) Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian martial artist, actor, and producer, and screenwriter
- 1987 (39 years ago) Zac Efron, American actor and singer
Deaths
- 707 (1319 years ago) Pope John VII,
- 1503 (523 years ago) Pope Pius III,
- 1871 (155 years ago) Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (born 1791)
- 1893 (133 years ago) Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (born 1818)
- 1931 (95 years ago) Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the phonograph (born 1847)
- 1934 (92 years ago) Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
- 2021 (5 years ago) Colin Powell, American military leader and statesman, 65th Secretary of State (born 1937)
- 2025 (a year ago) Yang Chen-Ning, Chinese theoretical physicist (born 1922)