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14 Khordad 1469
Saturday 14 Khordad 1469 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 3 June 2090, and 4 Dhu al-Hijjah 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.
Public holiday
This day in four calendars
- Persian14 Khordad 1469
- Gregorian3 June 2090
- Islamic4 Dhu al-Hijjah 1513
- Imperial14 Khordad 2649
- Day of the year76 of 366
- Left in the year290 days
- ZodiacGemini
- YearDog
Occasions on 14 Khordad 1469
- national holiday
- international
On this day: June 3
Events
- 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.
Births
- 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
Deaths
- 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)