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14 Aban 1473

Thursday 14 Aban 1473 in the Persian calendar is Thursday, 4 November 2094, and 25 Jumada al-Thani 1518 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

1939 (87 years ago) World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
1944 (82 years ago) World War II: Operation Pheasant, an Allied offensive to liberate North Brabant in the Netherlands, ends successfully.
1979 (47 years ago) Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
1980 (46 years ago) Ronald Reagan is elected as the 40th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
1993 (33 years ago) China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport.
1995 (31 years ago) Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
2008 (18 years ago) Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.

1933 (93 years ago) Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
1946 (80 years ago) Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States
1951 (75 years ago) Traian Băsescu, Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania
1957 (69 years ago) Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
1969 (57 years ago) Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer
1969 (57 years ago) Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor
1972 (54 years ago) Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer and sportscaster
1998 (28 years ago) Achraf Hakimi, Moroccan footballer

1847 (179 years ago) Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1809)
1918 (108 years ago) Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (born 1893)
1921 (105 years ago) Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1856)
1924 (102 years ago) Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (born 1845)
1995 (31 years ago) Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1922)
1995 (31 years ago) Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher and scholar (born 1925)
2008 (18 years ago) Michael Crichton, American medical doctor, author, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)
2015 (11 years ago) René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (born 1923)