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31 Shahrivar 1473
Tuesday 31 Shahrivar 1473 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 21 September 2094, and 11 Jumada al-Awwal 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
- Persian31 Shahrivar 1473
- Gregorian21 September 2094
- Islamic11 Jumada al-Awwal 1518
- Imperial31 Shahrivar 2653
- Day of the year186 of 365
- Left in the year179 days
- ZodiacVirgo
- YearLeopard
Occasions on 31 Shahrivar 1473
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On this day: September 21
Events
- 455 (1571 years ago) Emperor Avitus enters Italy with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
- 1953 (73 years ago) Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
- 1964 (62 years ago) Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
- 1965 (61 years ago) The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
- 1977 (49 years ago) Malév Flight 203 crashes near Urziceni, Romania, killing 29 people.
- 1991 (35 years ago) Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union.
- 2013 (13 years ago) Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
- 2019 (7 years ago) A 5.6 Mw earthquake shakes the Albanian port of Durrës. Forty-nine people are injured in the capital, Tirana.
Births
- 1842 (184 years ago) Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1918)
- 1866 (160 years ago) H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (died 1946)
- 1909 (117 years ago) Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian educator and politician, 1st President of Ghana (died 1972)
- 1934 (92 years ago) Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (died 2016)
- 1947 (79 years ago) Stephen King, American author and screenwriter
- 1954 (72 years ago) Shinzo Abe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2022)
- 1957 (69 years ago) Kevin Rudd, Australian politician and diplomat, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1980 (46 years ago) Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
Deaths
- 19 BC Virgil, Roman poet (born 70 BC)
- 687 (1339 years ago) Pope Conon,
- 1327 (699 years ago) Edward II of England,
- 1558 (468 years ago) Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1500)
- 1576 (450 years ago) Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (born 1501)
- 1832 (194 years ago) Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (born 1771)
- 1860 (166 years ago) Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (born 1788)
- 1957 (69 years ago) Haakon VII of Norway,