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2 Khordad 1476

Wednesday 2 Khordad 1476 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 22 May 2097, and 10 Safar 1521 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

853 (1173 years ago) A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
1846 (180 years ago) The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
1960 (66 years ago) The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
1969 (57 years ago) Apollo 10's Lunar Module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the Moon's surface.
1990 (36 years ago) North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
1992 (34 years ago) Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.
2015 (11 years ago) The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to utilise a public referendum to legalise gay marriage.
2017 (9 years ago) United States President Donald Trump visits the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall.

1813 (213 years ago) Richard Wagner, German composer (died 1883)
1844 (182 years ago) Mary Cassatt, American painter and educator (died 1926)
1859 (167 years ago) Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (died 1930)
1907 (119 years ago) Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (died 1989)
1924 (102 years ago) Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018)
1946 (80 years ago) George Best, Northern Irish footballer (died 2005)
1970 (56 years ago) Naomi Campbell, English model
1987 (39 years ago) Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player

337 (1689 years ago) Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (born 272)
1540 (486 years ago) Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician (born 1483)
1667 (359 years ago) Pope Alexander VII,
1802 (224 years ago) Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (born 1731)
1885 (141 years ago) Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1802)
1910 (116 years ago) Jules Renard, French author and playwright (born 1864)
1967 (59 years ago) Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (born 1902)
1982 (44 years ago) Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey (born 1899)