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8 Bahman 1478
Wednesday 8 Bahman 1478 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 27 January 2100, and 16 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1523 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
- Persian8 Bahman 1478
- Gregorian27 January 2100
- Islamic16 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1523
- Imperial8 Bahman 2658
- Day of the year314 of 366
- Left in the year52 days
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Occasions on 8 Bahman 1478
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On this day: January 27
Events
- 1695 (331 years ago) Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
- 1924 (102 years ago) Six days after his death, Vladimir Lenin's body is carried into a specially erected mausoleum.
- 1943 (83 years ago) World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.
- 1967 (59 years ago) Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
- 1980 (46 years ago) Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
- 1996 (30 years ago) In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
- 2013 (13 years ago) Two hundred and forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the Brazilian city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul.
- 2014 (12 years ago) Rojava conflict: The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
Births
- 1571 (455 years ago) Abbas I of Persia,
- 1756 (270 years ago) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1791)
- 1775 (251 years ago) Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, German-Swiss philosopher and academic (died 1854)
- 1826 (200 years ago) Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist and author (died 1889)
- 1832 (194 years ago) Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (died 1898)
- 1859 (167 years ago) Wilhelm II, German Emperor during World War I (died 1941)
- 1944 (82 years ago) Mairead Maguire, Northern Irish activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1980 (46 years ago) Marat Safin, Russian tennis player and politician
Deaths
- 1596 (430 years ago) Francis Drake, English captain and explorer (born 1540)
- 1814 (212 years ago) Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (born 1762)
- 1901 (125 years ago) Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (born 1813)
- 1951 (75 years ago) Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (born 1867)
- 1983 (43 years ago) Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (born 1914)
- 2008 (18 years ago) Suharto, Indonesian general and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (born 1921)
- 2009 (17 years ago) John Updike, American novelist, short story writer, and critic (born 1932)
- 2010 (16 years ago) J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (born 1919)