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20 Mehr 1478

Sunday 20 Mehr 1478 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 11 October 2099, and 26 Rajab 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

1138 (888 years ago) A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
1311 (715 years ago) The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.
1840 (186 years ago) The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
1862 (164 years ago) American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
1962 (64 years ago) The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
1976 (50 years ago) George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
1986 (40 years ago) Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.

1758 (268 years ago) Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (died 1840)
1884 (142 years ago) Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 32nd First Lady of the United States (died 1962)
1884 (142 years ago) Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)
1885 (141 years ago) François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
1896 (130 years ago) Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and theorist (died 1982)
1937 (89 years ago) Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (died 2023)
1942 (84 years ago) Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician
1992 (34 years ago) Cardi B, American rapper

1303 (723 years ago) Pope Boniface VIII,
1531 (495 years ago) Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (born 1484)
1889 (137 years ago) James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (born 1818)
1896 (130 years ago) Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (born 1824)
1963 (63 years ago) Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1889)
2019 (7 years ago) Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (born 1934)
2022 (4 years ago) Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (born 1925)
2025 (a year ago) Diane Keaton, American actress (born 1946)