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12 Khordad 1479

Wednesday 12 Khordad 1479 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 2 June 2100, and 23 Rabi' al-Awwal 1524 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

1941 (85 years ago) World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
1946 (80 years ago) Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
1962 (64 years ago) During the FIFA World Cup, police intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
1966 (60 years ago) Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
1967 (59 years ago) Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group 2 June Movement.
2003 (23 years ago) Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
2022 (4 years ago) Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changes the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye".
2023 (3 years ago) A collision between two passenger trains and a parked freight train near the city of Balasor, Odisha in eastern India, results in 296 deaths and more than 1,200 people injured.

1535 (491 years ago) Pope Leo XI,
1740 (286 years ago) Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and politician (died 1814)
1835 (191 years ago) Pope Pius X,
1840 (186 years ago) Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (died 1928)
1857 (169 years ago) Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
1857 (169 years ago) Edward Elgar, English composer and educator (died 1934)
1940 (86 years ago) Constantine II of Greece,
1988 (38 years ago) Sergio Agüero, Argentine footballer

657 (1369 years ago) Pope Eugene I,
1701 (325 years ago) Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (born 1607)
1882 (144 years ago) Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (born 1807)
1970 (56 years ago) Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian soldier, journalist, and academic (born 1888)
1978 (48 years ago) Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and coach (born 1895)
1988 (38 years ago) Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1924)
1990 (36 years ago) Rex Harrison, English actor (born 1908)
2015 (11 years ago) Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)