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17 Shahrivar 1479
Wednesday 17 Shahrivar 1479 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 8 September 2100, and 3 Rajab 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
- Persian17 Shahrivar 1479
- Gregorian8 September 2100
- Islamic3 Rajab 1524
- Imperial17 Shahrivar 2659
- Day of the year172 of 365
- Left in the year193 days
- ZodiacVirgo
- YearMonkey
Occasions on 17 Shahrivar 1479
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On this day: September 8
Events
- 70 (1956 years ago) After the capture of Herod's Palace the previous day, a Roman army under Titus secures and plunders the city of Jerusalem.
- 1655 (371 years ago) Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
- 1888 (138 years ago) The Great Herding (Spanish: El Gran Arreo) begins with thousands of sheep being herded from the Argentine outpost of Fortín Conesa to Santa Cruz near the Strait of Magellan.
- 1941 (85 years ago) World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad.
- 1970 (56 years ago) Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.
- 1986 (40 years ago) Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union.
- 2023 (3 years ago) The 2023 Rugby World Cup, the tenth men's Rugby World Cup is held in France. The opening ceremony, directed and written by Jean Dujardin, Olivier Ferracci and Nora Matthey, took place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, before the opening match between France and New Zealand, which saw the host nation winning 27 to 13.
- 2025 (a year ago) Balçova police station shooting: Four people, including the perpetrator are killed an attack on a police station in Turkey.
Births
- 1157 (869 years ago) Richard I of England,
- 1474 (552 years ago) Ludovico Ariosto, Italian playwright and poet (died 1533)
- 1830 (196 years ago) Frédéric Mistral, French poet and lexicographer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)
- 1841 (185 years ago) Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (died 1904)
- 1925 (101 years ago) Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (died 1980)
- 1941 (85 years ago) Bernie Sanders, American politician
- 1979 (47 years ago) Pink, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1989 (37 years ago) Avicii, Swedish electronic musician (died 2018)
Deaths
- 701 (1325 years ago) Pope Sergius I,
- 1645 (381 years ago) Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (born 1580)
- 1894 (132 years ago) Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (born 1821)
- 1949 (77 years ago) Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (born 1864)
- 1981 (45 years ago) Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
- 2003 (23 years ago) Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1902)
- 2009 (17 years ago) Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)
- 2022 (4 years ago) Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (born 1926)