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8 Azar 1481
Wednesday 8 Azar 1481 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 29 November 2102, and 18 Shawwal 1526 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 Azar 1481
- Gregorian29 November 2102
- Islamic18 Shawwal 1526
- Imperial8 Azar 2661
- Day of the year254 of 365
- Left in the year111 days
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Occasions on 8 Azar 1481
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On this day: November 29
Events
- 1732 (294 years ago) The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
- 1877 (149 years ago) Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
- 1920 (106 years ago) The Armenian Revolutionary Committee declares Armenia to be a Soviet Socialist Republic, starting 71 years of Soviet rule in Armenia
- 1943 (83 years ago) The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 1944 (82 years ago) Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
- 1963 (63 years ago) "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.
- 1963 (63 years ago) U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
- 1982 (44 years ago) Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling music album of all time.
Births
- 1803 (223 years ago) Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist (died 1853)
- 1832 (194 years ago) Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (died 1888)
- 1835 (191 years ago) Empress Dowager Cixi of China,
- 1898 (128 years ago) C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic (died 1963)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Jacques Chirac, French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France (died 2019)
- 1949 (77 years ago) Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2016)
- 1973 (53 years ago) Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer and manager
- 1976 (50 years ago) Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (died 2020)
Deaths
- 1314 (712 years ago) Philip IV, king of France (born 1268)
- 1378 (648 years ago) Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1316)
- 1643 (383 years ago) Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (born 1567)
- 1780 (246 years ago) Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1717)
- 1924 (102 years ago) Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (born 1858)
- 1986 (40 years ago) Cary Grant, English-American actor (born 1904)
- 2001 (25 years ago) George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music producer (born 1943)
- 2023 (3 years ago) Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state (born 1923)