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15 Farvardin 1481
Tuesday 15 Farvardin 1481 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 4 April 2102, and 15 Safar 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
- Persian15 Farvardin 1481
- Gregorian4 April 2102
- Islamic15 Safar 1526
- Imperial15 Farvardin 2661
- Day of the year15 of 365
- Left in the year350 days
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Occasions on 15 Farvardin 1481
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International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
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On this day: April 4
Events
- 1865 (161 years ago) American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
- 1945 (81 years ago) World War II: Soviet Red Army troops liberate Hungary from German occupation.
- 1958 (68 years ago) The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
- 1960 (66 years ago) France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
- 1984 (42 years ago) President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
- 2009 (17 years ago) France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
- 2023 (3 years ago) Finland becomes a member of NATO after Turkey accepts its membership request.
- 2025 (a year ago) The impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea in response to his declaration of martial law is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending his presidency.
Births
- 188 (1838 years ago) Caracalla, Roman emperor (died 217)
- 1884 (142 years ago) Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (died 1943)
- 1914 (112 years ago) Marguerite Duras, French novelist, screenwriter, and director (died 1996)
- 1928 (98 years ago) Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (died 2014)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and producer (died 1986)
- 1965 (61 years ago) Robert Downey Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter.
- 1979 (47 years ago) Heath Ledger, Australian actor (died 2008)
- 1987 (39 years ago) Sami Khedira, German footballer
Deaths
- 397 (1629 years ago) Ambrose, Roman archbishop and saint (born 338)
- 1841 (185 years ago) William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (born 1773)
- 1929 (97 years ago) Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (born 1844)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1853)
- 1968 (58 years ago) Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (assassinated) (born 1929)
- 1979 (47 years ago) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (born 1928)
- 1983 (43 years ago) Gloria Swanson, American actress (born 1899)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (born 1942)