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9 Khordad 1482
Wednesday 9 Khordad 1482 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 30 May 2103, and 23 Rabi' al-Thani 1527 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
- Persian9 Khordad 1482
- Gregorian30 May 2103
- Islamic23 Rabi' al-Thani 1527
- Imperial9 Khordad 2662
- Day of the year71 of 366
- Left in the year295 days
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- YearPig
Occasions on 9 Khordad 1482
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On this day: May 30
Events
- 1913 (113 years ago) The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War between the Balkan allies and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans cede all their European territories west of a straight line between Enos and Media and Albania becomes an independent nation.
- 1967 (59 years ago) The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
- 1972 (54 years ago) In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
- 1982 (44 years ago) Cold War: Spain joins NATO.
- 1990 (36 years ago) Croatian Parliament is constituted after the first free, multi-party elections, today celebrated as the National Day of Croatia.
- 1998 (28 years ago) The 6.5 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500.
- 2013 (13 years ago) Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.
- 2020 (6 years ago) Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the United States since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.
Births
- 1814 (212 years ago) Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist (died 1876)
- 1845 (181 years ago) Amadeo I, Spanish king (died 1890)
- 1908 (118 years ago) Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
- 1909 (117 years ago) Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1986)
- 1928 (98 years ago) Agnès Varda, Belgian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)
- 1934 (92 years ago) Alexei Leonov, Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2019)
- 1951 (75 years ago) Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay
- 1980 (46 years ago) Steven Gerrard, English international footballer and manager
Deaths
- 1431 (595 years ago) Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (born 1412)
- 1593 (433 years ago) Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (born 1564)
- 1640 (386 years ago) Peter Paul Rubens, German-Belgian painter (born 1577)
- 1744 (282 years ago) Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator (born 1688)
- 1778 (248 years ago) Voltaire, French philosopher and author (born 1694)
- 1912 (114 years ago) Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (born 1867)
- 1960 (66 years ago) Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)
- 2011 (15 years ago) Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921)