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17 Mordad 1484

Saturday 17 Mordad 1484 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 8 August 2105, and 27 Rajab 1529 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.

Public holiday

This day in four calendars

1588 (438 years ago) Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
1870 (156 years ago) The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
1945 (81 years ago) World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
1967 (59 years ago) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
1988 (38 years ago) The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
1990 (36 years ago) Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
2013 (13 years ago) A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
2022 (4 years ago) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.

1879 (147 years ago) Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician (died 1919)
1901 (125 years ago) Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
1902 (124 years ago) Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
1937 (89 years ago) Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
1951 (75 years ago) Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt (died 2019)
1964 (62 years ago) Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy
1966 (60 years ago) Jimmy Wales, American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia
1981 (45 years ago) Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player

117 (1909 years ago) Trajan, Roman emperor (born 53)
1827 (199 years ago) George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1770)
1897 (129 years ago) Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (born 1818)
1898 (128 years ago) Eugène Boudin, French painter (born 1824)
1996 (30 years ago) Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
2010 (16 years ago) Patricia Neal, American actress (born 1926)
2013 (13 years ago) Karen Black, American actress (born 1939)
2022 (4 years ago) Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1948)