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28 Mordad 1484
Wednesday 28 Mordad 1484 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 19 August 2105, and 8 Sha'ban 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.
This day in four calendars
- Persian28 Mordad 1484
- Gregorian19 August 2105
- Islamic8 Sha'ban 1529
- Imperial28 Mordad 2664
- Day of the year152 of 365
- Left in the year213 days
- ZodiacLeo
- YearOx
Occasions on 28 Mordad 1484
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On this day: August 19
Events
- 947 (1079 years ago) Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces.
- 1561 (465 years ago) Mary, Queen of Scots, aged 18, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
- 1934 (92 years ago) The German referendum of 1934 approves Adolf Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
- 1960 (66 years ago) Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
- 1991 (35 years ago) Crown Heights riot in New York City begins.
- 1999 (27 years ago) In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
- 2003 (23 years ago) A truck-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
- 2010 (16 years ago) Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
Births
- 232 (1794 years ago) Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (died 282)
- 1631 (395 years ago) John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright (died 1700)
- 1871 (155 years ago) Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (died 1948)
- 1883 (143 years ago) Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (died 1971)
- 1924 (102 years ago) Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
- 1946 (80 years ago) Bill Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas, 42nd President of the United States
- 1967 (59 years ago) Satya Nadella, Indian-American business executive, chairman and CEO of Microsoft
- 1969 (57 years ago) Matthew Perry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)
Deaths
- 14 (2012 years ago) Augustus, Roman emperor (born 63 BC)
- 1580 (446 years ago) Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (born 1508)
- 1662 (364 years ago) Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1623)
- 1923 (103 years ago) Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (born 1845)
- 1936 (90 years ago) Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (born 1898)
- 1954 (72 years ago) Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1881)
- 1977 (49 years ago) Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (born 1890)
- 1994 (32 years ago) Linus Pauling, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)