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4 Farvardin 1487

Saturday 4 Farvardin 1487 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 24 March 2108, and 11 Rabi' al-Thani 1532 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.

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This day in four calendars

1199 (827 years ago) King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
1934 (92 years ago) The Tydings–McDuffie Act is passed by the United States Congress, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
1944 (82 years ago) German troops massacre 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
1949 (77 years ago) Hanns Albin Rauter, a chief SS and Police Leader in the Netherlands, is convicted and executed for crimes against humanity.
1976 (50 years ago) In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a seven-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.
1990 (36 years ago) Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War ends with the last ship of Indian Peace Keeping Force leaving Sri Lanka.
2008 (18 years ago) Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
2018 (8 years ago) Students across the United States stage the March for Our Lives demanding gun control in response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

1834 (192 years ago) William Morris, English textile designer, poet, and author (died 1896)
1874 (152 years ago) Harry Houdini, Hungarian-American magician and actor (died 1926)
1884 (142 years ago) Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)
1926 (100 years ago) Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
1930 (96 years ago) Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (died 1980)
1954 (72 years ago) Rafael Orozco Maestre, Colombian singer (died 1992)
1956 (70 years ago) Steve Ballmer, American businessman
1973 (53 years ago) Jim Parsons, American actor

809 (1217 years ago) Harun al-Rashid, Arab caliph (born 763)
1603 (423 years ago) Elizabeth I of England,
1882 (144 years ago) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (born 1807)
1905 (121 years ago) Jules Verne, French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1828)
1946 (80 years ago) Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (born 1892)
1976 (50 years ago) Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (born 1887)
2016 (10 years ago) Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer (born 1947)
2016 (10 years ago) Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1949)