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8 Mordad 1487
Monday 8 Mordad 1487 in the Persian calendar is Monday, 30 July 2108, and 20 Sha'ban 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.
This day in four calendars
- Persian8 Mordad 1487
- Gregorian30 July 2108
- Islamic20 Sha'ban 1532
- Imperial8 Mordad 2667
- Day of the year132 of 365
- Left in the year233 days
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Occasions on 8 Mordad 1487
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On this day: July 30
Events
- 30 BC Mark Antony wins a final cavalry battle against Octavian in the battle of Alexandria, but his infantry is defeated and the next day his fleet and troops start to desert to Octavian.
- 762 (1264 years ago) Baghdad is founded.
- 1419 (607 years ago) First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
- 1502 (524 years ago) Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
- 1756 (270 years ago) In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
- 1945 (81 years ago) World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
- 1971 (55 years ago) Apollo program: On Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin in the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
- 1980 (46 years ago) Vanuatu gains independence.
Births
- 1511 (515 years ago) Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, historian, and architect (died 1574)
- 1818 (208 years ago) Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (died 1848)
- 1863 (163 years ago) Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (died 1947)
- 1945 (81 years ago) Patrick Modiano, French novelist and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1947 (79 years ago) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California
- 1947 (79 years ago) Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1970 (56 years ago) Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1974 (52 years ago) Hilary Swank, American actress and producer
Deaths
- 579 (1447 years ago) Pope Benedict I,
- 1718 (308 years ago) William Penn, English businessman and philosopher, founded the Province of Pennsylvania (born 1644)
- 1811 (215 years ago) Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and soldier (born 1753)
- 1898 (128 years ago) Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (born 1815)
- 1912 (114 years ago) Emperor Meiji of Japan,
- 1996 (30 years ago) Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (born 1903)
- 2007 (19 years ago) Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1918)
- 2007 (19 years ago) Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1912)