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9 Dey 1488
Monday 9 Dey 1488 in the Persian calendar is Monday, 30 December 2109, and 7 Safar 1534 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 Dey 1488
- Gregorian30 December 2109
- Islamic7 Safar 1534
- Imperial9 Dey 2668
- Day of the year285 of 365
- Left in the year80 days
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Occasions on 9 Dey 1488
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On this day: December 30
Events
- 1066 (960 years ago) Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
- 1902 (124 years ago) The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attains a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica.
- 1903 (123 years ago) A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
- 1922 (104 years ago) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed.
- 1947 (79 years ago) Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
- 1997 (29 years ago) In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
- 2004 (22 years ago) A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 194.
- 2009 (17 years ago) A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
Births
- 39 (1987 years ago) Titus, Roman emperor (probable) (died 81)
- 1865 (161 years ago) Rudyard Kipling, Indian-English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)
- 1884 (142 years ago) Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1948)
- 1930 (96 years ago) Tu Youyou, Chinese chemist and pharmacist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1963 (63 years ago) Mike Pompeo, American diplomat and politician; 70th United States Secretary of State
- 1969 (57 years ago) Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia
- 1975 (51 years ago) Tiger Woods, American golfer
- 1984 (42 years ago) LeBron James, American basketball player, producer and businessman
Deaths
- 1896 (130 years ago) José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (born 1861)
- 1916 (110 years ago) Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (born 1869)
- 1944 (82 years ago) Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
- 1947 (79 years ago) Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (born 1861)
- 1968 (58 years ago) Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, first Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1896)
- 2006 (20 years ago) Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, fifth President of Iraq (born 1937)
- 2009 (17 years ago) Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian journalist and politician, fourth President of Indonesia (born 1940)
- 2012 (14 years ago) Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1909)