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12 Khordad 1490
Tuesday 12 Khordad 1490 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 2 June 2111, and 24 Rajab 1535 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
- Persian12 Khordad 1490
- Gregorian2 June 2111
- Islamic24 Rajab 1535
- Imperial12 Khordad 2670
- Day of the year74 of 366
- Left in the year292 days
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Occasions on 12 Khordad 1490
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On this day: June 2
Events
- 1941 (85 years ago) World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
- 1946 (80 years ago) Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
- 1962 (64 years ago) During the FIFA World Cup, police intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
- 1966 (60 years ago) Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
- 1967 (59 years ago) Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group 2 June Movement.
- 2003 (23 years ago) Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
- 2022 (4 years ago) Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changes the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye".
- 2023 (3 years ago) A collision between two passenger trains and a parked freight train near the city of Balasor, Odisha in eastern India, results in 296 deaths and more than 1,200 people injured.
Births
- 1535 (491 years ago) Pope Leo XI,
- 1740 (286 years ago) Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and politician (died 1814)
- 1835 (191 years ago) Pope Pius X,
- 1840 (186 years ago) Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (died 1928)
- 1857 (169 years ago) Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
- 1857 (169 years ago) Edward Elgar, English composer and educator (died 1934)
- 1940 (86 years ago) Constantine II of Greece,
- 1988 (38 years ago) Sergio Agüero, Argentine footballer
Deaths
- 657 (1369 years ago) Pope Eugene I,
- 1701 (325 years ago) Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (born 1607)
- 1882 (144 years ago) Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (born 1807)
- 1970 (56 years ago) Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian soldier, journalist, and academic (born 1888)
- 1978 (48 years ago) Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and coach (born 1895)
- 1988 (38 years ago) Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1924)
- 1990 (36 years ago) Rex Harrison, English actor (born 1908)
- 2015 (11 years ago) Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)