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10 Mehr 1491

Sunday 10 Mehr 1491 in the Persian calendar is Sunday, 2 October 2112, and 10 Dhu al-Hijjah 1536 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.

Public holiday

This day in four calendars

829 (1197 years ago) Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.
1470 (556 years ago) The Earl of Warwick's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
1864 (162 years ago) American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners ensues.
1919 (107 years ago) Seven days after suffering a "physical collapse" following a speech in Pueblo, Colorado, U.S. president Woodrow Wilson has a catastrophic stroke at the White House, leaving him physically and mentally incapacitated for the remainder of his presidency.
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa, killing over 300 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
1958 (68 years ago) Guinea declares its independence from France.
2004 (22 years ago) The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
2025 (a year ago) 2 people are killed and at least 4 others injured in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester, UK, during Yom Kippur.

1452 (574 years ago) Richard III of England,
1847 (179 years ago) Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (died 1934)
1851 (175 years ago) Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (died 1929)
1852 (174 years ago) William Ramsay, Scottish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
1869 (157 years ago) Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher (died 1948)
1890 (136 years ago) Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (died 1977)
1904 (122 years ago) Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (died 1991)
1951 (75 years ago) Sting, English singer-songwriter and actor

1264 (762 years ago) Pope Urban IV,
1709 (317 years ago) Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat (born 1639)
1853 (173 years ago) François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician (born 1786)
1927 (99 years ago) Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)
1968 (58 years ago) Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (born 1887)
1973 (53 years ago) Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (born 1897)
1985 (41 years ago) Rock Hudson, American actor (born 1925)
2018 (8 years ago) Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (born 1958)