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5 Mordad 1491

Wednesday 5 Mordad 1491 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 27 July 2112, and 3 Shawwal 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.

This day in four calendars

1865 (161 years ago) Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1880 (146 years ago) Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
1890 (136 years ago) Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
1917 (109 years ago) World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
1964 (62 years ago) Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
1995 (31 years ago) The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1997 (29 years ago) About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.

1612 (414 years ago) Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (died 1640)
1824 (202 years ago) Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (died 1895)
1835 (191 years ago) Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)
1853 (173 years ago) Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (died 1921)
1881 (145 years ago) Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)
1929 (97 years ago) Jean Baudrillard, French sociologist and philosopher (died 2007)
1963 (63 years ago) Donnie Yen, Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist
1987 (39 years ago) Marek Hamšík, Slovak footballer

1061 (965 years ago) Nicholas II, pope of the Catholic Church
1841 (185 years ago) Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (born 1814)
1844 (182 years ago) John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (born 1776)
1946 (80 years ago) Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1874)
1970 (56 years ago) António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1889)
1980 (46 years ago) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Shah (born 1919)
2003 (23 years ago) Bob Hope, English-American actor, comedian, television personality, and businessman (born 1903)
2015 (11 years ago) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (born 1931)