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20 Aban 1492
Saturday 20 Aban 1492 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 11 November 2113, and 2 Safar 1538 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
- Persian20 Aban 1492
- Gregorian11 November 2113
- Islamic2 Safar 1538
- Imperial20 Aban 2672
- Day of the year236 of 365
- Left in the year129 days
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Occasions on 20 Aban 1492
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On this day: November 11
Events
- 1215 (811 years ago) The Fourth Council of the Lateran meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ.
- 1673 (353 years ago) Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
- 1923 (103 years ago) Adolf Hitler is arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
- 1930 (96 years ago) Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
- 1968 (58 years ago) Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam.
- 1975 (51 years ago) Independence of Angola.
- 1981 (45 years ago) Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.
- 2012 (14 years ago) A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.
Births
- 1493 (533 years ago) Paracelsus, Swiss-German physician, botanist, astrologer, and occultist (died 1541)
- 1821 (205 years ago) Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (died 1881)
- 1885 (141 years ago) George S. Patton, American general (died 1945)
- 1922 (104 years ago) Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2007)
- 1945 (81 years ago) Daniel Ortega, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua
- 1962 (64 years ago) Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer
- 1966 (60 years ago) Benedicta Boccoli, Italian model and actress
- 1974 (52 years ago) Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer
Deaths
- 683 (1343 years ago) Yazid I, Muslim caliph (born 647)
- 1855 (171 years ago) Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, author, and poet (born 1813)
- 1917 (109 years ago) Liliuokalani of Hawaii,
- 1973 (53 years ago) Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1895)
- 1976 (50 years ago) Alexander Calder, American sculptor (born 1898)
- 2004 (22 years ago) Yasser Arafat, Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)
- 2005 (21 years ago) Peter Drucker, Austrian-American author, theorist, and educator (born 1909)
- 2021 (5 years ago) F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, former State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)