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24 Azar 1493

Saturday 24 Azar 1493 in the Persian calendar is Saturday, 15 December 2114, and 17 Rabi' al-Awwal 1539 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.

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This day in four calendars

1256 (770 years ago) Mongol forces under Hulagu enter and dismantle the Nizari Ismaili (Assassin) stronghold at Alamut Castle (in present-day Iran) as part of their offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.
1869 (157 years ago) The short-lived Republic of Ezo is proclaimed in the Ezo area of Japan. It is the first attempt to establish a democracy in Japan.
1905 (121 years ago) The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
1914 (112 years ago) World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal campaign.
1960 (66 years ago) Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
1965 (61 years ago) Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.
1970 (56 years ago) Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.

37 (1989 years ago) Nero, Roman emperor (died 68)
130 (1896 years ago) Lucius Verus, Roman emperor (died 169)
1832 (194 years ago) Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (died 1923)
1852 (174 years ago) Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1908)
1859 (167 years ago) L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto (died 1917)
1907 (119 years ago) Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília (died 2012)
1923 (103 years ago) Freeman Dyson, English-American physicist and mathematician (died 2020)
1986 (40 years ago) Keylor Navas, Costa Rican footballer

1574 (452 years ago) Selim II, Ottoman sultan (born 1524)
1675 (351 years ago) Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (born 1632)
1890 (136 years ago) Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (born 1831)
1950 (76 years ago) Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (born 1875)
1958 (68 years ago) Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)
1966 (60 years ago) Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (born 1901)
2011 (15 years ago) Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (born 1949)
2013 (13 years ago) Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (born 1917)