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3 Esfand 1493

Friday 3 Esfand 1493 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 22 February 2115, and 26 Jumada 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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1847 (179 years ago) Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
1904 (122 years ago) The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
1958 (68 years ago) Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
1974 (52 years ago) The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
1986 (40 years ago) Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
2002 (24 years ago) Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
2005 (21 years ago) The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.
2014 (12 years ago) President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.

1732 (294 years ago) George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (died 1799)
1788 (238 years ago) Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (died 1860)
1857 (169 years ago) Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, philosopher, and academic (died 1894)
1857 (169 years ago) Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general, co-founded The Scout Association (died 1941)
1900 (126 years ago) Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer (died 1983)
1943 (83 years ago) Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany (died 2025)
1962 (64 years ago) Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (died 2006)
1975 (51 years ago) Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

606 (1420 years ago) Sabinian, Pope of the Catholic Church
1512 (514 years ago) Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer (born 1454)
1875 (151 years ago) Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (born 1796)
1913 (113 years ago) Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (born 1857)
1939 (87 years ago) Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (born 1875)
1942 (84 years ago) Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (born 1881)
1943 (83 years ago) Sophie Scholl, German activist (born 1921)
1987 (39 years ago) Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (born 1928)