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20 Farvardin 1493
Monday 20 Farvardin 1493 in the Persian calendar is Monday, 9 April 2114, and 3 Rajab 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 Farvardin 1493
- Gregorian9 April 2114
- Islamic3 Rajab 1538
- Imperial20 Farvardin 2673
- Day of the year20 of 365
- Left in the year345 days
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Occasions on 20 Farvardin 1493
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On this day: April 9
Events
- 1940 (86 years ago) World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
- 1948 (78 years ago) Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
- 1948 (78 years ago) Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist terror groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100 Palestinians.
- 1957 (69 years ago) The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
- 1980 (46 years ago) The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
- 1991 (35 years ago) Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1992 (34 years ago) A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
- 2013 (13 years ago) A 6.1–magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people.
Births
- 1802 (224 years ago) Elias Lönnrot, Finnish physician and philologist (died 1884)
- 1821 (205 years ago) Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (died 1867)
- 1835 (191 years ago) Leopold II of Belgium,
- 1872 (154 years ago) Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1950)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises (died 2017)
- 1933 (93 years ago) Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor and producer (died 2021)
- 1974 (52 years ago) Jenna Jameson, American actress and pornographic performer
- 1990 (36 years ago) Kristen Stewart, American actress
Deaths
- 1483 (543 years ago) Edward IV, king of England (born 1442)
- 1553 (473 years ago) François Rabelais, French monk and scholar (born 1494)
- 1626 (400 years ago) Francis Bacon, English jurist and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1561)
- 1882 (144 years ago) Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (born 1828)
- 1904 (122 years ago) Isabella II, Spanish queen (born 1830)
- 1945 (81 years ago) Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (born 1906)
- 1959 (67 years ago) Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (born 1867)
- 2021 (5 years ago) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of the United Kingdom, Prince of Greece and Denmark, Consort of Queen Elizabeth II (born 1921)