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24 Azar 1496
Wednesday 24 Azar 1496 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 15 December 2117, and 20 Rabi' al-Thani 1542 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
- Persian24 Azar 1496
- Gregorian15 December 2117
- Islamic20 Rabi' al-Thani 1542
- Imperial24 Azar 2676
- Day of the year270 of 365
- Left in the year95 days
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Occasions on 24 Azar 1496
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On this day: December 15
Events
- 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.
Births
- 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
Deaths
- 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)