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21 Azar 1497

Monday 21 Azar 1497 in the Persian calendar is Monday, 12 December 2118, and 28 Rabi' al-Thani 1543 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

1939 (87 years ago) Winter War: The Battle of Tolvajärvi, also known as the first major Finnish victory in the Winter War, begins.
1941 (85 years ago) World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.
1945 (81 years ago) The People's Republic of Korea is outlawed in the South, by order of the United States Army Military Government in Korea.
1946 (80 years ago) United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam (now Thailand) to the United Nations is adopted.
1956 (70 years ago) United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to the United Nations is adopted.
1963 (63 years ago) Kenya declares independence from Great Britain.
1979 (47 years ago) The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.
2021 (5 years ago) Dutch Formula One racing driver Max Verstappen wins the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton to become the first Formula One World Champion to come from the Netherlands.

1821 (205 years ago) Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (died 1880)
1863 (163 years ago) Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (died 1944)
1866 (160 years ago) Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
1915 (111 years ago) Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer (died 1998)
1937 (89 years ago) Connie Francis, American singer, musician, and actress (died 2025)
1950 (76 years ago) Rajinikanth, Indian actor
1970 (56 years ago) Jennifer Connelly, American actress
2001 (25 years ago) Michael Olise, French footballer

1204 (822 years ago) Maimonides, Jewish physician, philosopher, and scholar (born 1135 or 1138)
1913 (113 years ago) Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (born 1844)
1921 (105 years ago) Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (born 1868)
1939 (87 years ago) Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1883)
1985 (41 years ago) Anne Baxter, American actress (born 1923)
1999 (27 years ago) Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright(born 1923)
2003 (23 years ago) Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (born 1923)
2020 (6 years ago) John le Carré, English author (born 1931)