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27 Ordibehesht 1499

Friday 27 Ordibehesht 1499 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 17 May 2120, and 19 Shawwal 1544 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

1805 (221 years ago) Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt.
1814 (212 years ago) Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
1914 (112 years ago) The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
1967 (59 years ago) Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
1974 (52 years ago) The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland.
1983 (43 years ago) Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
1997 (29 years ago) Troops of Laurent-Désiré Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2007 (19 years ago) Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.

1749 (277 years ago) Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist (died 1823)
1866 (160 years ago) Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (died 1925)
1873 (153 years ago) Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist (died 1935)
1886 (140 years ago) Alfonso XIII, Spanish monarch (died 1941)
1936 (90 years ago) Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (died 2010)
1955 (71 years ago) Bill Paxton, American actor and director (died 2017)
1956 (70 years ago) Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host (died 2022)
1961 (65 years ago) Enya, Irish singer-songwriter and producer

1510 (516 years ago) Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (born 1445)
1727 (299 years ago) Catherine I of Russia,
1838 (188 years ago) Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1754)
1987 (39 years ago) Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, sociologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
2012 (14 years ago) Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter (born 1948)
2013 (13 years ago) Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentine Commander in Chief and dictator (born 1925)
2014 (12 years ago) Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)
2022 (4 years ago) Vangelis, Greek musician, composer (born 1943)