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18 Mehr 1500

Friday 18 Mehr 1500 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 10 October 2121, and 27 Rabi' al-Awwal 1546 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

1492 (534 years ago) The crew of Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny.
1846 (180 years ago) Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
1868 (158 years ago) The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
1957 (69 years ago) U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
1970 (56 years ago) Fiji becomes independent.
1975 (51 years ago) Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
2009 (17 years ago) Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
2018 (8 years ago) Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.

1731 (295 years ago) Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810)
1813 (213 years ago) Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist (died 1901)
1830 (196 years ago) Isabella II of Spain,
1861 (165 years ago) Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
1900 (126 years ago) Helen Hayes, American actress (died 1993)
1913 (113 years ago) Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
1930 (96 years ago) Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
1946 (80 years ago) Naoto Kan, Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan

680 (1346 years ago) Husayn ibn Ali, third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (born 626)
1659 (367 years ago) Abel Tasman, Dutch merchant and explorer (born 1603)
1827 (199 years ago) Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (born 1778)
1963 (63 years ago) Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1915)
1973 (53 years ago) Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (born 1881)
1985 (41 years ago) Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)
2000 (26 years ago) Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1916)
2004 (22 years ago) Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (born 1952)