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Khordad (Persian: خرداد‎, Persian pronunciation: [xoɾˈdɒːd]^[1]) is the third month of the Solar Hijri calendar.^[1] Khordad has thirty-one days.^[1] It begins in May and ends in June by the Gregorian calendar^{[citation needed]}. Khordad is the third month of the spring season (Bahar). It is followed by Tir.^[1] The Afghan Persian name is Jawzā.

Events[]

2-3 - 1244 - Grand Review of the Armies
16 - 1323 - the Normandy landings of 1944 take place in the beaches of northern Normandy in France.
12 - 1325 - 1946 Italian institutional referendum
16 - 1325 - The National Basketball Association is officially founded with Maurice Podoloff, concurrent president of the American Hockey League, as its founding president.
6 - 1371 - 22 English football teams, which had left the ranks of the English Football League in 1370-71, form an independent Premier League in the UK, becoming the top tier pro football league of English football. The new league's first games are slated for 24 Mordad.
11 - 1380 - Nepalese royal massacre

Deaths[]

2 – 1390 – Nasser Hejazi, an Iranian football player and coach.
12 – 1392 – Jalal Al-Din Taheri, Iranian scholar, theologian and Islamic philosopher.
16 – 1383 – Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States
25 – 1391 – Hassan Kassai, Iranian iconic master of Persian classical music.
27 – 1392 – Jalil Shahnaz, Iranian maestros.
31 – 1392 – Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian, Iranian architect.

Observances[]

Victoria Day - First Monday of Khordad
Memorial Day - First or Second Monday of Khordad
Canadian Armed Forces Day - Third Sunday of Khordad
Queen's Official Birthday - Fourth Saturday of Khordad
Khordadegan - 6 Khordad
Festa della Repubblica - 12 or 13 Khordad
Constitution Day (Denmark) - 15 Khordad (14 in leap years)
National Day of Sweden - 16 Khordad
Russia Day and Independence Day (Philippines) - 22 Khordad
Flag Day (United States) - 24 or 25 Khordad

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Months and Seasons – Persian Vocabulary". 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

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[:_0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Months and Seasons – Persian Vocabulary". 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

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