Dey (month)
Dey is the tenth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. It marks the start of winter. It has thirty days, beginning in December and ending in January of the Gregorian Calendar.
The associated astrological sign in the tropical zodiac is Capricorn.
The name is derived from Daθušō, "The Creator".
Events
- 10 - 1363 - In a public ceremony in Bandar Seri Begawan, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah declares Brunei as a sovereign, independent nation.
- 5 - 1370 - Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 6 - 1383 - Boxing Day tsunami
- 9 - 1388 - Conservative counterdemonstrations during 2009–10 Iranian election protests. Commemorated by hardline figures.
- 27 - 1345 - Super Bowl I held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California between the National Football League and the American Football League.
- 6 - 1404 - Kupiansk offensive: Russian war bloggers officially admit that Kupiansk is lost because of Ukrainian counteroffensive operations which result in the liberation of the city.
Deaths
- 5–1351 - Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States
- 5–1385 - Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States
- 13–1391 - Ayatollah Mojtaba Tehrani, was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' taqlid.
- 15–1311 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States
- 15–1297 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
Observances
- Khorram rooz and Feast Day of Ahura Mazda - 1 Dey
- Christmas Eve - 3 or 4 Dey
- Christmas - 4 or 5 Dey, celebrated by Christians of Iranian descent who use the Gregorian Calendar
- Boxing Day - 5 or 6 Dey
- New Year's Day - 11 or 12 Dey
- Zartosht No-Diso - 11 Dey
- Traditional Epiphany and Armenian Christmas - 16 or 17 Dey
- Ethiopian Christmas - 17 or 18 Dey
- Feast of the Baptism of the Lord - 23 or 24 Dey, fourth Sunday of Dey
- Traditional Epiphany (Julian Calendar) and Timkat - 29 or 30 Dey