10 Ordibehesht · Asha Vahishta 1409

Events on this day

• Persian Gulf Day · Ruz-e Melli-ye Khalij-e Fars

  Iranian · Cultural

  Marks the capture of Hormuz from the Portuguese in 1622 by Shah Abbas's Safavid forces with the English East India Company, and the name of the Persian Gulf.

• Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)

  Jewish · Historical

  Israel's day of remembrance for the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

Other events

• Fortieth Day of Nowruz · Chehelom-e Nowruz
• Counting of the Omer · Sefirat HaOmer · Day 12
• Festival of Riḍván · Riḍván · Day 11
• Maidyozarem Gahambar · Gahanbar-e Maidyozarem · Day 1

Facts

• Day 41 of 1409
• 324 days left
• Zodiac sign: Taurus · Sowr