Dey (month)

• 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. • 8 - 1404 - 2025-2026 Iran protests begins == Births ==

• 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 (Georgian date: December 25) • Boxing Day - 5 or 6 Dey • New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar) - 11 or 12 Dey • Zartosht No-Diso - 11 Dey (Zoroastrian holiday, one of the most holy days of Zoroastrianism) • 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 (Traditional), fourth Sunday of Dey (modern) • Traditional Epiphany (Julian Calendar) and Timkat - 29 or 30 Dey For those countries that observe Epiphany on the first Sunday of January following the New Year, the Solar Hijri date falls as the third Sunday of Dey. == References ==