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1995 Event - Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed

1980 Death - Pahlawi Mohammed Reza, shah of Persia (1941-79), dies in Cairo at 60

1968 Event - Earthquake destroys Ferdows Persia, 2,000 killed

1967 Death - Mohammed H Mossadeq, premier of Persia (1951-53), dies

1965 Event - U.S.S.R. and Persia sign dam building and economic aid pact

1965 Death - Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered

1960 Event - Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed

1959 Event - Shah of Persia marries Farah Diba

1959 Event - Shah of Persia visits Netherlands

1955 Event - Persia signs Pact of Baghdad

1954 Event - General Zahedi wins election in Persia

1953 Event - Shah of Persia returns to Teheran

1953 Event - General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia

1953 Event - Shah of Persia and princess Soraya flee to Baghdad and Rome

1953 Event - U.S. stops aid to Persia

1952 Event - Premier Ghavam es-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns

1952 Event - Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier

1951 Event - Mohammed Mossadeq chosen premier of Persia

1951 Event - Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

1951 Event - Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari

1949 Event - Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia

1944 Death - Reza Sjah Pahlawi, Reza Chan, cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies

1935 Event - Persia officially renamed Iran

1934 Event - Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran

1929 Event - Turkey and Persia signs friendship treaty

1929 Event - Persia and Iraq sign friendship treaty

1929 Event - Persia agrees to Litvinov Pact

1926 Event - Uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia

1926 Event - Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security

1925 Event - Cossack officer/ex-premier Reza Chan becomes shah of Persia

1925 Event - Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia

1916 Event - Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia

1915 Event - Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia

1915 Event - Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia

1911 Event - Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army

1910 Event - British-Russian military intervention in Persia

1907 Event - Britain and Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet

1903 Birthday - Ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist

1896 Death - Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65

1847 Event - Persia and Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum

1828 Event - Russia and Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai

1797 Death - Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated and killed

1747 Death - Nadir, shah of Persia (1736-47), murdered

1732 Event - Russia and Persia sign Treaty of Riascha

1728 Event - Georg F. Handels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London

1722 Event - Russian troops occupy Baku and Derbent on Persia

1722 Event - Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia

1629 Death - Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57

1556 Birthday - Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia, 1587-1629

1514 Birthday - Tahmasp I, shah of Persia, 1524 - 1576, author, Tazkire-i Shah

1502 Event - Tebriz, shah Ismail I of Persia crowned

1291 Death - Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated

628 Death - Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son













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