Azar (, ) is the ninth month of the

Solar Hijri calendar The Solar Hijri calendar is the official calendar of Iran. It is a solar calendar, based on the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Each year begins on the day of the March equinox and has years of 365 or 366 days. It is sometimes also called the S ...

, the official calendar of

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and

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. Azar has thirty days. It begins in

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and ends in

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by the

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. Azar corresponds to the Tropical Astrological month of Sagittarius. Azar is the third month of

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, and is followed by Dey. The name is derived from Atar, the Zoroastrian concept of holy fire.

Events

* 5 - 1296 - the National Hockey League (NHL), the successor to the National Hockey Association (NHA), is founded. Its first games were held on 27 Azar. * 9 - 1297 -

Union of Transylvania with Romania The union of Transylvania with Romania was declared on by the assembly of the delegates of ethnic Romanians held in Alba Iulia. The Great Union Day (also called ''Unification Day''), celebrated on 1 December, is a Public holidays in Romani ...

* 6 - 1306 - Macy's New York employees march on Thanksgiving Day, making this parade a precursor to the modern day Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. * 16 - 1320 - Bombing of Pearl Harbor, beginning the

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* 17 - 1320 - President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his Day of Infamy speech to Congress, urging it to declare war against Japan * 25 - 1368 -

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begins with the police attack at an anti-government rally in

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. * 20 - 1372 - Highland Towers tragedy in

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* 6 - 1387 - Mumbai attacks

Deaths

* 1 — 1342 — John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States

Observances

* Thanksgiving Day (United States) - 1st Thursday of Azar * Black Friday in the United States (shopping holiday, also marked in most other countries) - 1st Friday of Azar * Small Business Saturday in the United States - 1st Saturday of Azar * Cyber Monday - 2nd Monday of Azar * Giving Tuesday - 2nd Tuesday of Azar * Small Business Saturday (UK) - 2nd Saturday of Azar * Anniversary of the formation of the National Hockey League - 5 or 6 Azar * Azarnegan and Great Union Day (Romania) - 10 Azar * Iranian Students' Day - 16 Azar * Conception of the Theotokos - 16 or 17 Azar (Catholics and some Protestants), 17 or 18 Azar (Orthodox) * Pearl Harbor Day - 17 or 18 Azar * Victory Day (Bangladesh) - 25-26 Azar * Black Friday in the United Kingdom - Last Friday of Azar, may be occasionally celebrated on the first Friday of Dey to match the date in the Gregorian calendar (held every last Friday before Christmas in the Gregorian) *

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Birthday - 29-30 Azar * Yaldā Night - 31 Azar

References

Months of the Iranian calendar {{Iran-stub