Dey ( fa, دی, ) 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" (i.e.

Ahura Mazda Ahura Mazda (; ae, , translit=Ahura Mazdā; ), also known as Oromasdes, Ohrmazd, Ahuramazda, Hoormazd, Hormazd, Hormaz and Hurmuz, is the creator deity in Zoroastrianism. He is the first and most frequently invoked spirit in the ''Yasna''. ...

Events

* 10 - 1363 - In a public ceremony in Bandar Seri Begawan, Sultan of Brunei

Hassanal Bolkiah Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III ( Jawi: ; born 15 July 1946) is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei since 1967 and the Prime Minister of Brunei since independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is one ...

declares Brunei as an sovereign, independent nation. * 5 - 1370 -

Dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

* 6 - 1383 - Boxing Day tsunami *9 - 1388 - Conservative counterdemonstrations during

2009–10 Iranian election protests After incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared victory in the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests broke out in major cities across Iran in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The protests con ...

. 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.

Births

Deaths

* 5 - 1351 - Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States * 5 - 1385 -

Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...

, 38th President of the United States * 13 - 1391 - Ayatollah

Mojtaba Tehrani Grand Ayatollah Agha Mojtaba Tehrani (Persian: مجتبي تهراني) (4 April 1933 – 1 January 2013) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' taqlid, which is described as "a high-ranking Shia cleric who is regarded as a source of emulation". ...

, was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' taqlid. * 15 - 1311 -

Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer ...

, 30th President of the United States * 15 - 1297 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States

Observances

Khorram rooz Khorram Rooz ( ''xoram rūz'') is the first day of Dey, the 10th month of the Iranian calendar. Both religious and non-religious traditions are associated with this day, such as the ancient Persians considering it the first day of the winter and re ...

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 Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December). Though it originated as a holiday to give gifts to the poor, today Boxing Day is primarily known as a shopping holiday. It ...

- 5 or 6 Dey *

New Year's Day New Year's Day is a festival observed in most of the world on 1 January, the first day of the year in the modern Gregorian calendar. 1 January is also New Year's Day on the Julian calendar, but this is not the same day as the Gregorian one. Wh ...

(Gregorian calendar) - 10 or 11 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 The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, or Theophany, is the feast day commemorating the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Originally the baptism of Christ was celebrated on Epiphany, which commemorates the coming of the Mag ...

- 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

Months of the Iranian calendar {{Iran-stub