Tir (month)

Tir (Persian: تیر‎, Persian pronunciation: [tiːɾ][1]) is the fourth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, which is the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan.[1] Tir has thirty-one days,[1] spanning parts of June and July in the Gregorian calendar. In Afghan Persian it is called Saraṭān (Cancer).

<<                Tir                 >>
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31
1399 SH

Tir is the first month of summer, and is followed by Amardad.[1]

Events

• 11 - 1246 - The British North America Act takes effect, marking the unification of the British Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into one Dominion of Canada.
• 14 - 1155 - The Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence of the United States.

Deaths

• 4 - 1392 - Taghi Rouhani, Iranian radio news anchor.
• 22 - 1391 - Hamid Samandarian, Iranian film and theater director and translator.
• 26 - 1390 - Rouhollah Dadashi, Iranian Powerlifter, Bodybuilder and Strongman.
• 29 - 1391 - Mohammad Hassan Ganji, an Iranian meteorologist and academic.

References

1. "Months and Seasons - Persian Vocabulary". 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.