Azar ( fa, آذر,
) is the ninth month of the
Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of
Iran and
Afghanistan.
Azar has thirty days.
It begins in
November
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and ends in
December by the
Gregorian calendar. Azar corresponds to the Tropical Astrological month of
Sagittarius.
Azar is the third month of
autumn
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, and is followed by
Dey
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.
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
* 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
Pacific War
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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 -
Romanian Revolution begins with the police attack at an anti-government rally in
Timișoara.
* 20 - 1372 -
Highland Towers tragedy
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in
Malaysia
* 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
*
Pearl Harbor Day - 17 or 18 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)
*
Yaldā Night - 31 Azar
References
Months of the Iranian calendar
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