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Mehr (Persian: مهر, Persian pronunciation: [mehɾ]^[1]) is the seventh month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan.^[1] Mehr has thirty days.^[1] It begins in September and ends in October by the Gregorian calendar. ^{[citation needed]}

Mehr is the first month of autumn, and is followed by Aban.^[1]

It is named after the Iranian deity Mithra.

Events

• 21 Mehr - 1154 - Continental Navy established
• 29 Mehr - 1184 - Battle of Trafalgar
• 8 Mehr - 1282 - Game 1 of the 1903 World Series, the first ever in the modern Major League Baseball era, begins in Boston's Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds.
• 17 Mehr - 1290 - Wuchang (Wuhan) Uprising - Xinhai Revolution in China marks the beginning of the end of Qing imperial rule.
• 4 Mehr - 1299 - The first regular season games of the future National Football League officially begin.
• 12 - 1324 - Establishment of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
• 9 - 1328 - Proclamation of the People's Republic of China
• 8 - 1344 - 30 September coup attempt in Indonesia.
• 20 - 1350 - Celebrations of the 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire officially commence.
• 23 - 1358 - Salvadorian Civil War begins
• 11 - 1369 - German reunification
• 21 - 1370 - USS Cole bombing
• 18 - 1394 - 2015 Ankara bombings
• 10 - 1401 - Ukrainian victory in the Second Battle of Lyman
• 25 - 1401 - The Mahsa Amini protests commence

Deaths

• 27 - 1392 - Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian musician. ^{[citation needed]}
• 22 - 1395 - Bhumibol Adulyadej

Holidays

• Mitrakana - 1 Mehr
• Meskel - 5 or 6 Mehr
• National Day of Pancasila Sanctity and 30 September Movement Memorial Day - 8 or 9 Mehr
• Mehregan - 8 or 9 Mehr
• National Day of the People's Republic of China - 8 or 9 Mehr
• German Unity Day - 11/12 Mehr
• Feast of the Holy Rosary - 14/15 Mehr
• National Day of the Republic of China - 16 or 17 Mehr
• Columbus Day and National Day of Spain -20 or 21 Mehr
• United States Navy Birthday - 21 or 22 Mehr
• Defenders Day (Ukraine) - 22 or 23 Mehr
• Bhumibol Adulyadej Death Anniversary Memorial Day - 23-24 Mehr
• Trafalgar Day - 28 Mehr (29 in leap years)

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