Shirin Ebadi was born on 21 June 1947 in Hamadan. An Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, Ebadi was one of the first women judges in Iran, and presided over a court in Tehran until the 1979 revolution, after which women were barred from the role. She then became a lawyer and campaigned for the rights of women and children, and defended political prisoners and dissidents. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to be so honored. After increasing government pressure, she left Iran in 2009 and has lived in exile in London, while continuing her advocacy.
Before and after
- 20 April 1947Founding of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
- 25 April 1947Birth of Johan Cruyff
- from 28 April 1947 to 31 July 1947Operation Vistula
- 5 June 1947George Marshall proposes the European Recovery Program
- 21 June 1947Birth of Shirin Ebadi
- 25 June 1947Publication of Diary of Anne Frank
- July 1947Roswell incident
- 17 July 1947Birth of Queen Camilla
- 19 July 1947Birth of Brian May
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- 6 August 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- from January 1978 to February 1979Iranian Revolution
- from 25 December 1979 to 15 February 1989Soviet-Afghan War
- from 22 September 1980 to 20 August 1988Iran–Iraq War
- from 20 March 2003 to 15 December 2011Iraq War
- 28 February 20262026 Iran War
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