Khordad (Persian: خرداد, Persian pronunciation: [xoɾˈdɒːd]^[1]) is the third month of the Solar Hijri calendar.^[1] Khordad has thirty-one days.^[1] It begins in May and ends in June by the Gregorian calendar^{[citation needed]}. Khordad is the third month of the spring season (Bahar). It is followed by Tir.^[1] The Afghan Persian name is Jawzā.

Events

2-3 - 1244 - Grand Review of the Armies
16 - 1323 - the Normandy landings of 1944 take place in the beaches of northern Normandy in France.
12 - 1325 - 1946 Italian institutional referendum
16 - 1325 - The National Basketball Association is officially founded with Maurice Podoloff, concurrent president of the American Hockey League, as its founding president.
6 - 1371 - 22 English football teams, which had left the ranks of the English Football League in 1370-71, form an independent Premier League in the UK, becoming the top tier pro football league of English football. The new league's first games are slated for 24 Mordad.
11 - 1380 - Nepalese royal massacre

Deaths

2 – 1390 – Nasser Hejazi, an Iranian football player and coach.
12 – 1392 – Jalal Al-Din Taheri, Iranian scholar, theologian and Islamic philosopher.
16 – 1383 – Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States
25 – 1391 – Hassan Kassai, Iranian iconic master of Persian classical music.
27 – 1392 – Jalil Shahnaz, Iranian maestros.
31 – 1392 – Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian, Iranian architect.

v t e Months of the Iranian calendar (SH)
Farvardin Ordibehesht Khordad Tir Mordad Shahrivar Mehr Aban Azar Dey Bahman Esfand