1976 Birthday Zahir Raheem, Philadelphia, bantamweight boxer 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Zahir Shah, cricketer, attention-grabbing Rawalpindi leg-spinner 1973 Event Military coup in Afghanistan; King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees 1971 Event Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan 1530 Death Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 1483 Birthday Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty
