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Historical Event on 1/1/1989
The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/10/1999 | Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final. |
| 12/14/1910 | Upendranath Ashok, noted writer, was born. |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 10/31/1919 | Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born. |
| 5/13/1998 | India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan. |
| 11/5/1995 | Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful. |
| 1/16/1990 | All Governors asked to resign. |
| 6/3/1930 | George John Fernandes, social reformer and politician, was born in Mangalore (Karnataka). |
| 2/19/1993 | SC Jamir elected leader of the Congress (I) Legislature Party in Nagaland. |
| 11/8/1965 | Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away. |
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