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Historical Event on 6/24/1966
Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/28/1896 | Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born. |
| 1/10/1997 | 28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum. |
| 10/10/1998 | Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 3/25/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate. |
| 1/23/1960 | Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away. |
| 1/9/1922 | Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley. |
| 8/10/1989 | Panchayatraj' and 'Nagarpalika' bills were passed in Parliament's Lok Sabha. |
| 11/27/2000 | Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident. |
| 6/20/1992 | CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma. |
| 2/4/1938 | Birju Maharaj, famous Kathak Dancer ""Guru"", was born. |
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