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Historical Event on 8/7/1985
Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1956 | Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state. |
| 1/17/1833 | William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), passed away. |
| 2/21/1878 | Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris. |
| 3/7/1996 | Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians. |
| 4/7/1929 | England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India. |
| 9/15/1999 | Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead. |
| 1/30/1785 | Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 9/16/2000 | Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 1/8/1964 | Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago. |
| 4/13/1989 | Malayalam film 'Piravi' directed by Shaji N. Karun adjudged best feature film of 1988. |
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