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Historical Event on 12/16/2000
Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/8/1993 | Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura. |
| 11/29/1916 | Vasant Shridhar Vaidya, great industrialist, was born at Phaltan. |
| 5/1/1886 | May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours. |
| 1/20/1996 | The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest. |
| 12/16/1867 | Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus. |
| 8/27/1997 | Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively. |
| 7/27/1998 | Gian Singh, convicted for the murder of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, is sentenced to death. |
| 9/16/1996 | J & K second phase poll for 34 seats. |
| 7/24/1989 | A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal. |
| 7/21/1962 | Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons. |
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