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Historical Event on 3/9/1989
Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/4/1929 | N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka. |
| 9/4/1929 | Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India . |
| 7/8/1954 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab. |
| 3/18/1948 | Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress. |
| 11/19/1977 | Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000. |
| 1/10/1897 | Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years. |
| 12/19/1984 | 2,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy. |
| 7/21/1977 | K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
| 6/26/1906 | M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras. |
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