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Historical Event on 10/16/1990

Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1986Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha.
1/1/1999George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial.
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
8/30/1990Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill.
1/28/1998All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.
5/20/1776Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away.
12/26/1801Supreme Courts had Bengal and Madras by the charter.
10/10/1964Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo.