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Historical Event on 10/26/1969

Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1996Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
8/23/1958Marathwada University was started.
3/19/1911Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"".
3/24/1977Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.
3/30/1949New Union of Greater Rajasthan was ceremonially inaugurated by Patel when the existing Union of Rajasthan was joined by four premier states of Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. Hiralal Shastri became its first Chief Minister.
5/21/1935Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
7/26/1923Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
5/21/1975The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation.
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.