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Historical Event on 1/1/1987

United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1921Indian National Congress decided it's Flag.
5/1/1909Madame Bhikaji Cama secretly left London and went to France where she was wrote and spoke about the cruelty of Britishers.
1/10/1818The last battle was fought in Rampura between the Marathas and the company.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
11/22/1872Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England.
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
3/8/1997G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress.
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
6/26/1954Nehru, Chou En-lai pledge good-neighbor policy at New Delhi.
7/5/1992Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories.