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Historical Event on 4/14/1941

Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1994Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
3/1/1997Gopi Chand and P.V.V. Lakshmi retain individual titles and India takes team titles in SAARC badminton in Colombo.
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
10/2/1979Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched.
11/14/1957Children's Day.
7/15/1902Judge K. Subba Rao, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
4/20/1930The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks.
9/12/1899T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born.
7/19/1987Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V.P. Singh from Congress and orders probe into Ajitabh Bachhan's property abroad.
1/8/1964Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago.