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Historical Event on 5/14/1960

The first plane of India flew upto New York.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1936Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away.
10/20/198121-month-old Left United Front Ministry led by E. K. Nayanar resigns in Kerala.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
10/27/1969Darshansingh Pheruman died in Amritsar during the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the merger of Chandigarh in Punjab.
2/18/1899Jainarain Vyas, leader, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He played a leading role in creating united Rajasthan by integration of various states of Rajputana. He was the first Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1951 to 1954.
11/18/1937Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi.
11/7/1996Cyclonic storm hits Andhra Pradesh.
2/26/1998Kalyan Singh wins the ''composite floor test'' in the Assembly, securing 225 votes against the 196 got by Jagadambika Pal.
8/17/1882Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.
2/24/1995A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act.