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Historical Event on 8/8/1984
P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1873 | Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 10/28/1991 | Chruchill Alemao of Goa set free by court. |
| 5/27/1968 | Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously. |
| 9/4/1997 | Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am. |
| 4/14/1925 | Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi. |
| 4/2/1991 | Asom Gana Parishad splits. |
| 12/31/1961 | 99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie). |
| 6/18/1917 | Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born. |
| 9/24/1938 | Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India. |
| 12/22/1940 | Manvendranath Rai established the Radical Democratic Party. |
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