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Historical Event on 10/20/1963

Navjot Singh Bhagwantsingh Sidhu, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Patiala.

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9/10/1999Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final.
1/18/1992Muthuswami Pillai, father of Bharat Natyam classical dance, passed away.
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
9/2/1992Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away.
8/28/1934Justice Sujata Manohar was born.
4/7/1942Anandshankar Bapubhai Dhruv, famous Gujarati expert, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of a monthly magzine, died.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
6/2/1988Raj Kapoor, famous film actor, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
4/11/2000Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
1/21/1997Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis.