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Historical Event on 12/16/1999
The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/16/1999 | Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre. |
| 4/15/1947 | Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace. |
| 7/13/1916 | Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born. |
| 6/9/1999 | The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector. |
| 12/27/1975 | A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster. |
| 3/25/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate. |
| 6/20/1985 | The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan. |
| 8/3/1939 | Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow. |
| 10/21/1906 | Gandhiji went to England till Nov 30 on deputation to present Indians' case to Colonial Secretary. |
| 5/4/1995 | The fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit. |
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