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Historical Event on 12/16/1999

Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1993Six of Memon family escape to Karachi.
4/10/1995Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna.
12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
12/6/1990VHP-sponsored 'karseva' in Ayodhya passes off peacefully.
2/14/1755Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
10/17/1999Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
12/16/1960Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away.