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Historical Event on 6/17/1976

Montreal Olympics opens.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1995Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away.
10/24/1994The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld.
7/17/1987V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India.
10/20/1989Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India.
11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
5/25/1611Emperor Jahangir married Meherunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan. She recieved the title Noor Jahan.
11/29/1953Bahuriya Ramswarup Devi, better known as Laxmibai of Bihar, passed away. She will be always remembered for Chapra District Revolt, whereby she tied seven British men and threw them in Narayani River.
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.