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Historical Event on 8/7/1980
Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/7/1990 | Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas. |
| 1/1/1995 | N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee. |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 8/30/1645 | Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty. |
| 6/22/1935 | Vaman Viswanath Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests), was born in Madras. |
| 1/29/1953 | Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated. |
| 12/8/1996 | Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.) |
| 12/12/1964 | Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 2/10/1921 | Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away. |
| 12/20/1967 | Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty. |
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