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Historical Event on 9/27/1958

Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/2000A Delhi High Court exonerates senior Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister H.K.L. Bhagat in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case in Delhi (in Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on November 1, 1984).
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
5/1/1913Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born.
3/17/1882Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern Marathi language, passed away.
4/29/2000The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.
4/28/1996EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.
5/8/1725John Lovewell, US Indian fighter, passed away in a battle.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
9/28/1940Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"".
4/20/1991Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.