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Historical Event on 10/16/1971
David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/19/1917 | Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born. |
12/20/1957 | Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival. |
9/26/1932 | Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born. |
11/5/1990 | Janata Dal splits. The breakaway group claims support of 58 M.P.'s to elect Mr. Chandrashekhar as leader. V.P. Singh's government loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha. |
11/16/1990 | Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent). |
5/10/1981 | The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay). |
10/10/1906 | Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born. |
10/28/1929 | Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966), was born. |
7/22/1956 | Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing. |
9/1/1989 | Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. |
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