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Historical Event on 12/6/1997
Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/27/2000 | Mohan Bagan lifts title in the National Football league in Calcutta. |
| 1/24/1996 | H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. |
| 1/9/1664 | Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place. |
| 6/20/1918 | K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
| 10/1/1909 | Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement. |
| 6/28/1787 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. |
| 10/17/1997 | Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab. |
| 12/13/1986 | Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 2/5/1993 | The Supreme Court directs the Union Government to forcibly produce Manipur Speaker Dr. Borobabu Singh before it on March 23 in a contempt case. |
| 9/25/1962 | Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87), was born in Bombay. |
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