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Historical Event on 12/16/1999

Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1936England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI.
2/3/1873Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born.
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
12/14/1998The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
1/15/1947Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born. Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India.
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
1/2/1979Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).
2/5/1991The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India.
6/19/1995India and US officially launch Indo-US Commercial Alliance during US Trade Secretary's visit.
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.