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Historical Event on 3/19/2000
Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
4/4/1994 | Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns. |
4/10/1919 | Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her. |
11/27/1992 | Sachin Tendulkar, 19 years and 22 days old, becomes the youngest cricketer to make 1,000 test runs while playing in Johannesburg. |
1/8/1992 | Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent. |
1/10/1932 | Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities. |
9/4/1990 | An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities. |
6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
3/16/1860 | Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia. |
12/6/1993 | Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away. |
6/2/1988 | Raj Kapoor, famous film actor, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away. |
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