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Historical Event on 5/30/1985
Earthquake in Srinagar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/7/1974 | T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away. |
| 4/14/1979 | Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras. |
| 4/14/1979 | Khidr Khan Syed, Governor of Lahore, replaced Daulat Khan Lodi on Delhi's throne. |
| 12/11/1908 | New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.' |
| 1/8/1964 | Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago. |
| 7/14/1854 | Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramahans, was born. |
| 12/21/1788 | Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him. |
| 10/25/1983 | Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices. |
| 5/30/1962 | 69 killed in a bus crash near Ahmedabad. |
| 1/1/1862 | Indian Penal Code and code of Criminal Procedure passed on October 6, 1860 came into force. |
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