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Historical Event on 6/20/1985

The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1997I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed.
8/19/1992K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
11/14/1995National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
5/21/1975The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
12/27/1962India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir.
10/10/1978Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.
11/15/1989Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.