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Historical Event on 5/5/2000

Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1883Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.
12/4/1888Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, was born.
7/31/1865Jagannath Sunkersett, great social worker, educationist and sculptor of modern Mumbai, passed away at the age of 62.
12/10/1878Muhammad Ali Jauhar, great eminent journalist, editor, orator, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, was born at Najibabad, UP.
11/13/1993The Indian hospital and aviation was operational immediately. The Indian contingent formally took charge of the responsibility of the capital city of Mogadishu.
1/2/1959Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83), was born in Purnea, Bihar.
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
9/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
1/8/1964Jack ""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.