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Historical Event on 8/7/1980
Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/20/1636 | John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians. |
4/21/1994 | Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film. |
8/10/1986 | Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune. |
7/27/1972 | Charu Majumdar, father of Naxalite Movement and the founder President of C.O.I.(M-L), died in prison. |
1/18/2000 | S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate. |
10/28/1997 | Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination. |
12/7/1902 | Janardhan Gyanoba Navle, cricketer, India's first Test wicket-keeper, was born at Fulgaon, Maharashtra. He played against England at Lord's in 1932. |
10/2/1996 | Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen. |
2/20/1968 | Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay. |
4/16/1992 | The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'. |
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