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Historical Event on 4/16/1918

Spike Milligan, famous actor and comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers), was born in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1999Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died.
2/7/1990Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997.
5/13/1918Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born.
3/21/1996Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.
2/15/1993India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.
1/1/1969B. Sivaraman was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-11-1970.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
8/27/1992The President issues two ordinances making it mandatory for new medical and dental colleges to obtain prior approval of the Medical and Dental Councils of India before their establishment.
12/10/1886Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore.
12/7/2000A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam.