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Historical Event on 8/8/1984

P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1869Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India.
4/25/1969Invalappil Mani Vijayan (or better known as IM Vijayan), Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trissur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1993, 1997, 1999. He scored the fastest ever International goal against Bhutan at the SAF Games '99, scoring after just 12 seconds.
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
7/21/1977K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.
12/11/1999Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award.
1/4/1889Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born.
5/5/1998Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
4/28/1943Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul.