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Historical Event on 9/27/1958
Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1946 | Joanna Lumley, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service), was born in Kashmir, India. |
| 9/19/1950 | U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York. |
| 11/5/1995 | Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful. |
| 6/9/1998 | Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days. |
| 6/10/1890 | Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday. |
| 10/20/1997 | All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar. |
| 11/2/1984 | Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll. |
| 12/31/1943 | Ben Kingsley Scarborough, English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice), was born. |
| 12/5/1657 | Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India. |
| 12/19/1999 | The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga. |
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