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Historical Event on 6/20/1985

The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/7/1996Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
3/5/1991Congress threatens to withdraw support to the minority government of Chandrasekhar on the issue of police surveillance in Rajiv Gandhi's residence.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
5/1/1926Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.
7/7/1855As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army.
10/25/1990JD and BJP withdrew support to Rajasthan and Gujarat governments respectively.
11/29/1993Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ""J.R.D. Tata"", Bharat Ratna awardee, Father of Modern Indian Industries and founder of Indian Aviation industry, passed away at 89 in Gen
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
5/20/1987G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari', editor of daily newspaper, passed away.