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Historical Event on 8/8/1972

Olympics open at Munich (26).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1999Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
9/2/1894Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born.
1/1/1903Sen also produced the first publicity films of India--""Jaba Kusum Hair Oil'' and ''Edward's Anti-malaria Specific''. He also filmed the celebrations of the Coronation of King Edward VII at Calcutta.
3/11/1992Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff, daughter of Netaji, declines to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' conferred on her father.
10/23/1898Khandubhai K. Desai, politician and social reformer, was born at Bulsar in Gujarat.
11/19/1994Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
3/11/1903Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born.