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Historical Event on 5/20/1964

P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1896Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala.
11/17/1991Narasimha Rao, PM, wins by-election in Nandyal with a record margin of 5,80,297 votes.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
5/1/1958Bell, 47 G3, the flight was upgraded to a helicopter unit with a Sqn Ldr as its Commanding Officer.
1/15/1921Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosle, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
10/22/1908John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India.
9/23/1980Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.
6/9/1999The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.