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Historical Event on 6/6/1999

Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1993India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
6/18/1993Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
5/31/1818Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular newspaper, was published in Bengali language by Carey and Marshman from Serampore.
7/3/1838Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of `Prarthana Samaj', was born.
10/2/1999Ban orders in Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.