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Historical Event on 1/8/1965

Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
10/30/1924Word Saving Day.
7/30/1886Dr. S.Muthulakshmi Reddi, first women M.A.L.A.S, was born.
9/4/1990An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities.
8/7/1888Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died.
9/10/199587 of the 180 members of the newly constituted JAAC assume office.
9/24/1921Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.
1/23/1996Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.
4/5/1991Kerala Assembly dissolved paving way for elections.
1/31/1998D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98).