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Historical Event on 6/6/1935

Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1910Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay.
7/1/1997Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.
6/5/1923Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born.
4/1/1996Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.
10/28/1947Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K.
6/5/1927Sarjit Singh Bal, educationist, was born in Renala Khurd, Punjab.
6/25/1997USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders.
3/16/1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.