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Historical Event on 6/6/1997

U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/26/1996Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket.
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
7/1/1952Olympic Games open at Helsinki.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
3/15/1997Lok Sabha passes Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 1997.
1/16/1942Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress.
10/3/1906Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay.
3/2/1996Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match.
10/28/1911Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat.
8/27/1604Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.