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Historical Event on 7/5/2000

Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1961Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away.
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
4/23/1946Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, exchanging its Spitfire Vllls for Mk XlVs in October and arriving in Japan aboard HMS vengence.
11/27/1778Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon.
10/27/1999P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
1/17/1997Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.
8/11/1999Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai.
2/8/1948Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'.
8/6/1994The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities.