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Historical Event on 7/11/1980

Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/27/1997Surendra Pratap Singh, famous Journalist and former chief editor of Nav Bharat Times Group, died ]at Delhi.
6/23/1911King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
1/26/1927Laxman Madhav Katre, former Indian Air Chief Marshall, was born.
7/15/1904Mogubai Kurdikar, veteran singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born.
4/6/1942During the second world war, for the first time Japanese air-bombers attacked India, and the mainland took place at Visakhapatnam.
1/19/2000Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
2/5/1931Krishna Film Co., Bombay produced a 7,659 feet long 'Krishnatone Talkie Programme No. 1, which was released quite before the release of 'Alam Ara,' first talkie film of India. The Krishnatone Programme was censored at C.C. No. 9906 on February 5 and the programme contained the following: (1) Arabic Song (2) Indian Orchestra No.1 (3) Indian Orchestra No.2 (4) Indian Orchestra No.3 (5) Jal Tarang Solo (6) Hindi Song No. 1 (7) Hindi Song No.2 (8) Hindi Song No. 3 (9) Bengali Song (10) Garba No. 1 (11) Garba No. 2 (12) Gujarati Comic Song (13) Hindi Chorus Song No. 1 (14) Hindi Chorus Song No. 2 (15) Dilruba Solo (16) Violin Solo (17) Goanese Song.
5/2/1968Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act.
2/24/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.
2/28/1919Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.