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Historical Event on 10/16/1990

Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1993Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.
10/14/1955Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia .
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
6/18/1879Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
1/29/1968Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died.
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
6/9/1994Yogi Dhirendra Bhramachari, [controversial Flying Swami], hindu saint, died in an air crash near Jammu. He was 70.
4/16/1976The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth.
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.