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Historical Event on 6/17/1976

Montreal Olympics opens.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1998The Maharashtra Government rejects the Srikrishna Commission findings on the 1992-93 communal riots and the serial blasts in Mumbai, but agrees to act on the panel's suggestions to refurbish the police force.
1/24/1980E. K. Nayanar forms Government in Kerala.
5/14/1972Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported.
11/21/1998India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo.
6/15/1966U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan.
4/2/1926The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
12/13/1984The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect.
5/14/1960The first plane of India flew upto New York.
10/28/1996L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court.
9/26/1904R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born.