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Historical Event on 5/17/1980

V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1847Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London.
4/2/1926The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
5/1/1997Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
10/5/1989Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
9/26/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position.
4/22/1992IAF in response to a recommendation by Secretary General, the Security Council adopted resolution No. 751 (1992) by which it established UNOSOM for handling situation which had deteriorated to an extent where death and destruction forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes and causing need for emergency humanitarian assistance.
3/1/1989Vasantdada Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Governor of Rajasthan, passed away.
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
9/18/1992M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.