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Historical Event on 12/16/1999
Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/16/1952 | Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people. |
| 1/26/1981 | Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated. |
| 8/7/1934 | Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers. |
| 8/7/1934 | Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born. |
| 2/3/1928 | Chandrasekhar Vaman Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55), was born at Pune. |
| 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. |
| 3/25/1991 | 1991 census report released; India has 844 million people. |
| 7/17/1947 | Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives. |
| 5/29/1977 | Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, president of Sahitya Academy, National Professor and eminent linguist, passed away. |
| 3/1/1989 | Vasantdada Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Governor of Rajasthan, passed away. |
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