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Historical Event on 5/2/1953
40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1951	West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India.
5/27/1930	Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
8/20/1991	Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore.
6/30/1995	CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
5/13/1962	Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
2/15/1951	Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away.
2/15/1951	General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India.
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.
8/15/1950	Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
6/24/1991	K. Karunakaran ministry assumes power in Kerala.

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