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Historical Event on 5/5/1818

Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/2000India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border.
1/11/1973Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore.
6/24/1901John Thottam (Sir Marry Benigna C.D.) Marry, great poetess and teacher, was born in Elangi village at Kerala.
11/23/1926Satya Sai Baba, Hindu universalist renaissance charismatic guru, educationalist and worker of miracles, was born.
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
8/14/1993New governors for MP, Bihar, West Bengal & Tripura.
4/3/1999Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
10/14/1955Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia .
11/29/1953Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.