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Historical Event on 5/29/1967

First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1979Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset.
4/15/2000Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game.
1/4/1881Publication of newspaper 'Kesri' started.
4/3/1700Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals.
5/8/1910Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
10/25/1989P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.
7/3/1991Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% .
7/20/1998Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi.