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Historical Event on 10/9/1968

Olympic Games open in Mexico City.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1924Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
3/12/1938Vijay Laxman Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17), was born in Amritsar.
5/15/2000Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag.
8/27/1946Gandhiji cables warning to British Government against repetition of ""Bengal Tragedy"". He also wrote to Wavell.
2/19/1861Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist, who compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, ingeniously blocking the trade and commerce on the part of Ganges, passed away.
3/5/1989Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns.
1/31/1992The Securities and Exchange Board of India given statutory power as an autonomous body.
9/11/1956The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
5/22/1996United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.