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Historical Event on 2/16/1980

The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1969India all out for 163 at Madras vs Australia, Ashley Mallett takes 5-91.
4/16/1976The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth.
5/5/1944Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue.
3/17/1995Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.
3/21/1996PSLV-D3 launched successfully.
6/20/1992CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma.
1/25/1917Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur.
10/30/1996Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case.
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
8/23/1989Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away.