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Historical Event on 6/8/1998

Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1973Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died.
7/1/1989Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.
11/15/2000Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.
4/20/1954Panchsheel agreement between China and India.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
11/8/1999The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa.
9/21/2000J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service.
11/28/1945Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs India at Calcutta.
10/4/1972Raman Vijayan, Indian soccer (Football) player, was born in Kandramanikam at Pasumpon, Tamil Nadu.