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Historical Event on 8/6/1989
Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/28/1848 | Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa. |
| 2/12/2000 | Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore. |
| 6/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
| 6/21/1988 | Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar. |
| 11/5/1994 | Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines. |
| 7/21/1984 | Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab. |
| 6/17/2000 | Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi. |
| 12/20/1920 | Justice Ali Sayyed Murtuza Fazal was born. |
| 1/18/1906 | Nirupam Chandra Ganguli, criminal lawyer and sportsman, was born at Bhagalpur. |
| 11/1/1930 | S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar. |
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