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Historical Event on 8/11/1984
A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.
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| 6/8/1998 | Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack. |
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| 1/1/1981 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"". |
| 9/22/1970 | Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died. |
| 3/31/1995 | Bombay beat Punjab in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy. |
| 3/31/1995 | Affonso de Albuquerque wrote, ""My determination now is to prevent any Moor entering Goa, to leave a sufficient force of men and ships in the place, then with another fleet visit the Red sea and Ormu |
| 5/10/1909 | Bellari Shammanna Keshvan, internationally famous librarian, was born. |
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