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Historical Event on 12/10/1902
Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1995 | Iftikar, famous character actor, died. |
| 3/17/1982 | President's rule in Kerala. |
| 7/3/1936 | Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling during Cambridge U vs MCC match. |
| 10/20/1990 | Andhra Pradesh Government announces a five-day week for all offices and educational institutions from November 01, 1990. |
| 8/7/1990 | Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service. |
| 1/30/1993 | Dr. Syvatoslav Roerich, 89, renowned painter and husband of film actress Devika Rani, passed away. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 3/9/1931 | Karansingh, politician, was born. |
| 7/24/1999 | Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai. |
| 4/4/1987 | Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away. |
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