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Historical Event on 10/16/1971

David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1942Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.
6/5/1980Manipur University was established.
6/26/1955Poland and India affirm Panchsheel.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
12/28/2000India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
11/24/1948Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (Two Tests for India 1969), was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
7/8/1930The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London.
4/5/1991Kerala Assembly dissolved paving way for elections.