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Historical Event on 10/9/1968

Olympic Games open in Mexico City.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1879E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
9/17/1879Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
4/21/199018 more ministers added in the National Front Ministry.
5/7/1889Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
8/20/1921The Mopla revolt, one of the important uprisings of India, was started at Kerala.
8/10/1942Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.
4/11/1856Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born.
3/11/1963Mahomed Nissar, 6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts @ 28.28, passed away.
2/19/1895Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.