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Historical Event on 10/16/1999

Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1989Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away.
8/16/1991C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away.
2/6/1932Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away.
1/20/1997The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg.
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
2/23/1998Raman Lamba, former Indian Test cricketer, passed away in Dhaka, three days after being hit on the head while close-in fielding.
3/26/1918Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore.
8/4/1928Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born.
6/8/1936Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.
11/6/1952Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born.