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Historical Event on 12/16/1999
Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/10/1992 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands opened for foreign travellers. |
| 5/18/1932 | Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations. |
| 5/19/1908 | Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born. |
| 12/22/1843 | Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore, accepted Brahmo religion at the hands of Ramchandra Vidyabagish. |
| 4/3/1994 | Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns. |
| 4/3/1946 | Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive. |
| 8/21/1988 | 500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale. |
| 8/19/1993 | Sharad Pawar elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Pune. |
| 7/7/1948 | Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established. |
| 10/1/1886 | Baluchisthan became a part of India. |
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