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Historical Event on 2/16/1980
The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1999 | An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops. |
| 3/25/1996 | CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case. |
| 4/30/1998 | Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government. |
| 1/27/1888 | Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born. |
| 4/10/1996 | Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India. |
| 9/10/1923 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away. |
| 6/13/1991 | Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists. |
| 3/17/1982 | President's rule in Kerala. |
| 11/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, stage and film artist, member of Rajya Sabha and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, was born. |
| 10/11/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely. |
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