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Historical Event on 8/8/1968
Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler), was born in Mannar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1949 | Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die. |
| 10/30/1996 | Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay. |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 2/16/1986 | The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails. |
| 6/3/1992 | M. N. Goiporia, SBI Chairman, asked to go on leave following security scam. |
| 6/3/1992 | The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East. |
| 1/12/1863 | Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta. |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
| 3/21/1791 | Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis. |
| 2/7/1999 | Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi. |
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