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Historical Event on 6/23/1984

An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
10/20/1992Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire.
9/11/1913Waman Ganesh Talwalkar, Marathi journalist and story writer, was born.
8/15/1972Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
3/29/1998The new govt. wins the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
10/3/1996Second phase of UP polling.
10/31/1997Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
7/25/1938Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
9/11/1954Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born.