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Historical Event on 2/8/1989
Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/15/2000 | Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan. |
| 4/17/1952 | First Lok Sabha was formed. Ananthasaynam Ayyangar, was elected as the first Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha (1952). |
| 1/14/1985 | Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief. |
| 4/4/1786 | In British Parliament, Berk alleged 11 corruption charges against Indian Governor General Warren Hastings. |
| 1/8/1964 | Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago. |
| 6/5/1981 | Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88. |
| 9/17/1899 | First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa. |
| 1/12/1946 | De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above. |
| 5/13/1956 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore. |
| 12/29/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections. |
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