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Historical Event on 8/8/1955

Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1996Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat .
9/6/1995Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away.
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.
3/19/1936Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born.
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.
1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.