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Historical Event on 9/28/2000
Marion Jones wins the 200m gold medal at Sydney.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1995 | Iftikar, famous character actor, died. |
| 3/17/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak. |
| 8/30/1983 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle. |
| 7/22/1875 | Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born. |
| 11/7/1893 | Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, passed away at the age of 37. |
| 7/18/1993 | Rail, road traffic disrupted. |
| 9/29/1992 | Forex norms relaxed for wide range of purposes. |
| 8/16/1932 | Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation. |
| 7/30/1960 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, great freedom fighter, leader and 'Lion of Karnataka', 0died. He was a loyal Congress leader. |
| 8/1/2000 | One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river. |
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