Year : 1976
Events : Lok Sabha's life extended by one year.
Year : 1797
Events : Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 40,000
Year : 1847
Events : 1st US telegraph company established in Maryland
Year : 1913
Events : National Institute of Arts & Letters founded
Year : 1924
Events : 1st Winter Olympics games close at Chamonix France
Year : 1926
Events : Austrian chancellor Seipel Wants to join Germany
Year : 1948
Events : Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
Year : 1957
Events : 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse New York)
Year : 1961
Events : Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure
Year : 1965
Events : US performs nuclear test at Navada Test Site
Year : 1967
Events : US launches Lunar Orbiter 3
Year : 1970
Events : US performs nuclear test at Navada Test Site
Year : 1971
Events : Appollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard & Mitchell)
Year : 1976
Events : US performs nuclear test at Navada Test Site
Year : 1985
Events : 20 countries (but not United States) sign United Nation treaty outlawing torture
Year : 1987
Events : President Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress
Year : 1990
Events : Danny Everett runs World record 400 meter indoor (45:04)
Year : 1994
Events : Merlene Ottey runs World record 50 meter indoor (6.00 seconds)
Year : 1995
Events : Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket Victory, over pakistan by an inning
Year : 1941
Events : United Service Organization (USO) founded
Year : 1990
Events : Ernakulam, in Kerala is declared the first totally literate district in the country.
Year : 1999
Events : Ashok Kumar Jain, 65, Chairman of Times of India Group, prominent businessman, leader of Jain Community, Died.
Year : 1986
Events : US Satelite Chalanger blast killed 7 astronutes.
Year : 1993
Events : Pakistan clinch the Wills Trophy for International Cricket title at Sharjah, defeating Sri Lanka.
Year : 1993
Events : A Russian experiment to reflect a beam of sunlight to earth from an orbiting space mirror 25 metres in diameter is completely successful.
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