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Historical Event on 6/8/2000

Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1860First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa.
11/27/1946London announces parley on India; Muslims accept, Hindus decline.
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
4/14/1772Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
6/30/1992Over 20 Indian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia due to heatwave and inadequate medical attention.
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
12/6/1997Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.
8/3/1984Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.
9/29/1991Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away.
3/12/1941Chinese engineers leave to survey a route for the proposed 1,000-mile-long highway from Ningyuan, China to Assam, India.