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Historical Event on 12/16/1980

Fisher Wealthy Hornsinger, an American social worker and who worked for Adult Education in India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1993The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri.
7/17/1997K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state.
8/1/1939Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
12/26/1831Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
12/27/1931150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.
11/20/1998Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
10/24/1994Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India.
6/16/1951Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi.
12/14/1864Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born.