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Historical Event on 1/31/1958

First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1954Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras.
3/24/1974Lokprabha weekly started its publication.
3/28/1943S. Satyamurti, social reformer, politician and member of legislative council at Madras, died. He was born in Tirumayyam village in August 19, 1887.
4/8/1857Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire.
10/30/1996Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case.
7/24/1911Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born.
2/23/1876Saint Gadgebaba, great modern saint of Maharashtra, was born.
6/16/1990Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.
5/18/1966Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists.
3/6/1991Chandrasekhar resigns as PM.