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Historical Event on 1/23/1999

An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1955The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
6/25/1975President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day.
11/13/1992Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away.
8/18/1990President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation.
9/6/1995Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away.
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.
8/15/1947Indian Independence Day.
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
11/14/1919Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily news paper ""Marathawada"", was born.