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Historical Event on 3/5/1999

Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1943Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
8/8/1972Olympics open at Munich (26).
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
5/8/1990A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.
7/1/1990General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.
1/30/1905Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P.
12/4/2000India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade.
3/23/1962Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.
1/14/1989'Poorna Kumbh', India's largest religious gathering held once in 12 years, begins at Allahabad.