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Historical Event on 8/6/1989

Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1993CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
8/1/2000One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.
12/21/1990Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
12/23/1889Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
7/22/1997Bus plummets into the swollen Usri river in Giridih dist, Bihar, killing 70.
1/5/1994Tamil Nadu Assembly passes two bills making the Chief Minister, the Chancellor of all universities instead of the Governor.
9/18/1879Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born.