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Historical Event on 9/28/2000

Marion Jones wins the 200m gold medal at Sydney.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1923Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
6/9/1992LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.
1/14/1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
5/21/1998India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.
12/25/1861Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad.
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
12/26/1947K.M. Munshi is appointed Govt. of India's agent in Hyderabad State.
12/20/1990Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.
4/13/1988Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK.