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Historical Event on 6/24/1966

Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
1/1/1976Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.
9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
11/14/199710th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened.
10/26/1952Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
2/20/1987Lok Dal splits over leadership issue.
3/4/1990V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue.
2/14/1994The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires.