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Historical Event on 1/1/1987

United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1806Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala.
2/28/1930Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman, Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering ""Raman Effect"". He is also the first Indian to receive this honor in Physics, The Indian Nobel Laureates.
9/18/1925Pranlal Harkisandas Vora, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
12/15/1992BJP Governments of Sunderlal Patwa (MP), Shanta Kumar (HP) and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Rajasthan) dismissed.
2/13/1997Deve Gowda, PM, dedicates the Rs. 3200-crore 480 MW Uri hydel project in north Kashmir to the nation.
8/18/1945Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan.
4/19/1995Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.
10/15/1949Process of the integration of the Indian State was completed when the last three states - Tripura, Manipur and Banaras were merged.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.