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Historical Event on 8/1/1970
Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/28/1928 | First talkie feature film 'Melody of Love' was released in India. The film was made by Universal Picture Corporation, America. It's premier was held at Elphinstone Picture Palace, Calcutta. |
| 2/28/1994 | Budget with Tax Concessions of Rs.40.81 billion and a deposit of Rs.90.60 billion presented by Dr. Manmohan Singh in Parliament. |
| 2/8/1967 | Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd. |
| 12/7/1902 | Janardhan Gyanoba Navle, cricketer, India's first Test wicket-keeper, was born at Fulgaon, Maharashtra. He played against England at Lord's in 1932. |
| 9/20/1999 | T. R. Rajakumari (78), the dream girl of the Tamil silver screen for over two decades, died. |
| 5/25/1941 | 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India. |
| 8/8/1990 | Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation. |
| 1/23/1976 | Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation. |
| 5/12/1949 | S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US. |
| 5/1/1983 | Amravati University established. |
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