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Historical Event on 12/23/1969

Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
5/31/1994Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.
2/20/1863Pandit A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous Malyalam poet, grammer expert and Sanskrit expert, was born.
3/23/1911Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.
3/5/1997Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.
11/10/2000R.M. Shankara and Rashmi Kumari lift men's and women's title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi.
1/1/1988The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
2/24/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.