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Historical Event on 2/16/1980
The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/4/1910 | Amar Singh Ladha Nakum, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties), was born at Rajkot. |
| 10/18/1861 | Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born. |
| 6/2/1975 | Devendra Mohan Bose, famous Scientist of Physics, passed away. |
| 7/6/1927 | Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan). |
| 3/15/1931 | M.I.Mohammad Ghose, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-80, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 10/6/1927 | The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay. |
| 9/26/1999 | Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science. |
| 12/15/1988 | Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections. |
| 3/11/1990 | Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away. |
| 6/15/1993 | PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status. |
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