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Historical Event on 2/14/1933
W. R. Sonar, famous marathi poet, author, playwright, editor and publisher, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/25/1983 | India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies. |
| 10/1/1997 | Bus with 70 people fell into a stream near Cuddappah. |
| 3/28/1947 | Abdul Bari, labour leader, passed away. |
| 5/14/1995 | Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people. |
| 1/8/1964 | Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago. |
| 8/1/1846 | Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London. |
| 1/21/2000 | The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president. |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
| 2/27/1990 | Polls in Pondicherry and eight states. |
| 11/1/1974 | Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad. |
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