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Historical Event on 6/24/1969

Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/199881 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
5/10/1999Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill.
7/4/1989Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya.
2/14/1925Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born.
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.
5/31/1891Buddhagaya Mahabodhi Society, an organization to encourage Buddhist studies in India and abroad, was established by a Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
6/2/1986One thousand Sikhs arrested at demonstrations in Punjab.
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
12/1/1999Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol