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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
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
1/20/1939Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.
12/23/1972Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi.
10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
11/27/1976Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar, famous journalist, novelist and critic, passed away.