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Historical Event on 4/1/1989

UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1910Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
11/1/1999Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
9/27/1856Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language.
7/20/1990GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
2/24/1950G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born.
12/27/1987Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum .
11/30/1896Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.