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Historical Event on 6/23/1985

Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1983Micheal Chopra, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Newcastle, England.
12/25/1763Suraj Mal Jat, Maharaja of Bharatpur, was killed by Najib-ud -Daulah s troops.
7/31/1964Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC retired from the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
10/6/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra .
10/2/1979Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched.
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.
5/23/1984Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat.
10/3/1988Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive.
4/13/1993Lalitadevi Shastri passed away.
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.