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Historical Event on 12/16/1999
Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/1967 | English was adopted the official language of Nagaland . |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar. |
| 11/16/1962 | Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war. |
| 10/2/1942 | Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire. |
| 4/12/1992 | The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990. |
| 4/26/1992 | Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away. |
| 12/1/1960 | Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964. |
| 12/19/1995 | Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal. |
| 9/13/1991 | Churchil Alemao, former Goa CM, who was wanted under COFEPOSA, surrenders to the police in Panaji. |
| 8/12/1973 | Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu, died. |
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