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Historical Event on 6/20/1985
The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/1932 | Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born. |
| 9/16/1931 | Political prisoners Tarkeshwar Dutta and Santosh Mitra were shot by an officer at Hijli detention camp near Kharagpur. They were arrested for attending the Hijli meeting. |
| 4/30/1998 | Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998. |
| 7/16/1917 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born. |
| 4/22/1870 | Vladimir IIyich Lenin, revolutionary freedom fighter and politician, was born at Simbrisk, Volga. |
| 10/18/1906 | Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde. |
| 10/30/1996 | Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay. |
| 10/23/1883 | Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
| 5/12/1923 | Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born. |
| 3/29/1914 | Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh. |
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