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Historical Event on 10/9/1968

Olympic Games open in Mexico City.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
7/17/1903Joseph, versatile author in Malyalam language and critic Butshshor, was born.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
8/18/1923Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
12/24/1993Khanprabha Bhaduri, famous Bengali poet and writer, died.
8/18/1800Fort William College was established at Calcutta.
1/29/1939Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President.