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Historical Event on 1/1/1985

United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/199021 people die as a bus accidentally touched a high voltage wire in Karagpur India.
8/11/1984A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
9/29/1930Ramnath Baburao Kenny, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Bombay.
9/25/1919Rayat Educational Institute (Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) was established.
8/20/1985Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur.
12/11/1986The United Nations Children's fund (UNICEF) completes 40 years of work on behalf of children (11-12-86).
11/13/1993The Indian hospital and aviation was operational immediately. The Indian contingent formally took charge of the responsibility of the capital city of Mogadishu.
1/12/1863Swami Vivekananda (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta)(1863-1902), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer, was born at Calcutta.
1/2/1987Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab, great industrialist, leader and former Chief Minister of Orissa, died.