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Historical Event on 1/1/1999

This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1939Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.
5/1/1927Dr. Namwar Singh was born.
10/25/1990JD and BJP withdrew support to Rajasthan and Gujarat governments respectively.
2/14/1932Madhubala (Mumtaj Begam), film actress, was born.
4/15/2000Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
9/11/1967China and India exchange artillery fire on Sikkim-Tibet border.
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
5/23/1997The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
6/17/1839Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.