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Historical Event on 9/28/2000

Marion Jones wins the 200m gold medal at Sydney.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1996Supreme Court tells Arunachal Pradesh to give protection to Chakma refugees.
5/27/1992M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed.
6/22/1993Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.
4/20/1973Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur.
5/27/1998Minoo Masani, 92, co-founder of the Swatantra Party, passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness.
9/17/1997Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.
4/2/1702Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away.
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
5/19/1904Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.