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Historical Event on 1/15/1929

Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born at America.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
5/29/1933Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'.
5/5/1998Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.
5/9/1995Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
1/19/1996Upendranath 'Ashk', noted Hindi literary figure known for his disputed writings, passed away.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.