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Historical Event on 10/23/1999
A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1999 | The Prime Minister declares the Centre will take all possible steps to push back infiltrators in Kargil. |
| 3/18/1974 | Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away. |
| 1/19/2000 | Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship. |
| 4/24/1998 | 24 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra. |
| 12/10/1936 | England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI. |
| 7/16/1936 | Venkataraman Subramanya, cricketer (Indian bowler in nine Tests mid-60's, Leg Break Googly, Right Arm), was born in Bangalore. |
| 6/17/1993 | Congress (I) working committee reaffirms its faith in Rao; BJP asks for PM's resignation . |
| 1/1/1987 | United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87). |
| 3/31/1999 | The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched. |
| 10/24/1851 | First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km. |
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