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Historical Event on 1/3/2000

A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1993Sudhakarrao Naik, Mahrashtra CM, resigns in the wake of party dissidence.
9/20/1940Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.
11/24/1941Attack on Pearl Harbour.
2/13/1994Yashwant Narsingh Kelkar, senior historian and journalist in Maharashtra, passed away.
2/7/1995Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities.
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
10/4/1974India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
5/20/1900Sumitranandan Pant was born.