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Historical Event on 2/16/1980

The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/7/1952Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
4/21/1991Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away.
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
4/7/1929Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi.
10/13/1781A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
11/11/1996A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500.