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Historical Event on 4/14/1944
Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
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| 1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
| 11/5/1999 | Malcom Marshall, legendary West Indian fast bowler, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling colon cancer for over six months. |
| 3/8/1998 | Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew. |
| 2/26/1874 | Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born. |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 8/8/1912 | Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 1/1/1948 | Orissa High Court was established at Cuttack for Orissa territory. |
| 8/3/1995 | Enron Power Project scrapped by Maharashtra government. |
| 1/14/1882 | Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born. |
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