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Historical Event on 11/24/1989

Tendulkar scores a record cricket test 50 aged 16 years 214 days.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1997P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi.
9/27/1989The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful.
11/5/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires.
8/17/199220 members of the Janata Dal led by Ajit Singh break away from the parent body seeking separate seats in the Lok Sabha.
9/2/1998Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
7/6/199339 people were killed and three officials abducted in J&K .
9/3/1994The government decides to disinvest government holding in 21 Public Sector Units including ITI, IOC and ITDC.
6/13/1965Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune.
1/8/1964Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago.