Historical Events
Sports History
1996 Despite Sachin Tendulkar’s masterful 137 in India’s 3 for 272, Sri Lanka wins Cricket World Cup match in Delhi by 6 wickets; Sanath Jayasuriya 79, Hashan Tillakaratne 70no
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Famous Divorces
Salman Rushdie
1993 Novelist Salman Rushdie (Satanic Verses) divorces Marianne Wiggins
Famous Deaths
- 1949 Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter and poet, dies at 70
