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Historical Event on 12/6/1997

Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1952Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru.
8/18/1956Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, great Indian batsman, was born in Bombay.
5/8/1910Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity.
4/26/1991Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours.
12/15/1999The CPI (M) urges the Centre to take over Dunlop India Ltd.
5/15/1958Gift Tax Act was introduced.
4/11/1964Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level.
7/3/1927A. Neelameghan, librarian, was born at Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu.
12/3/1971During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began.
7/26/1844Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.