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Historical Event on 9/9/2000
Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
| 8/1/1964 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/07/1969. |
| 12/10/1948 | Human Rights Day. |
| 5/20/1972 | Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta. |
| 5/22/1996 | Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 10/14/1997 | The two millionth Maruti vehicle rolled out. |
| 1/18/1969 | Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 8/9/1995 | India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement. |
| 5/31/1981 | First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. |
| 5/1/1996 | Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case). |
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