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Historical Event on 6/20/1985
The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/21/1835 | Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 5/23/1805 | Lord Wellesley, Governer General of India, issued a permanent provision for the Delhi Mughal Emperor. |
| 8/15/1947 | Indian Independence Day. |
| 5/5/1916 | Giani Zail Singh, President of India, was born in Sandhwan village, Punjab. |
| 8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
| 8/9/1971 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
| 4/12/1983 | Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars. |
| 10/27/2000 | The Vajpayee Government 'clears' the names of Surjit Singh Barnala, Prabhat Kumar and Dinanath Tiwari for appointment as the Governors of the new States of Uttaranchal, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh respectively. |
| 6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 7/27/1998 | B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister. |
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