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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
11/10/1938	Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
9/16/1995	Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State.
6/24/1946	Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission.
3/1/1968	Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur.
5/26/1885	Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born.
12/1/1966	Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.
1/1/1985	Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum.
9/14/1949	Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
3/3/1921	Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P).
1/17/1993	LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast.

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