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Historical Event on 2/16/1980

The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1998India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn.
10/4/1977Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, was released off the charges of corruption.
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
1/19/1855G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
1/25/1989Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
1/16/1985Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
10/16/1922M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born.