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Historical Event on 8/11/1984
A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/6/1947 | Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London. |
| 5/6/2000 | Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000. |
| 1/8/1906 | Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated. |
| 9/3/1997 | Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court directs the state government to pay an ex-gratia of Rs. 50,000 to the family of a college student, who had committed suicide following ragging in the hostel. |
| 11/21/1985 | Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), passed away. |
| 1/2/1930 | Mazharul Haque, greatest social worker, politician, nationalist, poet, journalist and writer, died. |
| 2/13/1991 | Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala. |
| 12/14/1968 | Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died. |
| 6/29/1993 | 24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
| 10/14/1991 | Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died. |
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