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Historical Event on 6/24/1966

Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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2/1/1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
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5/6/1910Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
12/27/1931150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.
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