Wednesday 18 September 2013

Important Events—19 September


1881 – U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.
1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
1950– U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York.
1952 – The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
1955 – President Juan Peron of Argentina was ousted after a revolt by the military.
1957 – The United States conducted its first underground nuclear test, in the Nevada desert.
1960 – Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan.
1965 – Government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China.
1990 – Planning Commission announces 8th Five-Year Plan proposals with a total outlay of Rs. 610,000 crore.
1995 – PM leaves for a 5-day visit to the two Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Kyrghistan.
1996 – India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India.
2004 – Hu Jintao became the undisputed leader of China with the departure of former President Jiang Zemin from his top military post.

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