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Historical Event on 12/16/1999

Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1995Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
11/18/1994Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.
9/13/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India.
8/6/1962Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes.
4/14/1914Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born.
5/15/1992Harshad Mehta suspended.
1/3/1985Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.
1/3/1985Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
1/18/1996N. T. Rama Rao, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (during 1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), passed away at Hydrabad.