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Historical Event on 6/8/1998

Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
3/17/1782Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.
1/5/1941Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi jr., Indian batsman & youngest Indian Test Captain), was born in Bhopal.
5/4/1980Coal Mine Worker's Day established.
10/24/1975Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari adds a glorious chapter to Indian sports history at the Sydney International Convention Centre by becoming the first woman to gain an Olympic medal.
11/19/1999Indira Gandhi Peace prize is presented to a social worker of Bangladesh Muhammed Yunus.
2/14/1901King Edward VII open's his first parliament.
2/14/1901Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
1/11/1998C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away.