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Historical Event on 10/31/1966

Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
2/10/1992Andaman and Nicobar Islands opened for foreign travellers.
3/14/1995Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected.
9/1/1956Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir.
10/2/2000Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey.
3/23/1757Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
8/8/1905Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
12/19/1999The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.