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Historical Event on 8/11/1984
A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1909	Narayan Dattatreya Sane, two test cricket umpire 1959-60, left-hand opening batsman and fast bowler, was born at Vidarbha.
6/30/1979	R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
10/26/1952	Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
3/29/1857	Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
6/1/1955	India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
1/31/1963	Peacock declared as National Bird of India.
11/1/1954	French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India.
8/14/1920	Rushikesh Mulgaonkar, Air Chief Marshal (1976-78), was born.
1/21/1969	First India built electronic digital computer commissioned.
3/31/1935	374 infants wed at a mass ceremony.

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