On this day:
1982: International Whaling Commission bans commercial whale hunting
1995: Comet Hale–Bopp discovered
Born on this day:
1856: Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian early nationalist leader, born in Ratnagiri
1906: Chandra Sekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (Hindustan Socialist Republican Army), born in Bhavra
Gone on this day:
2004: Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, singer, director and producer
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