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1994 Event - "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!)

1993 Event - 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta

1989 Event - "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 5959 performances

1984 Event - Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, vs. England at Calcutta

1984 Death - June Duprez, actress (Calcutta, Tiger Fang), dies at 66

1976 Event - "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 5959 performances

1972 Event - "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 1316 performances

1971 Event - "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 1,316 performances

1969 Event - Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) vs. Australia at Calcutta

1967 Event - Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs. West Indies cancelled by riots

1966 Event - Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India vs. WI Calcutta, 2-92

1964 Event - Battles between moslems and hindus in Calcutta

1961 Death - Gail Russell, actress 'Calcutta', 'Moonrise', 'El Paso', dies at 36

1960 Death - Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53

1959 Event - Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs. India at Calcutta

1952 Event - R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut vs. Pakistan, Calcutta

1950 Event - Mother Teresa found her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India

1947 Birthday - Margo Sappington, born in Baytown, Texas, actress, Oh Calcutta

1946 Birthday - Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor, A Passage to India

1946 Event - Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die)

1945 Event - Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta

1942 Event - 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta

1942 Event - Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India

1938 Birthday - Shashi Kapoor, born in Calcutta, India, actor, Shalimar, Heat and Dust

1931 Event - New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies

1926 Event - Riots between Moslems and Hindus in Calcutta

1922 Birthday - Bill Macy, Revere Massachusetts, actor, Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta

1921 Birthday - Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director, Goddess, Adversary

1911 Birthday - Merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress, Assignment Foreign Legion

1908 Birthday - W H V "Hopper" Levett, cricket keeper, England in 1 Test in Calcutta

1864 Event - Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die)

1864 Event - Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed

1863 Birthday - Swami Vivekananda, born in Calcutta, India, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893

1757 Event - British troops occupy Calcutta India

1756 Event - India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army

1737 Event - Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys of Calcutta India

1690 Event - Job Charnock founds Calcutta India













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