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1994 "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!)
1993 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta 1989 "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 5959 performances 1984 Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, vs. England at Calcutta 1984 June Duprez, actress (Calcutta, Tiger Fang), dies at 66 1976 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 5959 performances 1972 "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 1316 performances 1971 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 1,316 performances 1969 Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) vs. Australia at Calcutta 1967 Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs. West Indies cancelled by riots 1966 Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India vs. WI Calcutta, 2-92 1964 Battles between moslems and hindus in Calcutta 1961 Gail Russell, actress 'Calcutta', 'Moonrise', 'El Paso', dies at 36 1960 Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53 1959 Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs. India at Calcutta 1952 R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut vs. Pakistan, Calcutta 1950 Mother Teresa found her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India 1947 Margo Sappington, born in Baytown, Texas, actress, Oh Calcutta 1946 Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor, A Passage to India 1946 Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die) 1945 Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta 1942 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta 1942 Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India 1938 Shashi Kapoor, born in Calcutta, India, actor, Shalimar, Heat and Dust 1931 New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies 1926 Riots between Moslems and Hindus in Calcutta 1922 Bill Macy, Revere Massachusetts, actor, Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta 1921 Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director, Goddess, Adversary 1911 Merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress, Assignment Foreign Legion 1908 W H V "Hopper" Levett, cricket keeper, England in 1 Test in Calcutta 1864 Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die) 1864 Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed 1863 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 British troops occupy Calcutta India 1756 India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army 1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys of Calcutta India 1690 Job Charnock founds Calcutta India |
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