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
