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 Aust 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 Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer
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
1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India
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