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Historical Event on 8/27/2000

Mika Hakkinen wins the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in SPA-Francorchamps at Belgium.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
7/7/1998India wins Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy defeating Sri Lanka by six runs in the final at Colombo. New Zealand was the third team in the fray.
6/28/1975As a response to anti-government demonstrations, India imposes the toughest press censorship since independence.
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
1/31/1992LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran, declared offender in Rajiv Gandhi murder case and ordered to surrender by a Madras court.
3/22/1991Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM.
3/14/1967Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia), was born in Gonda.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
10/20/1992Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire.
9/29/1992Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1)