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Historical Event on 5/22/1996

Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1601John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.
5/9/1992Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns.
7/10/1992P.Chidambaram,Union Minister, resigns owning responsibility for investing in 'Fairgrowth'.
11/22/1999V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
10/12/1993National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up.
5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.
12/11/1999Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
4/23/1955Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons.
1/1/1986This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"".
4/24/1993Congress dissidents K. N. Singh, Natwar Singh, K. L. Fotedar and Shiela Dikshit suspended.