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Historical Event on 10/16/1968

Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1859Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.
4/28/1996EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.
1/1/1877Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
5/27/1930Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
8/30/1989Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead.
9/11/1958India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.
6/19/2000Salgocar wins the Pondicherry Millennium All India Football tournament in Pondicherry.
10/26/1890Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'.