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July 1927
The following events occurred in July 1927: July 1, 1927 (Friday) * The first coast-to-coast radio network hookup in Canada was made for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Dominion. * The airplane ''America'', along with Commander Richard E. Byrd and its crew, Bert Acosta, George O. Noville and Bert Balchen, crashed into the sea as they attempted to duplicate Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris. Fortunately, the aviators were within 200 meters of the beach at Ver-sur-Mer when their plane ran out of fuel at 5:45 am, and they survived the ordeal. * Born: **Chandra Shekhar Singh, Prime Minister of India in 1990 and 1991; in Ibrahimpatti, United Provinces of British India (d. 2007) **Winfield Dunn, American politician, Governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 1975; in Meridian, Mississippi (d. 2024) July 2, 1927 (Saturday) * Jane Eads, reporter for the Chicago's American, Chicago ''Herald and Examiner'' became the first airline passenger, completing a flig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitr Sergiy
''Mitr, My Friend'' is a 2002 Indian English-language drama film directed by Revathi in her directorial debut, and written by V. Priya and Sudha Kongara. The film stars Shobana, Nasir Abdullah and Preeti Vissa. Set partly in India and the US the film was also noted for having an all-woman film crew, crew. The movie won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English, Best English Film of the Year award at the 49th National Film Awards. The movie also won National Film Award for Best Actress, Best Actress and National Film Award for Best Editing, Best Editor awards for Shobhana and Beena Paul, respectively, at the same function. Revathi received the "Special Jury Award: Silver Peacock" at the 33rd International Film Festival of India. The film also contains Tamil dialogues, while most of the songs are in Hindi. Plot The film opens with a typical South Indian wedding being performed between Lakshmi (Shobhana) and Prithvi (Naseer Abdullah). The marriage has been arranged mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
