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Historical Event on 6/18/1979

Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1997Designated court decides to frame charges against 49 persons, including Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray, BJP president L. K. Advani and former U.P. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, in cases relating to Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
6/18/1993Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta.
11/27/1994Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away.
9/24/1921Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.
4/30/1908Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death.
7/28/1939Tarun Ram Phookun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, passed away.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
10/30/1997Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin.
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
7/22/1998Sahib Singh Verma, Delhi Chief Minister, and BJP vice-president K. L. Sharma are fined Rs. 100 each for riding a motorcycle without helmet in New Delhi.