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Historical Event on 10/18/1712
Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/7/1992 | Truckers call off strike. |
9/1/1962 | Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur. |
6/23/1985 | Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died. |
4/18/1612 | Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum. |
10/15/1996 | Kerala CM Nayanar says Governors are not necessary in states. |
9/25/2000 | A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985. |
9/8/1982 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77. |
10/20/1920 | Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919. |
2/28/1884 | Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, passed away. |
5/29/1906 | Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay. |
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