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Historical Event on 6/18/2000

K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha's record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1990Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died.
4/2/1997Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
5/13/1996M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM.
6/7/1997Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
11/20/1917J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta.
5/2/1922Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
7/1/1992Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.