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Historical Event on 7/18/1994

Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1999World sports award of the century given away in Vienna. The jury included IOC chief Samaranch, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Prince Albert of Monaco and motor racing chief Max Mosley. Award winners were: contact sports Muhammad Ali, Soccer-Pele, athletics-Carl Lewis and Nadia Comaneci, water sport Dawn Fraser and Mark Spitz; motor sport Alain Prost, tennis-Steffi Graf, basketball-Michael Jordan, winter sports (skiing) Annemarie Moser-Proell and Jean-Claude Killy.
2/12/1932Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay.
3/19/1995Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away.
6/5/1996United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced.
4/22/1942Galagnath (Vyanktesh Tirko Kulkarni), famous Kannad novelist, passed away.
11/28/1990Union Cabinet approves re-induction of Airbus A-320 in the domestic sector.
11/28/1990Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India.
6/15/1948Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away.
5/5/1983Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.
9/29/1942The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession.