Historical Events -  June 18

1946: Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia headed a demonstration in Londa, Goa, and called for direct action against the Portuguese. 

1956: The Hindu Succession Act 1956 was passed.

1980: Shakuntala Devi multiplied two 13 digit numbers and gave the correct answer in 28 seconds.

1994: Gay games were first introduced in New York City.

2003: Google launched the internet program Adsense.

2006: KazSat, the first space satellite of Kazakhstan was launched. 

 

Famous Birthdays  – June 18

1861: Devaki Nandan Khatri, an Indian writer.

1899: Shankar Trimbak Dharmadhikari, an Indian freedom fighter.

1911: Kamala Sohonie, a pioneering Indian biochemist. She is the first Indian woman to receive a Ph.D. in a scientific discipline.

1931: K. S. Sudarshan, the fifth Sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

1942: Sir James Paul McCartney, an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record and film producer.

 

Death Anniversaries -  June 18

1858: Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi, an Indian queen of the Maratha princely state of Jhansi in North India.

1902: Samuel Butler, the iconoclastic English author.

1936: Maxim Gorky, a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the socialist realism literary method, and a political activist. 

1974: Seth Govind Das, an Indian independence activist, and a distinguished parliamentarian.

2005: Syed Mushtaq Ali, an Indian cricketer.

2009: Ali Akbar Khan, an Indian Hindustani classical musician.