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Historical Event on 5/18/1999

R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1938Hitler merged Austria in Germany.
9/24/1777Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born.
8/26/1852Bombay Association was established.
5/18/1995Sukhomoy Sengupta, 76, Tripura's first CM, passed away.
1/14/1998The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.
5/16/1986V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award.
5/13/1952Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
3/5/1961Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away.
9/21/1966Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia.
2/3/1994Akash' missile launched successfully.