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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
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
12/14/199410 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
2/16/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.
4/30/1992Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
11/1/2000Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi.
5/20/1972Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.
9/6/1975Dularelal Bhargav, veteran writer, passed away. He was associated with 'Chand' and 'Madhuri' magazines.
1/6/1932Meenatai Thackrey, social worker, was born.
1/29/1953Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated.