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Historical Event on 6/18/1966
California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/21/1975 | Hindi Post Guards was established by Government. |
| 6/11/1997 | I.K. Gujral, PM, asserts that India had not deployed the `Prithvi' ballistic missile anywhere in the country or on the border. |
| 7/3/1948 | H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy. |
| 9/9/1949 | Hindi was accepted as the national language of India. |
| 12/6/1971 | US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan. |
| 12/6/1971 | Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar. |
| 12/11/1929 | Subhash Pandharinath ""Fergie"" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner), was born in Bom |
| 7/25/1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the sixth President of India. His held this office till July 25, 1982. |
| 10/28/1627 | Jahangir, Mughal emperor, weak from asthma and no food, died at Bhimghar near Kashmir. He was buried at Shahdara (Lahore) on the banks of the Ravi. During his last days, he remained in the custody of Aurangzeb. ( 28/10 or 7/11). |
| 10/30/1963 | Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, nationalist, freedom fighter and social worker, died at Madurai. |
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