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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 |
9/12/1962 | Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died. |
12/30/1993 | Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress. |
7/14/1942 | Britishers Quit India resolution was passed by Congress Working Committee. They demanded departure of British and agreed on passive resistance until India's independence. It was declared on 8th August, 1942 at August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank). |
9/11/1948 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died. |
11/25/1992 | Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM. |
8/11/1956 | The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act. |
6/9/1909 | Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born. |
8/19/1994 | Rupee made fully convertible on current account. |
5/3/1977 | Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away. |
1/20/1997 | The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg. |
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