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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 |
7/25/1995 | India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95). |
6/6/1996 | 14 Janata Dal legislators revolt in Karnataka against the composition of the J H Patel ministry. |
9/13/1893 | Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away. |
10/2/1982 | Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died. |
1/21/1983 | R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away. |
1/8/1987 | P. G. Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), passed away. |
11/19/1996 | Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90. |
10/14/1996 | Sukh Ram granted bail. |
10/2/1999 | Ban orders in Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. |
5/16/1999 | Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister. |
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