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Historical Event on 5/18/1985

Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
10/12/1952Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs New Zealand.
12/1/1989A 13-member Sikkim Sangram Parishad Ministry headed by Nar Bahadur Bhandari assumes office in Sikkim.
4/14/1772Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
9/5/1997Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.
6/14/1961Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died.
4/5/1984Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.
11/7/1912Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, social reformer, was born at Travancore.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.