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Historical Event on 7/18/1980

Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1991Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam.
4/1/1889Hindu', English language newspaper changed its perodicity from weekly (20/09/1888) to daily.
10/28/1991Chruchill Alemao of Goa set free by court.
7/1/1952Olympic Games open at Helsinki.
3/1/1989Vasantdada Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Governor of Rajasthan, passed away.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
11/14/1995Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court.
6/15/1949Uloor S. Parmeswara Iyer, famous poet, writer, editor and literature, died. He was 72.
8/15/1998Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.
10/19/1997BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies.