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Historical Event on 2/18/1996

Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/1993Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket.
4/2/1994Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
1/28/1999Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala.
2/3/1921The Evens Report on Indian Cinema 1921' was tabled before the Govt. on February 3.
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
11/13/1909Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
1/2/1990Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.
5/29/1658Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
12/11/1929Subhash Pandharinath ""Fergie"" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner), was born in Bom