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Historical Event on 6/18/1978

The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1973Vikash Dhorsoo, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Harfleur, Le Havre, France
6/7/1999Supreme Court, through an interim order, stayed the execution of the four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till July 19, 1999.
10/26/1886Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born.
10/31/1999Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing.
5/11/1985Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
12/31/1993Manipur placed under President's rule; Bangarappa launches Karnataka Congress Party.
6/6/1890Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born.
7/1/1909Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).