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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 |
| 5/20/1677 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Jingi. |
| 2/2/1996 | Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair. |
| 1/31/1997 | INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned. |
| 3/10/1926 | Dilbagh Singh, Air Chief Marshal, the second Sikh Chief of Air Staff and Indian Air Force, was born in Punjab. |
| 4/16/1980 | Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final. |
| 6/5/1998 | Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997. |
| 2/26/1996 | Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM. |
| 7/3/1992 | Avinash Ganesh Mohadikar, journalist and former editor of magzine `Vyapar Udyog', passed away. |
| 9/3/1994 | The government decides to disinvest government holding in 21 Public Sector Units including ITI, IOC and ITDC. |
| 8/4/1997 | Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo). |
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