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Historical Event on 7/18/1908

Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.

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7/18/1908Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India.
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2/13/1861Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.
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2/10/1691Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta.