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History Events on September 18

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History Events on September 18

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The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.

#Mukden_Incident

In 1931

CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

#CONCACAF

In 1961

The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.

#Fire_of_Moscow_(1812)

In 1812

Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.

#Vanguard_3

In 1959

The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

#Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850

In 1850

Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.

#Saffron_Revolution

In 2007

Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.

#Constantine_the_Great

In 324

The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.

#Atlanta_Exposition_Speech

In 1895

World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mo?cicki flees to Romania.

#World_War_II

In 1939

The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.

#The_Bahamas

In 1973

An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada.

#Giant_Mine

In 1992

The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.

#Fashoda_Incident

In 1898

The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.

#2011_Sikkim_earthquake

In 2011

Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.

#2014_Scottish_independence_referendum

In 2014

World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Jun'y? Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.

#HMS_Tradewind_(P329)

In 1944

Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.

#Juan_de_la_Cierva

In 1928

The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.

#Government_of_Ireland_Act_1914

In 1914

The 2016 Uri attack in Indian Administrated Kashmir by anti-government militants results in the deaths of nineteen Indian Army soldiers and all four attackers.

#2016_Uri_attack

In 2016

The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.

#Women's_suffrage

In 1919

George I arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1.

#George_I_of_Great_Britain

In 1714

The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.

#Jay_Cooke_&_Company

In 1873

The Royal Opera House in London opens.

#Royal_Opera_House

In 1809

U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

#Dag_Hammarskjöld

In 1961

Greater Manchester Police officers PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone are murdered in a gun and grenade ambush attack in Greater Manchester, England.

#Greater_Manchester_Police

In 2012

General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.

#Douglas_MacArthur

In 1945

Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.

#2015_Camp_Badaber_attack

In 2015

French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.

#French_and_Indian_War

In 1759

World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.

#History_of_the_Jews_in_Denmark

In 1943

The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.

#Richard_Cobden

In 1838

First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only during the Peninsular War in Spain, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.

#Government_Junta_of_Chile_(1810)

In 1810

Battle of Kapetron between a combined Byzantine-Georgian army and a Seljuq army.

#Battle_of_Kapetron

In 1048

Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.

#Fritz_Pollard

In 1919

Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.

#Burundi

In 1962

The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.

#Treaty_of_Belgrade

In 1739

Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.

#Fidel_Castro

In 1960

Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.

#Margaret_Chase_Smith

In 1948

The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon comes to an end.

#Sabra_and_Shatila_massacre

In 1982

The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.

#Central_Intelligence_Agency

In 1947

Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.

#Liechtenstein

In 1990

First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.

#Anthrax

In 2001

Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor after Domitian is assassinated.

#Nerva

In 96

United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.

#Ted_Turner

In 1997

The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.

#United_States_Capitol

In 1793

The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.

#Soviet_Union

In 1934

Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.

#Soyuz_38

In 1980

The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.

#Ottawa_Treaty

In 1997

Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands with Tostig Godwinson at the mouth of the Humber River and begins his invasion of England.

#Harald_Hardrada

In 1066

The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.

#1906_Hong_Kong_typhoon

In 1906

Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.

#Pyotr_Stolypin

In 1911

The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.

#Blackpool_Illuminations

In 1879

The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.

In 1988

Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.

In 1984

The Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.

In 1981

Voyager I takes the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.

In 1977

Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.

In 1974

Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.

In 1948

World War II: The British liner SS City of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.

In 1940

World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.

In 1939

The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.

In 1927

The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.

In 1922

The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.

In 1882

King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.

In 1872

Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.

In 1870

The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.

In 1862

First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.

In 1851

Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".

In 1837

The twelfth baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.

In 1618

Thirteen Years' War: In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic knights.

In 1454

Philip Augustus becomes king of France.

In 1180

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