Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In September - 18
Sunday, 22 December 2024
1977 Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup on September - 18. 
1977 On this day in history uS Voyager I takes first space photograph of Earth & Moon together
1979 On September - 18 bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect
1979 Steven Lachs, appointed Calif's first admittedly gay judge on this day in history.
1979 On this day in history gene Kelly, sportscaster (Sportsreel), dies at 60
1980 Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station on September - 18.
1980 K A Porter, writer, dies at 90 on September - 18.
1982 Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon on this day in history.
1983 On this day in history george Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere
1984 Joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of Atlantic on September - 18.
1989 Hungary begins transition to a Western style democracy on September - 18.
1989 Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico on this day in history.
1990 A 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, NYC on this day in history.
1990 Atlanta is chosen to host the 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics on this day in history.
1991 Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) lands on September - 18.
1993 On this day in history australian PM announces plans to make Australia a republic by 2001
1994 On this day in history franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer, dies at 44
1995 On September - 18 donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73
1996 On September - 18 spiro Theodore Agnew, US VP (1969-73), dies at 77
1997 On September - 18 harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87
1999 Trillium Rail takes over operation of 41 miles of industrial trackage in Ontario's Niagara Peninsula comprising sections of the Cayuga sub. and the Thorold, Canal, Grantham, Fonthill, Town Line and West Welland spurs. The lines will be operated by a Trillium subsidiary, the Port Colborne Terminal Railway on September - 18.
2005 On September - 18 afghan parliamentary election
2005 On this day in history angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union and Gerhard Schröder of the Social Democratic Party both claim victory in the German federal election.
2007 On this day in history the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates in the U.S by half a point (0.5%) for the first time since 2006 to ease the on-going panic in the financial markets due to the subprime crisis.
2012 On September - 18 10 soliders are killed and 70 injured by a missile attack by Kurdish militants in Bingol, Turkey
2014 On September - 18 scotland votes 'NO' in a referendum deciding whether or not to stay with the United Kingdom
2017 69th Emmy Awards: hosted by Stephen Colbert, "The Handmaid's Tale", Elizabeth Moss, Sterling K Brown, Julia Dreyfus, Donald Glover win on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history england footballer Wayne Rooney pleads guilty to drunk driving and is banned for driving for 2 years
2017 On September - 18 hurricane Maria passes over the Caribbean island of Dominica as a category 5 hurricane, destroying 90% of structures and killing 27
2018 70th Emmy Awards: "Games of Thrones". "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", Rachel Brosnahan, Matthew Rhys, Claire Foy, Bill Hader win on this day in history.
2018 China announces new $60 billion tariffs on US imports, a day after the US imposes $200 billion worth of new tariffs on Chinese goods on this day in history.
2018 Amnesty International says 400 civilians have been killed in conflicts between Cameroon soldiers and Anglophone separatists in 2018 on this day in history.
2018 South Africa's Constitutional court legalizes cannabis use by adults in private places on September - 18.
2019 Photo of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wearing brownface in 2001 emerges during Canadian election campiagn on September - 18.