Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In September - 18
Saturday, 22 February 2025
1977 On this day in history courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup 
1977 US Voyager I takes first space photograph of Earth & Moon together on September - 18.
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 On this day in history soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station
1980 On September - 18 k A Porter, writer, dies at 90
1982 Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon on September - 18.
1983 George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere on this day in history.
1984 On September - 18 joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of Atlantic
1989 Hungary begins transition to a Western style democracy on September - 18.
1989 On September - 18 hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico
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 September - 18.
1991 On this day in history space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) lands
1993 Australian PM announces plans to make Australia a republic by 2001 on this day in history.
1994 Franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer, dies at 44 on September - 18.
1995 Donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1996 On September - 18 spiro Theodore Agnew, US VP (1969-73), dies at 77
1997 On this day in history harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87
1999 On this day in history 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.
2005 On September - 18 afghan parliamentary election
2005 Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union and Gerhard Schröder of the Social Democratic Party both claim victory in the German federal election on this day in history.
2007 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 on September - 18.
2012 10 soliders are killed and 70 injured by a missile attack by Kurdish militants in Bingol, Turkey on this day in history.
2014 Scotland votes 'NO' in a referendum deciding whether or not to stay with the United Kingdom on this day in history.
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 England footballer Wayne Rooney pleads guilty to drunk driving and is banned for driving for 2 years on September - 18.
2017 On this day in history 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 September - 18.
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 September - 18.
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 On this day in history photo of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wearing brownface in 2001 emerges during Canadian election campiagn