Page 3: Historical Events In September - 11
Thursday, 18 June 2026
1853 1st electric telegraph used (Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos). 

1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre, Mormons dressed as Indians murder 120 colonists in Utah 

1858 Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer, dies at 55. 

1860 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter [NS]. 

1861 Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio) 

1862 O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], short story writer 

1870 Eugenio Lucas y Padilla, Spanish poet, dies at about 46 

1874 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer 

1875 inaugural newspaper cartoon strip 

1875 1st newspaper cartoon strip. 

1876 Alfonso Broqua, composer 

1877 James Jeans, British mathematician is born 

1877 Rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen 

1877 Feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder (KGB) 

1881 Triple landslides bury Elm Switz. 

1883 James Cutler patents postal mail chute. 

1883 Asta Nielsen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Joyless Street). 

1885 D.H Lawrence, English novelist is born 

1885 Moses Hopkins, named minister to Liberia 

1885 David Herbert "DH" Lawrence, England, writer (Lady Chatterly's Lover) 

1886 Mayflower (US) beats Galatea (England) in 7th America's Cup 

1888 Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teacher's Day is chosen. 

1888 Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74), dies at 77 

1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Crooked Man" (BG) 

1890 Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer 

1891 The Jewish Colonization Association is established by Baron Maurice de Hirsch 

1891 Noel Gallon, composer 

1892 Pinto Colvig, OR, animation voice (Goofy, Pluto) 

1892 Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer, dies at 84. 

1893 Bronx Gas and Electric Company opens on Frisby and Tremont Ave 

1895 FA Cup stolen in Birmingham 

1895 Harry Tobias, songwriter. 

1896 Anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72 

1897 After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom 

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