Historical Events In September - 18

1977  On September - 18 courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup   

1977  On this day in history uS Voyager I takes first space photograph of Earth & Moon together   

1979  Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect on September - 18.   

1979  On September - 18 steven Lachs, appointed Calif's first admittedly gay judge   

1979  On September - 18 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 this day in history.   

1982  Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon on this day in history.   

1983  On September - 18 george Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere   

1984  On this day in history joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of Atlantic   

1989  On September - 18 hungary begins transition to a Western style democracy   

1989  Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico on September - 18.   

1990  On September - 18 a 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, NYC   

1990  Atlanta is chosen to host the 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics on September - 18.   

1991  On September - 18 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  On this day in history donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73   

1996  On this day in history spiro Theodore Agnew, US VP (1969-73), dies at 77   

1997  Harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87 on September - 18.   

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 September - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history 10 soliders are killed and 70 injured by a missile attack by Kurdish militants in Bingol, Turkey   

2014  On this day in history scotland votes 'NO' in a referendum deciding whether or not to stay with the United Kingdom   

2017  On this day in history 69th Emmy Awards: hosted by Stephen Colbert, "The Handmaid's Tale", Elizabeth Moss, Sterling K Brown, Julia Dreyfus, Donald Glover win   

2017  England footballer Wayne Rooney pleads guilty to drunk driving and is banned for driving for 2 years on this day in history.   

2017  Hurricane Maria passes over the Caribbean island of Dominica as a category 5 hurricane, destroying 90% of structures and killing 27 on September - 18.   

2018  On September - 18 70th Emmy Awards: "Games of Thrones". "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", Rachel Brosnahan, Matthew Rhys, Claire Foy, Bill Hader win   

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  On this day in history south Africa's Constitutional court legalizes cannabis use by adults in private places   

2019  On this day in history photo of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wearing brownface in 2001 emerges during Canadian election campiagn   

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0053  Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117) was born on this day in history.   

1344  On September - 18 birth of marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404)   

1434  Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467) was born on September - 18.   

1574  Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet was born on this day in history.   

1587  Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640) was born on September - 18.   

1636  On September - 18 birth of pietro Sanmartini, composer   

1676  On this day in history birth of eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)   

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer   

0031  Death of Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed on September - 18.   

0096  On this day in history domitian, Roman emperor, dies   

0887  On September - 18 death of pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle)   

0993  Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle on September - 18.   

1137  Death of Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered on this day in history.   

1180  On this day in history louis VII, King of France, dies   

1261  Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1426  Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies on September - 18.