Page 7: Historical Events In September - 18

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

1977  US Voyager I takes first space photograph of Earth & Moon together on this day in history.   

1979  On September - 18 bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect   

1979  On this day in history steven Lachs, appointed Calif's first admittedly gay judge   

1979  On September - 18 gene Kelly, sportscaster (Sportsreel), dies at 60   

1980  On September - 18 soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station   

1980  On this day in history k A Porter, writer, dies at 90   

1982  On September - 18 christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon   

1983  George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere on September - 18.   

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

1989  Hungary begins transition to a Western style democracy on September - 18.   

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  On September - 18 atlanta is chosen to host the 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics   

1991  Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) lands on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history australian PM announces plans to make Australia a republic by 2001   

1994  On September - 18 franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer, dies at 44   

1995  On September - 18 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  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 this day in history.   

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 September - 18.   

2014  On September - 18 scotland votes 'NO' in a referendum deciding whether or not to stay with the United Kingdom   

2017  On September - 18 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 September - 18.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2018  Amnesty International says 400 civilians have been killed in conflicts between Cameroon soldiers and Anglophone separatists in 2018 on September - 18.   

2018  On September - 18 south Africa's Constitutional court legalizes cannabis use by adults in private places   

2019  Photo of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wearing brownface in 2001 emerges during Canadian election campiagn on September - 18.   

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0053  On this day in history birth of trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)   

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 this day in history.   

1574  On this day in history birth of claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet   

1587  On this day in history birth of francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)   

1636  On September - 18 birth of pietro Sanmartini, composer   

1676  Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733) was born on September - 18.   

1684  Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer was born on September - 18.   

0031  On this day in history death of sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed   

0096  On September - 18 domitian, Roman emperor, dies   

0887  Death of Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle) on this day in history.   

0993  On this day in history arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle   

1137  Death of Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered on September - 18.   

1180  Louis VII, King of France, dies on September - 18.   

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

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