Page 7: Historical Events In September - 18

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

1977  On September - 18 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  Gene Kelly, sportscaster (Sportsreel), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon   

1983  George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1990  A 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, NYC on September - 18.   

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

1991  Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) lands on September - 18.   

1993  On September - 18 australian PM announces plans to make Australia a republic by 2001   

1994  Franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73   

1996  Spiro Theodore Agnew, US VP (1969-73), dies at 77 on September - 18.   

1997  On September - 18 harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87   

1999  On September - 18 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  Afghan parliamentary election on September - 18.   

2005  On September - 18 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  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 September - 18.   

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  On September - 18 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  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  South Africa's Constitutional court legalizes cannabis use by adults in private places on September - 18.   

2019  On September - 18 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  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  On September - 18 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  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 September - 18.   

0993  On September - 18 arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle   

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

1180  Louis VII, King of France, dies on this day in history.   

1261  Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies on September - 18.   

1426  Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies on this day in history.