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  On this day in history 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  Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station on September - 18.   

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 September - 18.   

1984  Joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of Atlantic on September - 18.   

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

1989  On this day in history 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  On this day in history atlanta is chosen to host the 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics   

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

1993  Australian PM announces plans to make Australia a republic by 2001 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer, dies at 44   

1995  On September - 18 donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73   

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

1997  On this day in history harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87   

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 September - 18.   

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

2017  69th Emmy Awards: hosted by Stephen Colbert, "The Handmaid's Tale", Elizabeth Moss, Sterling K Brown, Julia Dreyfus, Donald Glover win on September - 18.   

2017  On this day in history england footballer Wayne Rooney pleads guilty to drunk driving and is banned for driving for 2 years   

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 this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history china announces new $60 billion tariffs on US imports, a day after the US imposes $200 billion worth of new tariffs on Chinese goods   

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

2018  South Africa's Constitutional court legalizes cannabis use by adults in private places on this day in history.   

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 September - 18.   

1344  Marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404) was born on September - 18.   

1434  Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467) was born on this day in history.   

1574  On September - 18 birth of claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet   

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

1636  Pietro Sanmartini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

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  Domitian, Roman emperor, dies on this day in history.   

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 September - 18.   

1261  On this day in history koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

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