September 18

Sunday 18, 2005:

Swedish Church elections take place.

Thursday 18, 2003:

The UK's Local Government Act 2003, repealing Section 28, receives Royal Assent.

Friday 18, 1998:

ICANN is formed.

Thursday 18, 1997:

1997 - Voters in Wales vote yes (50.3%) on a referendum on Welsh autonomy.

Friday 18, 1992:

Nine formerly pro-Albanian marxist-leninist parties hold a conference in Strassburg, Germany.

Tuesday 18, 1990:

Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.

Monday 18, 1989:

Hurricane Hugo hits Puerto Rico, killing six.

Wednesday 18, 1985:

Steve Jobs resigns from Apple Computer.

Saturday 18, 1976:

Mao Tse Tung's funeral takes place in Beijing.

Thursday 18, 1975:

Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.

Thursday 18, 1947:

1947 - The United States Air Force is created seperate from the United States Army.

Saturday 18, 1943:

The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór.

Friday 18, 1942:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized.

Sunday 18, 1932:

Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the H in the Hollywood sign, forever turning the sign into a symbol for the paradox of the American film industry.

Friday 18, 1931:

Mukden Incident, a.k.a "9.18 Incident". After that, Japan occupied Manchuria.

Sunday 18, 1927:

Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.

Friday 18, 1914:

The Battle of Aisne ends.

Tuesday 18, 1906:

A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.

Wednesday 18, 1895:

Daniel David Palmer makes the first chiropractic adjustment.

Thursday 18, 1873:

The Panic of 1873 begins.

Wednesday 18, 1872:

King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.

Thursday 18, 1851:

The New-York Daily Times, which will become The New York Times, begins publishing.

Wednesday 18, 1850:

The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act.

Tuesday 18, 1810:

First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it was in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and it is commemorated as such.

Tuesday 18, 1759:

The British capture Quebec City.

Friday 18, 1739:

The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.

Monday 18, 1454:

In the Battle of Chojnice, Polish army is defeated by Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.

Tuesday 18, 323:

Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.

Tuesday 18, 96:

Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is stabbed to death.

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