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September 18, 1997 Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame September 18, 1997 Ted Turner gives $1 billion to UN September 18, 1996 Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts September 18, 1995 Art Modell 1st meets (he claims) with Balt to move Browns September 18, 1995 Space shuttle STS-69 (Endeavour 9), lands September 18, 1994 1st Presidents Golf Cup: U.S. beats International team 20-12 at Robert Jones Va September 18, 1994 Austrian conservative VP wins elections/extreme right gets 18.5% September 18, 1994 Deb Richard wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic September 18, 1994 Ken Burn's "Baseball" premieres on PBS September 18, 1994 Sweden social-democratic SPD wins parliamentary election September 18, 1993 Kimberly Clarice Aiken (SC), 18, crowned 67th Miss America 1994 September 18, 1993 LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins September 18, 1993 Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, and Yanks rally to beat Boston 4-3 September 18, 1991 John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians September 18, 1991 NCAA places Tenn on 2 years probation for football recruting violations September 18, 1991 Robert Helmick resigns as President of U.S. Olympic Committee September 18, 1991 Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) lands September 18, 1990 500 pound Hershey Kiss is displayed in Times Square September 18, 1990 Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics September 18, 1989 Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico September 18, 1988 Burma suspends its constitution September 18, 1988 Coup in Haiti September 18, 1988 Juli Inkster wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic September 18, 1987 Detroit Tiger Darrell Evans is 1st 40 year old to hit 30 HRs September 18, 1987 U.S. and Russia sign accord to remove mid range missiles September 18, 1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. September 18, 1986 David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 vs. India at Madras September 18, 1985 "Song and Dance" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 474 performances September 18, 1984 Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic September 18, 1984 Tigers clinch AL East championship (spent all year in 1st place) September 18, 1984 Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons September 18, 1983 George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere September 18, 1983 Juli Inkster wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic September 18, 1983 Lebanese and Syrian army battle September 18, 1983 New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31 September 18, 1982 Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon September 18, 1980 "Les Miserables," opens at Palais des Sports, Paris September 18, 1980 Royals Willie Wilson steals AL-record 28 consecutive base September 18, 1980 Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station September 18, 1979 Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid and Valentina Kozlov defect September 18, 1979 Steven Lachs, appointed California's 1st admittedly gay judge September 18, 1979 The Who opens New York City concerts at MSG September 18, 1977 All 4 Kiss members release solo albums September 18, 1977 Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore September 18, 1977 Courageous (U.S.) sweeps Australia (Australia) in 24th America's Cup September 18, 1977 Joanne Carner/Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Team Golf Championship September 18, 1977 U.S. Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth and Moon together September 18, 1976 Cleve manager Frank Robinson last game as a player September 18, 1976 Dom Mintoff's Labour Party wins Malta election September 18, 1976 Rev Sun Myung Moon holds "God Bless America" convention September 18, 1975 Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF September 18, 1974 Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die September 18, 1973 German FR and German DR admitted to UN September 18, 1972 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego) September 18, 1971 19th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 18 -13 at Old Warson CC Mo September 18, 1969 Tiny Tim and Miss Vicky get engaged September 18, 1968 Ray Washburn (Cards) no-hits San Francisco Giants 2-0 September 18, 1967 Intrepid (U.S.) beats Dame Pattie (Australia) in 21st America's Cup September 18, 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational September 18, 1965 "Get Smart" premieres September 18, 1965 Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game September 18, 1964 Greek king Constantine II marries Danish princess Anne-Marie September 18, 1964 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. September 18, 1963 Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Phillies beat Mets 5-1 September 18, 1963 U.S.S.R. orders 58.5 million barrels of cereal from Australia September 18, 1962 Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games September 18, 1962 Charlie Finley is denied permission to move A's to Dallas-Ft. Worth September 18, 1962 Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN September 18, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. September 18, 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. September 18, 1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open September 18, 1959 Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit September 18, 1957 "Wagon Train" premieres September 18, 1957 Electric train joining in Amsterdam-Brussels September 18, 1956 Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 home runs in a seaon September 18, 1955 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Mile High Golf Open September 18, 1955 Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock) September 18, 1954 Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beat Tigers (3-2) September 18, 1954 KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting September 18, 1954 WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (ABC) 1st broadcast September 18, 1950 Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher, receives dharma transmission September 18, 1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit September 18, 1948 "Hilarities (of 1949)" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 14 performances September 18, 1948 Communist Madiun-uprising in Dutch Indies (Muso/Sjarifudin) September 18, 1948 Ralph J. Bunche confirmed as acting United Nations mediator in Palestine September 18, 1947 National Security Act, passes September 18, 1947 USAF (US Air Force) forms September 18, 1946 Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 for heavyweight boxing title September 18, 1945 1000 whites walk out of Gary, Indiana schools to protest integration September 18, 1944 British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed September 18, 1944 Eindhoven free (Lightly Day) September 18, 1944 U.S. 266th division occupiers Brest Bretagne September 18, 1943 Cardinals clinch NL pennant September 18, 1943 Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews (unsuccessful) September 18, 1942 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service September 18, 1940 19 German aircrafts shot down above England September 18, 1940 Elmer Harris' "Johnny Belinda," premieres in New York City September 18, 1940 Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani September 18, 1939 Polish government of Moscicki flees to Romania September 18, 1938 Despite losing a double header, Yanks clinch pennant #10 September 18, 1934 St. Louis Brown Bobo Newsom loses no-hitter to Boston in 10, 2-1 September 18, 1934 U.S.S.R. admitted to League of Nations September 18, 1931 Japan takes Manchuria, renames it Manchukuo September 18, 1930 Enterprise (U.S.) beats Shamrock V (England) in 15th America's Cup September 18, 1930 New York Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 home runs to beat St. Louis Browns, 7-6 September 18, 1930 Philadelphia A's win AL championship for 2nd year in a row September 18, 1929 Pirates loss to Braves and clinch NL pennant for the Cubs September 18, 1929 Preston Sturges' "Strictly Dishonorable," premieres in New York City September 18, 1928 Cards beat Phillies for 20th of 22 games in 1928 September 18, 1928 Juan de la Cierva flies 1st helicopter above Channel September 18, 1927 18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is New York City affiliate) September 18, 1926 46th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats Jean Borotra (64 60 64) September 18, 1926 Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250 September 18, 1926 Jean Rene Lacoste wins U.S. Tennis Open September 18, 1925 Bill Tilden wins 6th straight U.S. tennis championship September 18, 1924 Government routes 7 Provinces to Peking September 18, 1922 2nd government of Ruys de Beerenbrouck installed in Neth September 18, 1922 Browns George Sisler's 41-game hit streak is stopped by New York's Joe Bush September 18, 1922 Hungary admitted to League of Nations September 18, 1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts female suffrage September 18, 1919 Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast September 18, 1918 Battle of Megiddo (Palestine) starts September 18, 1915 Boston Braves trounce St. Louis Cardinals 20-1 September 18, 1914 Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I September 18, 1914 Gen von Hindenburgs named commander of German armies on Eastern Front September 18, 1914 Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent September 18, 1914 South African troops land in German South West Africa September 18, 1911 Britain's 1st twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown September 18, 1911 Louis Napoleon Parker's "Disraeli," premieres in New York City September 18, 1910 25,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam for general male/female suffrage September 18, 1909 Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det September 18, 1908 Cleveland Indian Bob "Dusty" Rhoades no-hits Boston, 2-1 September 18, 1905 Electric tramline opens in Rotterdam September 18, 1903 Phillie's Chick Fraser no-hits Chicago Cubs, 10-0 September 18, 1898 Lord Kitcheners ships reach Fashoda Sudan September 18, 1897 Gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of New York City," premieres in New York City September 18, 1895 Booker T. Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address September 18, 1895 D D Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes 1st chiropractor September 18, 1891 Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief September 18, 1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Sign of Four" September 18, 1882 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board) September 18, 1873 Government bond agent Jay Cooke and Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St September 18, 1862 Confederate armies officially divide into corps September 18, 1862 General Read army pulls out of Antietam Creek Virginia September 18, 1851 New York Times starts publishing at 2 cents a copy September 18, 1850 Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850 September 18, 1849 De Kempenaer's Dutch government resigns September 18, 1848 Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner September 18, 1846 Elizabeth Barrett and R Browning exchange last letters before eloping September 18, 1842 1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published September 18, 1838 Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden September 18, 1830 Horse beats 1st U.S. made locomotive (near Baltimore) September 18, 1812 Fire in Moscow destroys 90% of houses and 1,000 churchs September 18, 1811 English expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies September 18, 1810 Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) September 18, 1809 Royal Opera House in London opens September 18, 1793 President Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building September 18, 1789 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents and Congress September 18, 1769 John Harris builds 1st spinet piano (U.S.) September 18, 1759 Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British September 18, 1755 Ft. Ticonderoga, New York opens September 18, 1739 Turkey and Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks September 18, 1679 New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony September 18, 1635 Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France September 18, 1573 Spanish attack Alkmaar September 18, 1544 Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy September 18, 1544 English King Henry VIII's troops occupy Boulogne September 18, 1544 Peace of Crepy: German emperor Charles V and French king Francois I September 18, 1502 Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th and last voyage September 18, 1437 Farmer uprising in Transsylvania September 18, 324 Chrysopolis emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius |