History Home
Events     Birthdays     Deaths     Years

Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy!

Google Web brainyhistory.com   
September 18 Events in History - September 18 Birthdays - September 18 Deaths
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



History Home    Copyright 2007 BrainyMedia.com