About September 18
September 18, 2024 is the 262nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 133 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 18
- 324 –Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine’s sole control over the Roman Empire.
- 1180 –Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
- 1793 –The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
- 1837 –Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a “stationery and fancy goods emporium”.
- 1851 –First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
- 1885 –Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination.
- 1910 –In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
- 1911 –Russian Premier Peter Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
- 1928 –Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
- 1939 –World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
- 1944 –World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Junyō Maru, 5,600 killed.
- 1947 –The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States armed forces.
- 1959 –Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
- 1962 –Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
- 1964 –North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
- 1984 –Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
- 1991 –Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities.
- 1997 –United States media magnate Ted Turner donates USD 1 billion to the United Nations.
- 2007 –Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some called the Saffron Revolution.
- 2007 –Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president.
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