About September 18
September 18, 2023 is the 261st day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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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 145 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 18
- 14 –Tiberius is confirmed as Roman Emperor by the Roman Senate following the natural death of Augustus
- 96 –Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
- 1759 –The British capture Quebec City.
- 1809 –The Royal Opera House in London opens.
- 1885 –Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination.
- 1895 –Booker T. Washington delivers the “Atlanta Compromise” address.
- 1911 –Russian Premier Peter Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
- 1919 –Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
- 1928 –Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
- 1944 –World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Junyō Maru, 5,600 killed.
- 1945 –General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
- 1947 –The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States armed forces.
- 1959 –Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
- 1964 –North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
- 1975 –Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.
- 1980 –Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (including 1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station.
- 1981 –Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
- 1982 –Christian militia begin killing six-hundred Palestinians in Lebanon.
- 1984 –Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
- 1992 –An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing 9 replacement workers.
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