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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