About September 18
September 18, 2021 is the 261st day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 136 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 18
- 96 –Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
- 1793 –The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
- 1911 –Russian Premier Peter Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
- 1914 –World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa.
- 1919 –The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
- 1922 –Hungary is admitted to League of Nations.
- 1928 –Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
- 1931 –The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
- 1934 –The USSR is admitted to League of Nations.
- 1939 –World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
- 1947 –The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency were established in the United States under the National Security Act.
- 1947 –The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States armed forces.
- 1948 –Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the US Senate without completing another senator’s term, when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.
- 1948 –Operation Polo is terminated after Indian Army accepts the surrender of Nizam’s Army.
- 1964 –North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
- 1980 –Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (including 1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station.
- 1981 –Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
- 1997 –United States media magnate Ted Turner donates USD 1 billion to the United Nations.
- 2001 –First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
- 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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