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.
- 1502 –Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage.
- 1739 –The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
- 1850 –The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.
- 1870 –Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
- 1873 –Panic of 1873: The U.S. bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, triggering a series of bank failures.
- 1931 –The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
- 1943 –World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
- 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.
- 1959 –Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
- 1964 –North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
- 1973 –The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
- 1974 –Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
- 1975 –Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.
- 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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