Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 18
This is a list of selected September 18 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Old Faithful erupting
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| National Day in Chile | refimprove |
| AD 14 – Tiberius, one of Rome's greatest generals, succeeded his stepfather Augustus as Roman emperor. | primary sources |
| 1810 – Patria Vieja, the first stage of the Chilean War of Independence, began. | refimprove |
| 1889 – Hull House, the United States' most influential settlement house, opened in Chicago. | {{famous}} |
| 1898 – A flotilla of British gunboats arrived at the French fort in Fashoda, Sudan, causing a diplomatic crisis between the two nations. | appears on November 3 |
| 1911 – Premier Pyotr Stolypin, considered one of the last major statesmen of Imperial Russia, was fatally wounded while attending a performance at the Kiev Opera House. | appears on September 14 |
| 1931 – A section of the Japanese-built South Manchuria Railway was destroyed, providing an excuse for the Japanese to blame the act on Chinese dissidents, and thus giving a pretext for the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. | refimprove section |
| 1939 – The Nazi propaganda radio programme Germany Calling, with a host nicknamed "Lord Haw-Haw", began broadcasting to audiences in the United Kingdom and the United States. | refimprove section |
| 1947 – The National Security Act came into effect, establishing the Central Intelligence Agency and making the United States Air Force a separate branch of the U.S. military. | CIA: expansion+summary; USAF: refimprove section |
Eligible
- AD 96 – Following the assassination of Roman emperor Domitian, the Roman Senate appointed Nerva, the first of the "Five Good Emperors", to succeed him.
- 1048 – Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Byzantine forces defeated their Seljuk opponents in the flanks of the nocturnal Battle of Kapetron, but learned of their Georgian allies' defeat in the centre the next morning.
- 1809 – The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, in London opened after a fire destroyed the original theatre.
- 1850 – The United States Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, decreeing that all escaped slaves be brought back to their masters.
- 1851 – The New York Times, the largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, was founded.
- 1870 – Nathaniel P. Langford of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition first observed a geyser in the Wyoming Territory erupting at regular intervals, naming it Old Faithful (video featured).
- 1873 – Panic of 1873: The American bank Jay Cooke & Company declared bankruptcy, setting off a chain reaction of bank failures.
- 1895 – Daniel David Palmer performed the first chiropractic adjustment, on deaf janitor Harvey Lillard.
- 1918 – World War I: The Central Powers' defeat at the Battle of Dobro Pole played a role in the Bulgarian withdrawal from the war and led to the subsequent liberation of Vardar Macedonia.
- 1974 – Hurricane Fifi struck Honduras, destroying 182 towns and villages in the first 24 hours, and ultimately causing more than 8,000 deaths.
- 2014 – Scotland voted against independence from the United Kingdom.
- Born/died this day: | Andronikos Komnenos |b|1091| Zhang Xianzhong |b|1606| William Hazlitt |d|1830| Kate Booth |b|1858| Toni Wolff |b|1888| Edwin McMillan |b|1907| Blue Panther |b|1960| Lewis Holtby |b|1990| Sol Campbell |b|1974| Christian Pulisic |b|1998| Haim Hefer |d|2012
Notes
- Domitian appears on September 14, so Nerva should not appear in the same year
- 324 – Constantine the Great decisively defeated Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire and ending the Tetrarchy.
- 1879 – The Blackpool Illuminations (example pictured) in the English seaside town of Blackpool were switched on for the first time.
- 1948 – The Australian cricket team's Invincibles tour of England concluded; they had played 34 matches, including five Tests, without defeat.
- 1961 – A plane crashed under mysterious circumstances near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia, resulting in the deaths of United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld and 15 others on board.
- 2001 – Five letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to various media outlets in the United States.
- Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (b. 1501)
- André Dacier (d. 1722)
- Jamey Rodemeyer (d. 2011)