Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In September - 18
Friday, 17 January 2025
1977 On this day in history courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup 
1977 On this day in history uS Voyager I takes first space photograph of Earth & Moon together
1979 Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect on September - 18.
1979 On this day in history steven Lachs, appointed Calif's first admittedly gay judge
1979 Gene Kelly, sportscaster (Sportsreel), dies at 60 on this day in history.
1980 On this day in history soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station
1980 K A Porter, writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.
1982 On September - 18 christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon
1983 On September - 18 george Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere
1984 On this day in history joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of Atlantic
1989 Hungary begins transition to a Western style democracy on September - 18.
1989 On this day in history hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico
1990 A 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, NYC on September - 18.
1990 Atlanta is chosen to host the 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics on this day in history.
1991 On September - 18 space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) lands
1993 On September - 18 australian PM announces plans to make Australia a republic by 2001
1994 On this day in history franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer, dies at 44
1995 Donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1996 Spiro Theodore Agnew, US VP (1969-73), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1997 Harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87 on this day in history.
1999 Trillium Rail takes over operation of 41 miles of industrial trackage in Ontario's Niagara Peninsula comprising sections of the Cayuga sub. and the Thorold, Canal, Grantham, Fonthill, Town Line and West Welland spurs. The lines will be operated by a Trillium subsidiary, the Port Colborne Terminal Railway on this day in history.
2005 Afghan parliamentary election on September - 18.
2005 Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union and Gerhard Schröder of the Social Democratic Party both claim victory in the German federal election on this day in history.
2007 On September - 18 the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates in the U.S by half a point (0.5%) for the first time since 2006 to ease the on-going panic in the financial markets due to the subprime crisis.
2012 10 soliders are killed and 70 injured by a missile attack by Kurdish militants in Bingol, Turkey on September - 18.
2014 Scotland votes 'NO' in a referendum deciding whether or not to stay with the United Kingdom on September - 18.
2017 On September - 18 69th Emmy Awards: hosted by Stephen Colbert, "The Handmaid's Tale", Elizabeth Moss, Sterling K Brown, Julia Dreyfus, Donald Glover win
2017 On this day in history england footballer Wayne Rooney pleads guilty to drunk driving and is banned for driving for 2 years
2017 On this day in history hurricane Maria passes over the Caribbean island of Dominica as a category 5 hurricane, destroying 90% of structures and killing 27
2018 70th Emmy Awards: "Games of Thrones". "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", Rachel Brosnahan, Matthew Rhys, Claire Foy, Bill Hader win on this day in history.
2018 China announces new $60 billion tariffs on US imports, a day after the US imposes $200 billion worth of new tariffs on Chinese goods on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history amnesty International says 400 civilians have been killed in conflicts between Cameroon soldiers and Anglophone separatists in 2018
2018 South Africa's Constitutional court legalizes cannabis use by adults in private places on this day in history.
2019 Photo of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wearing brownface in 2001 emerges during Canadian election campiagn on this day in history.