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What happened in history on this day: September 18?
On September 18 in ...
- 1793 - US President George Washington lays the cornerstone of the US Capitol building.
- 1830 - A horse beats the first US-made locomotive in a race near Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1851 - New York Times newspaper starts publishing, selling for 2 cents a copy.
- 1866 - The Grand Masonic Lodge of Nevada lays the cornerstone for the Carson City Mint.
- 1870 - Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
- 1890 - US President Benjamin Harrison signs a bill into law making use of the Post Office for lottery purposes illegal.
- 1895 - Booker T Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address.
- 1895 - D.D. Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes first chiropractor.
- 1913 - US House of Representatives passes the Glass-Owen bill (Federal Reserve Act).
- 1919 - Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast.
- 1926 - Hurricane hits Miami and south Florida, USA, destroying hotels, piers, marinas, mansions built in preceding years. 400 killed, 50,000 made homeless.
- 1927 - Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air in the USA (16 radio stations).
- 1945 - 1000 whites walk out of Gary, Indiana, schools to protest integration.
- 1947 - US President Harry Truman signs National Security Act, creating Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1947 - The United States Air Force becomes an independent service.
- 1959 - Vanguard 3 is launched into orbit to measure local phenomena related to Earth's atmosphere.
- 1975 - FBI captures heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst in San Francisco, California.
- 1986 - Motorola announces the Motorola 68030 microprocessor. It incorporates about 300,000 transistors.
- 1990 - A 500-pound 6-foot chocolate Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, New York City.
- 1992 - Undaunted by his earlier withdrawal, supporters of U.S. presidential candidate H. Ross Perot succeed in getting his name on the ballot in all 50 states.
- 2001 - The 2001 anthrax attacks commence as anthrax letters are mailed from Princeton, New Jersey to ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the New York Post, and the National Enquirer.
- 2007 - The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates in the U.S. by half a point (0.5 percent) for the first time since 2006 to ease the ongoing panic in the financial markets due to the subprime mortgage crisis.
Births on September 18
- 1779 - Birth of Joseph Story in Massachusetts, USA; US Supreme Court justice (1812-45).
- 1905 - Birth of Agnes De Mille in New York City, New York, USA; choreographer (Oklahoma).
- 1905 - Birth of Eddie "Rochester" Anderson in Oakland, California, USA; actor (Jack Benny Show).
- 1915 - Birth of Ethel Greenglass in New York, USA; secretary for U.S. Army Signal Corps, executed for spying.
- 1920 - Birth of Jack Warden in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (NYPD, Crazy Like a Fox, Norby).
- 1924 - Birth of Zelda Fichandler in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; theater director/producer (Raisin, K2).
- 1928 - Birth of Phyllis Kirk in Syracuse, New York, USA; actress (Thin Man, Red Button's Show).
- 1932 - Birth of Jack Mullaney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time).
- 1933 - Birth of Jimmie Rodgers in Washington, USA; country singer ("Honeycomb").
- 1933 - Birth of Robert Blake in Nutley, New Jersey, USA; actor (Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast).
- 1939 - Birth of Fred Willard in Ohio, USA; comedian (Fernwood 2 Night, Real People).
- 1940 - Birth of Frankie Avalon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Beach movies), singer ("Venus").
- 1944 - Birth of Charles Lacy Veach in Chicago, Illinois, USA; astronaut (STS 39).
- 1964 - Birth of Holly Robinson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (21 Jump Street).
- 1968 - Birth of Francis McDonald in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA; actor (Will - Adventures of Champion).
Deaths on September 18
- 1997 - Death of Jimmy Witherspoon at age 74; blues singer ("Ain't Nobody's Business" (1949), "No Rollin' Blues", "Big Fine Girl").
- 2002 - Death of Bob Hayes, American athlete (born 1942).
- 2013 - Death of Ken Norton, American boxer (born 1943).
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