September 18 in History

Historical Events on September 18

1759 Seven Years' War: The British capture Quebec City.

1910 In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.

1934 The USSR is admitted to the League of Nations.

1939 World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.

1945 General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.

1962 Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.

1991 Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of seven Adriatic port cities.

2014 Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom.

2016 Seventeen Indian Army security personnel killed in the Indian Administrated Kashmir by anti-government militants.

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Famous Birthdays on September 18

AD 53 Trajan

1951 Ben Carson

1971 Lance Armstrong

1976 Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)

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Famous Deaths on September 18

AD 96 Domitian

1783 Leonhard Euler

1830 William Hazlitt

1970 Jimi Hendrix

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