History of 18 September
1927 – Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System made its debut with its network broadcast over 16 radio stations. The name was later changed to CBS.
1940 – “You Can’t Go Home Again” by Thomas Wolfe was published by Harper and Brothers.
1946 – Mound Metalcraft was founded in Mound, MN. On November 23, 1955, the company changed its name to Tonka Toys Incorporated.
1947 – The United States Air Force was established as a separate military branch by the National Security Act.
1955 – The “Ed Sullivan Show” began on CBS-TV. The show had been “The Toast of the Town” since 1948.
1963 – “The Patty Duke Show” premiered on ABC-TV.
1965 – The first episode of “I Dream of Jeannie” was shown on NBC-TV. The last show was televised on September 1, 1970.
1981 – A museum honoring former U.S. President Ford was dedicated in Grand Rapids, MI.
1984 – The 39th session of the U.N. General Assembly was opened with an appeal to the U.S. and Soviet Union to resume arms negotiations.
1991 – U.S. President George H.W. Bush said that he would send warplanes to escort U.N. helicopters that we’re searching for hidden Iraqi weapons if it became necessary.
1994 – Haiti’s military leaders agreed to depart on October 15th. This action averted a U.S.-led invasion to force them out of power.
1997 – Ted Turner, the U.S. Media magnate, announced that over the next ten years he would give $1 billion to the United Nations.
1998 – The U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted to release to a videotape of President Clinton’s grand jury testimony from August 17.
1998 – The FDA approved a once-a-day easier-to-swallow medication for AIDS patients.
2003 – Robert Duvall received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2007 – Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
2011 – The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and southern Tibet.
2012 – Greater Manchester Police officers PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone are murdered in a gun and grenade ambush attack in Greater Manchester, England.
2014 – Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
2015 – Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.
2016 – The 2016 Uri attack in Indian Administrated Kashmir by anti-government militants results in the deaths of nineteen Indian Army soldiers and all four attackers.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Lucy Aharish, Israeli journalist and actress
- 1981 – Sebastián Decoud, an Argentinian tennis player
- 1981 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress, and singer
- 1981 – Kristaps Valters, Latvian basketball player
- 1981 – Han Ye-Seoul, South Korean actress
- 1982 – Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
- 1982 – Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1982 – Leono, Mexican wrestler
- 1982 – Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer
- 1983 – Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
- 1983 – Giulio Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Dashon Goldson, American football player
- 1984 – Anthony Gonzalez, American football player
- 1984 – Dizzee Rascal, British hip hop musician
- 1985 – Tarah Gieger, Puerto Rican-American motocross racer
- 1989 – Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
- 1990 – Lewis Holtby, German footballer
- 1992 – Edrick Lee, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 – Max Meyer, German footballer
- 1995 – Matt Targett, English footballer
- 1998 – Christian Pulisic, American soccer player