1927<\/strong> – Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System made its debut with its network broadcast over 16 radio stations. The name was later changed to CBS.<\/p>\n 1940<\/strong> – “You Can’t Go Home Again” by Thomas Wolfe was published by Harper and Brothers.<\/p>\n 1946<\/strong> – Mound Metalcraft was founded in Mound, MN. On November 23, 1955, the company changed its name to Tonka Toys Incorporated.<\/p>\n 1947<\/strong> – The United States Air Force was established as a separate military branch by the National Security Act.<\/p>\n 1955<\/strong> – The “Ed Sullivan Show” began on CBS-TV. The show had been “The Toast of the Town” since 1948.<\/p>\n 1963<\/strong> – “The Patty Duke Show” premiered on ABC-TV.<\/p>\n 1965<\/strong> – The first episode of “I Dream of Jeannie” was shown on NBC-TV. The last show was televised on September 1, 1970.<\/p>\n 1981<\/strong> – A museum honoring former U.S. President Ford was dedicated in Grand Rapids, MI.<\/p>\n 1984<\/strong> – 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.<\/p>\n 1991<\/strong> – 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.<\/p>\n 1994<\/strong> – Haiti’s military leaders agreed to depart on October 15th. This action averted a U.S.-led invasion to force them out of power.<\/p>\n 1997<\/strong> – Ted Turner, the U.S. Media magnate, announced that over the next ten years he would give $1 billion to the United Nations.<\/p>\n 1998<\/strong> – The U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted to release to a videotape of President Clinton’s grand jury testimony from August 17.<\/p>\n 1998<\/strong> – The FDA approved a once-a-day easier-to-swallow medication for AIDS patients.<\/p>\n 2003<\/strong> – Robert Duvall received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame<\/p>\n 2007<\/strong> \u2013 Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.<\/p>\n 2011<\/strong> \u2013 The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and southern Tibet.<\/p>\n 2012<\/strong> \u2013 Greater Manchester Police officers PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone are murdered in a gun and grenade ambush attack in Greater Manchester, England.<\/p>\n 2014<\/strong> \u2013 Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.<\/p>\n 2015<\/strong> \u2013 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.<\/p>\n 2016<\/strong> \u2013 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.<\/p>\n 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. 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