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324 — Battle of Chrysopolis
The Battle of Chrysopolis was fought on 18 September 324 between the Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius near Chrysopolis (modern Üsküdar), opposite Byzantium (modern Istanbul) on the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus. The battle followed Constantine's victory at the Battle of the Hellespont, where his son Crispus destroyed the Licinian fleet.
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645 — Battle of Ansi
The siege of Ansi took place between Goguryeo and Tang forces in Ansi, a fortress in the Liaodong Peninsula, and the culmination of the First campaign in the Goguryeo–Tang War. The confrontation lasted for about three months from 20 June 645 to 18 September 645. The initial phase of combat resulted in the defeat of a Gorguryeo relief force of 150,000 and resulted in the Tang troops laying siege to the fortress.
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795 — Battle of Las Babias
The Battle of Las Babias occurred in the year 795 when the Emir of Cordoba, Hisham I of Córdoba sought to avenge his previous military incursions in 794 against the Kingdom of Asturias under the command of the brothers Abd al-Karim ibn Abd al-Walid ibn Mugaith and Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Walid ibn Mugaith.
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887 — Battle of Makarska
The Battle of Makarska was a major confrontation on the sea between Slavic Narentine pirates and Republic of Venice, which occurred on 18 September 887.
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1048 — Battle of Kapetron
The Battle of Kapetron or Kapetrou was fought between a Byzantine-Georgian army and the Seljuq Turks at the plain of Kapetron (modern Hasankale/Pasinler in northeastern Turkey) in 1048. The event was the culmination of a major raid led by the Seljuq prince Ibrahim Inal into Byzantine-ruled Armenia.
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1180 — Philip Augustus becomes king of France at the age of fifteen
Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), also known as Philip Augustus (French: Philippe Auguste), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks (Latin: rex Francorum), but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French monarch to style himself "King of France" (rex Francie).
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1385 — Battle of Savra
The Battle of Savra (Albanian: Beteja e Savrës; Serbian: Bitka na Saurskom polju; Turkish: Savra Muharebesi; "Battle on the Saurian field") or the Battle of the Vjosë was fought on 18 September 1385 between Ottoman and much smaller Zetan forces, at the Savra field near Lushnjë (in modern-day southern Albania). The Ottomans were invited by Karl Thopia to support him in his feud against Balša II.
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1427 — Battle of Chi Lăng
The Battle of Chi Lăng Pass was a short skirmish between Vietnamese forces under Prince Lê Lợi and Chinese Ming dynasty army under General Liu Sheng. The battle took place in the Chi Lăng valley, Chi Lăng District, Northeast Vietnam on September 18, 1427. A large Chinese force under the command of Liu Sheng had been dispatched to relieve Wang Tong, who was besieged at Đông Quan in the aftermath of the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động.
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1444 — Siege of Rhodes (1444)
The siege of Rhodes was a military engagement involving the Knights Hospitaller and Mamluk Sultanate. The Mamluk fleet landed on the island of Rhodes on 10 August 1444, besieging its citadel. Clashes took place on the western walls of the city and at the Mandraki harbor. On 18 September 1444, the Mamluks departed from the island and lifted the siege.
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1454 — Battle of Chojnice (1454)
The Battle of Chojnice (or Battle of Konitz) occurred on 18 September 1454 near the town of Chojnice, between Poland and the Teutonic Knights during the Thirteen Years' War. The battle was won by the Teutonic Knights.
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1544 — Pastene’s expedition goes ashore at San Pedro Bay
On September 18, 1544, members of Juan Bautista Pastene’s expedition landed at San Pedro Bay in what is now southern Chile. Jerónimo de Alderete made a formal claim to the territory for the Spanish Crown.
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1598 — The Battle of Stegeborg takes place
On September 18, 1598, forces loyal to King Sigismund fought those of Duke Charles near Stegeborg in Sweden. Sigismund's forces won the encounter.
The date follows the Julian calendar then in use in Sweden.
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1600 — Battle of Mirăslău
The Battle of Mirăslău, or Battle of Miriszló, took place on September 18, 1600, near Miriszló (Romanian: Mirăslău), Transylvania, between the Wallachian troops led by Michael the Brave supported by ethnic Hungarian Szeklers and the troops of Austrian general Giorgio Basta supported by the Hungarian nobility of Transylvania. In 1599, Michael took control of Transylvania after the Battle of Șelimbăr.
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1632 — Siege of Nuremberg
The siege of Nuremberg was a campaign that took place in 1632 about the Imperial City of Nuremberg during the Thirty Years' War. In July 1632, rather than face the numerically superior combined Imperial and Catholic League army under the command of Albrecht von Wallenstein and Bavarian Elector Maximilian I, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ordered a tactical retreat into the city of Nuremberg.
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1643 — Battle of Aldbourne Chase
The Battle of Aldbourne Chase was a relatively small battle of the First English Civil War that occurred on 18 September 1643. In the skirmish the Royalist cavalry led by Prince Rupert attacked the extended columns of the Parliamentarian army of the Earl of Essex at Aldbourne Chase, Wiltshire, as he was attempting to get his army to London.
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1644 — Relief of Montgomery Castle
The Battle of Montgomery took place during the First English Civil War of 1642–1646. On 17 September 1644, a Parliamentarian force commanded by Sir John Meldrum advanced to engage a Royalist army led by Lord Byron which was besieging Montgomery Castle in mid Wales. The battle was fought the next day. After the Royalists gained an initial advantage, the Parliamentarians counter-attacked and destroyed Byron's army.
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1686 — Battle of Bhangani
The Battle of Bhangani was fought between Guru Gobind Singh's army and Bhim Chand (Kahlur) of Bilaspur on 18 September 1686 or 1688, at Bhangani near Paonta Sahib. An alliance of Rajput Rajas of the Shivalik Hills participated in the engagement on behalf of Bhim Chand of Bilaspur State's side, including the states of Garhwal and Kangra.
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1691 — Battle of Leuze
The Battle of Leuze was a minor Cavalry engagement of the Nine Years' War that took place on 18 September 1691 between a detachment of French and a slightly superior Allied force. Marshal Luxembourg had been informed that William III of Orange had left for England, in the supposition that the campaign of 1691 was at its end. He was also informed that Marshal Waldeck, who was left in charge, was preparing to retire into winter quarters. Luxembourg was near Tournai and sent out a reconnaissance under Marsilly, from whom he learned that the main body of the Allied army was retreating, leaving a rear-guard of cavalry at Leuze.
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1695 — Battle of Zeytinburnu
The Battle of Zeytinburnu was a naval battle in September 1695 in which the Ottoman fleet under the command of Mezzomorto inflicted a heavy defeat on the fleet of the Republic of Venice off the coast of Lesbos.
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1707 — Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1707)
The siege of Ciudad Rodrigo was a successful siege of the Spanish city of Ciudad Rodrigo, between 18 September and 4 October 1707, in which a Franco-Spanish army under command of Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay conquered the city. Ciudad Rodrigo had been besieged and taken on 25 May 1706 by 40.000 Portuguese, Dutch and English soldiers under command of Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway and António Luís de Sousa, 2nd Marquis of Minas.
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1708 — Battle of Kanzhal
The Kanzhal War (Kabardian: Къэнжал зауэ; Crimean Tatar: Къанжал дженки) or Crimean-Circassian War of 1708 was military conflict in 1708 fought between Circassians led by Kurghoqo Hatokhshoqo and Crimean Khanate alongside its allies led by Qaplan I Giray, which resulted in Circassian victory. It played a big role in decreasing foreign influence in Circassia. In 2013, the Russian Academy of Sciences described the battle as "an important event in the history of Circassians".
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1739 — Treaty of Belgrade
The Treaty of Belgrade, also known as the Belgrade Peace, was a peace treaty between the Habsburg Monarchy and Ottoman Empire, that was signed on September 18, 1739, in Belgrade (modern Serbia), thus ending the Austro-Turkish War (1737–1739). Agreed territorial changes were substantial, and also favorable for the Ottoman side, since Habsburgs had to cede three regions: the Banat of Craiova (modern Oltenia), the Kingdom of Serbia with Belgrade, and Bosnian section of Posavina, thus placing the newly defined Habsburg-Ottoman border on the rivers Sava and Danube.
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1759 — French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed
The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec were agreed upon between Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay, King's Lieutenant, Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, and General George Townshend on behalf of the French and British crowns during the Seven Years' War. They were signed on 18 September 1759, shortly after British victory in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
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1761 — Battle of Neuensund
The Battle of Neuensund was a smaller battle at Neuensund of the Seven Years' War between Swedish and Prussian forces fought on September 18, 1761. The Swedish force under the command of Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten managed to rout the Prussian forces commanded by Wilhelm Sebastian von Belling.
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1790 — Siege of Darwar
The Siege of Darwar was a 29 week siege of the fort at Dharwad in 1790 and 1791, then near the frontier, between the Kingdom of Mysore and the Maratha Empire. The Marathas, assisted by forces of the British East India Company, began the siege on 18 September 1790 and resulted with the surrender of the Mysorean garrison on 3 April 1791.
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1793 — Battle of Coron (1793)
The Battle of Coron (18 September 1793) was fought between Royalist and Republican French forces near Coron during the War in the Vendée. A Republican division from Saumur led by Antoine Joseph Santerre beat Royalist Vendeans at Doué-la-Fontaine on 15 September and at Vihiers on the 17th. However, on 18 September Santerre's division blundered into an ambush between Vihiers and Coron set by Louis Marie de Lescure and Dominique Piron. The Republican column was routed and lost all its artillery. A few days later, a flanking Republican division under Charles François Duhoux was beaten in the Battle of Pont-Barré.
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1793 — George Washington lays the U.S. Capitol cornerstone
President George Washington laid the first cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol at a ceremony in Washington. It was placed at the southeast corner of the planned building.
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1794 — Battle of Sprimont
The Battle of Sprimont, or Battle of the Ourthe (18 Sep 1794), was a battle during the War of the First Coalition between a corps of the French revolutionary Army of Sambre-and-Meuse under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and the left wing of an Austrian army under the François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt.
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1796 — Second Battle of Kehl (1796)
The Second Battle of Kehl occurred on 18 September 1796, when General Franz Petrasch's Austrian and Imperial troops stormed the French-held bridgehead over the Rhine river. The village of Kehl, which is now in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, was then part of Baden-Durlach. Across the river, Strasbourg, an Alsatian city, was a French Revolutionary stronghold.
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1799 — Battle of Mannheim (1799)
The Battle of Mannheim (18 September 1799) was fought between a Habsburg Austrian army commanded by Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen and a Republican French army under Jacques Léonard Muller. Most of the French Army of the Rhine had retreated to the west bank of the Rhine River, leaving the division of Antoine Laroche Dubouscat to hold Mannheim on the east bank. Despite assistance by Michel Ney, Laroche's division was beaten and driven out of the city when attacked by Charles and a much superior force.
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1808 — Battle of Palva Sund
The Battle of Palva Sund was fought between Sweden and Russia during the Finnish War 1808–09.
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1808 — Battle of Lokalaks
The Battle of Lokalaks (or Lokalax) was fought between Swedish and Russian forces at Lokalaks (Lokalahti), Finland on 17–18 September 1808 during the Finnish War.
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1809 — The rebuilt Theatre Royal at Covent Garden opens
On September 18, 1809, the rebuilt Theatre Royal at Covent Garden in London opened with Macbeth followed by The Quaker. Designed by Robert Smirke, it was the second theatre building on the site, replacing the one destroyed by fire in 1808.
This records the opening of the rebuilt second theatre, not the original founding of the institution.
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1810 — Action of 18 September 1810
The Action of 18 September 1810 was a naval battle fought between British Royal Navy and French Navy frigates in the Indian Ocean during the Napoleonic Wars. The engagement was one of several between rival frigate squadrons contesting control of the French island base of Île de France, from which French frigates had raided British trade routes during the war. The action came in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Grand Port, in which four British frigates had been lost, and just four days after a fifth British frigate had been captured and subsequently recaptured in the Action of 13 September 1810.
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1810 — Chilean War of Independence
The Chilean War of Independence was a war between pro-independence Chilean criollos seeking political and economic independence from Spain and royalist criollos supporting continued allegiance to the Captaincy General of Chile and membership of the Spanish Empire. Traditionally, the beginning of the war is dated as September 18, 1810. Depending on what terms are used to define its end, it lasted until 1821, when royalist forces were defeated by José de San Martín; or until 1826, when the last Spanish troops surrendered and the Chiloé Archipelago was incorporated to the Chilean republic.
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1810 — Chile forms its first governing junta
An open council meeting in Santiago established Chile’s first governing junta. The junta initially governed in the name of the Spanish king, and its creation became a milestone in Chile’s path to independence.
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1811 — Invasion of Java (1811)
The invasion of Java was a successful British amphibious operation against Java in the Dutch East Indies between August and September 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars. Originally established as a colony of the Dutch East India Company, Java remained in Dutch hands throughout the French Revolutionary Wars, during which the French invaded the Dutch Republic, transforming it into the Batavian Republic in 1795 and the Kingdom of Holland in 1806.
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1812 — Fire of Moscow (1812)
During the French occupation of Moscow, a fire persisted from 14 to 18 September 1812 and all but destroyed the city. The Russian troops and most of the remaining civilians had abandoned the city on 14 September 1812 just ahead of French Emperor Napoleon's troops entering the city after the Battle of Borodino.
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1836 — Battle of San Felasco Hammock
The Battle of San Felasco Hammock took place during the Second Seminole War, fought by Florida's Seminole Indians to prevent their removal to the Arkansas Territory in accordance with the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The town of Newnansville, Florida had grown up along the Bellamy Road near the natural bridge over the Santa Fe River.
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1850 — Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave Law was a statute passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers. The Act was one of the most controversial elements of the 1850 compromise and heightened Northern fears of a slave power conspiracy.
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1851 — The first issue of the New-York Daily Times appears
Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones launched the New-York Daily Times in New York City. The paper later changed its name to The New York Times.
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1858 — Battle of Ixtlahuaca
The Battle of Ixtlahuaca, an episode of the Mexican Reform War, took place on 18 September 1858 in the municipality of Ixtlahuaca in the State of Mexico, between liberal and conservative army forces. The victory was won by the liberal side. The liberal brigadier, Manuel Garcia Pueblita, then commander of the division of Michoacán was near San Felipe del Progreso, when he was notified via military information that a conservative force was garrisoned in the town of Ixtlahuaca.
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1860 — Battle of Castelfidardo
The Battle of Castelfidardo was a battle of the Expedition of the Thousand that took place on 18 September 1860, at Castelfidardo, a small town in the Marche region of Italy. It was fought between the Sardinian army - acting as the driving force in the war for Italian unification, against the Papal States. On 7 September, Cavour, Prime Minister of Piedmont, sent an ultimatum to the Pope demanding that he dismiss his foreign troops. When he failed to do this, 35,000 troops crossed the border on 11 September, with General Cialdini advancing along the Adriatic coast and General Della Rocca leading another troop across Umbria.
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1860 — Battle of Zhangjiawan
British and French forces fought Qing troops at Zhangjiawan, east of Beijing, during the Second Opium War. The battle took place on the morning of September 18, 1860, as the allied force advanced toward the capital.
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1863 — Battle of Chickamauga
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 18–20, 1863, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign. The battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and involved the second-highest number of casualties in the war following the Battle of Gettysburg. It was the first major battle of the war that was fought in Georgia.
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1864 — Franklin–Nashville campaign
The Franklin–Nashville campaign, also known as Hood's Tennessee campaign, was a series of battles in the Western Theater, conducted from September 18 to December 27, 1864, in Alabama, Tennessee, and northwestern Georgia during the American Civil War. The Confederate Army of Tennessee under Lieutenant General John B. Hood drove north from Atlanta, threatening Major General William T. Sherman's lines of communications and Middle Tennessee.
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1865 — Invasion of Rio Grande do Sul
The invasion of Rio Grande do Sul began on 10 June 1865 when about 7,500 soldiers under the command of General Antonio de la Cruz Estigarribia invaded the village of São Borja near Brazil's border with Argentina. About 3,000 men commanded by Major Pedro Duarte stayed on the other side of the Uruguay River to accompany the advance of the main column.
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1867 — Constitution of Maryland
The current Constitution of the State of Maryland, which was ratified by the people of the state on September 18, 1867, forms the basic law for the U.S. state of Maryland. It replaced the short-lived Maryland Constitution of 1864 and is the fourth constitution under which the state has been governed. It was last amended in 2024.
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1867 — 1867 Nova Scotia general election
The 1867 Nova Scotia general election was held on 18 September 1867 to elect members of the 24th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the first general election in Nova Scotia after Confederation, and was won by the Anti-Confederation Party. In 1867 Nova Scotia used a mixture of two- and three-seat districts, in each of which the voter had the right to cast as many votes as seats to fill in the district (block voting).
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1870 — September 1870 Portuguese legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 18 September 1870.
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1879 — Blackpool Illuminations
Blackpool Illuminations is an annual lights festival that started on 18 September 1879, held each autumn in the British seaside resort of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire.
Blackpool Illuminations is an annual lights festival that started on 18 September 1879, held each autumn in the British seaside resort of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire.
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1891 — Chilean Civil War of 1891
The Chilean Civil War of 1891, or the Second Chilean Civil War or Revolution of 1891, was a civil war in Chile fought between forces supporting Congress and forces supporting the President, José Manuel Balmaceda, from 16 January 1891 to 18 September 1891. The war saw a confrontation between the Chilean Army and the Chilean Navy, siding with the president and the Congress, respectively.
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1898 — The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France
The Fashoda Incident, also known as the Fashoda Crisis (French: Crise de Fachoda), was the climax of imperialist territorial disputes between Britain and France in East Africa, occurring between 10 July and 3 November 1898. A French expedition to Fashoda on the White Nile sought to gain control of the Upper Nile river basin and thereby exclude Britain from Sudan.
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1899 — The first section of the Gyeongin Railway opens
On September 18, 1899, the first section of the Gyeongin Railway opened between Noryangjin and Incheon in the Korean Empire. The railway was later extended across the Han River into Seoul.
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1906 — 1906 Hong Kong typhoon
A typhoon struck Hong Kong on September 18, 1906, devastating the harbour and causing extensive loss of life. The storm's rapid arrival left little time for warning; estimates of the death toll vary between historical accounts.
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1910 — George Owen Squier demonstrates multiplex telephone transmission
On September 18, 1910, U.S. Army Signal Corps officer George Owen Squier demonstrated how a single telephone circuit could carry multiple conversations. The demonstration linked two laboratories in Washington, D.C.
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1911 — Death of Pyotr Stolypin
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin (Russian: Пётр Арка́дьевич Столы́пин, IPA: [pʲɵtr ɐrˈkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ stɐˈlɨpʲɪn]; 14 April [O.S. 2 April] 1862 – 18 September [O.S. 5 September] 1911) was a Russian statesman who served as the third prime minister and the interior minister of the Russian Empire from 1906 until his assassination in 1911. Known as a reformer of Russian society and the economy, he initiated reforms which were halted by his assassination.
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1915 — The Saturday Evening Post publishes the short story "Extricating Young Gussie" by P.G. Wodehouse, featuring the first appearance of Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine published six times a year. It was first published in 1821, and published weekly from 1897 until 1963. It was published every other week until 1969. From the 1920s to the 1960s, it was one of the most widely circulated and influential magazines among the American middle class, with fiction, nonfiction, cartoons, and features that reached two million homes every week.
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1918 — Battle of Dobro Pole
The Battle of Dobro Pole, also known as the Breakthrough at Dobro Pole in Bulgarian (Bulgarian: Пробив при Добро Поле, Probiv Pri Dobro Pole), (Serbian: Битка код Доброг Поља, Bitka Kod Dobrog Polja), (Greek: Μάχη του Ντόμπρο Πόλε, Máchi tou Dómbro Póle), was a World War I battle, fought between 15 and 18 September 1918. The battle was fought in the initial stage of the Vardar Offensive, in the Balkans Theatre. On September 15, a combined force of Serbian, French and Greek troops attacked the Bulgarian-held trenches in Dobro Pole ("Good Field"), at the time part of the Kingdom of Serbia (present day Republic of Macedonia).
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1918 — Battle of Épehy
The Battle of Épehy was a battle of the First World War fought on 18 September 1918, involving the British Fourth Army (under the command of General Henry Rawlinson) against German outpost positions in front of the Hindenburg Line.The village of Épehy was captured on 18 September by the 12th (Eastern) Division.
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1919 — Aunus expedition
The Aunus expedition (Finnish: Aunuksen retkikunta; Swedish: Aunus-expeditionen) was an attempt by Finnish volunteers to occupy parts of East Karelia in 1919, during the Russian Civil War. Aunus is the Finnish name for Olonets Karelia. This expedition was one of many Finnic "kinship wars" (heimosodat) fought against forces of Soviet Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and during the Russian Civil War.
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1922 — Great Offensive
The Great Offensive (Turkish: Büyük Taarruz) was the largest and final military operation of the Turkish War of Independence, fought between the Turkish Armed Forces loyal to the government of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, and the Kingdom of Greece, ending the Greco-Turkish War. The offensive began on 26 August 1922 with the Battle of Dumlupınar.
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1924 — Tatarbunary Uprising
The Tatarbunary Uprising (Romanian: Răscoala de la Tatarbunar) was a peasant revolt that took place on 15–18 September 1924, in and around the town of Tatarbunary in the Bugeac, Romania (now Odesa Oblast, Ukraine). Inspired by Bolshevik ideals and supported by the newly-formed Soviet Union, it was led by a pro-Soviet revolutionary committee which called for the creation of a "Moldavian Soviet Republic" and an end to the "Romanian occupation" of Bessarabia.
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1924 — The U.S. ends its military occupation of the Dominican Republic, after invading in May 1916 to force the Dominican government to pay its debts to European creditors
The Military Government of Santo Domingo (Spanish: Gobierno Militar de Santo Domingo) was a provisional military government established during the American occupation of the Dominican Republic that lasted from May 15, 1916 to September 18, 1924. The United States aimed to force the Dominicans to repay their large debts to European creditors, whose governments threatened military intervention.
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1931 — Mukden Incident (September 18 Incident)
Japanese military personnel staged an explosion beside the South Manchuria Railway near Mukden, now Shenyang, on September 18, 1931. Japan blamed Chinese forces and used the incident as a pretext for its invasion of Manchuria.
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1931 — Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The Empire of Japan's Kwantung Army invaded the Manchuria region of China on 18 September 1931, immediately following the Mukden incident, a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext to invade. At the war's end in February 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo.
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1931 — Third encirclement campaign against the Jiangxi Soviet
The third encirclement campaign (Chinese: 第三次围剿) against Jiangxi Soviet was the third campaign launched by the Chinese Nationalist Government in the hope of destroying the Red Army in Jiangxi. It was launched less than a month after the previous campaign failed. However, this encirclement was repelled by the Red Army's third counter-encirclement campaign at the Central Soviet (Chinese: 中央苏区第三次反围剿), also called as the third counter-encirclement campaign at the Central Revolutionary Base (Chinese: 中央革命根据地第三次反围剿).
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1932 — The body of actress Peg Entwistle is discovered by police, two days after her suicide by jumping off of the Hollywoodland sign
Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle (5 February 1908 – 16 September 1932) was a British stage and screen actress. She began her stage career in 1925, appearing in several Broadway productions. She appeared in only one film, Thirteen Women (1932), which was released posthumously. Entwistle gained notoriety after she jumped to her death from atop the 'H' on the Hollywoodland Sign in September 1932, at the age of 24.
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1939 — Battle of Kobryń
The Battle of Kobryń was one of the battles of the Invasion of Poland. It was fought between 14 and 18 September 1939, between the German XIX Panzer Corps of General Heinz Guderian and the improvised Polish 60th Infantry Division "Kobryn" of Colonel Adam Epler. It was fought concurrently with the Battle of Brześć Litewski.
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1942 — Operation Anglo
Operation Anglo was a British Commando raid on the island of Rhodes during the Second World War. The raid was carried out by eight men of the Special Boat Section (SBS) assisted by four Greeks. In September 1942 their mission was to attack two airfields on the island of Rhodes. The German and Italian bombers based there were being used to attack Royal Navy convoys.
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1944 — Battle of Arracourt
The Battle of Arracourt was a major clash between U.S. and German armored forces near the town of Arracourt, Lorraine, France, between 18–29 September 1944, during World War II. As part of a counteroffensive against recent U.S. advances in France, the German 5th Panzer Army had as its objective the recapture of Lunéville and the elimination of the U.S. XII Corps bridgehead over the Moselle River at Dieulouard. With local superiority in troops and tanks, the Germans anticipated quick defeat of the defending Combat Command A (CCA) of the U.S. 4th Armored Division.
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1944 — Allied troops liberate Eindhoven
On September 18, 1944, Allied troops liberated Eindhoven in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden. The liberation came a day after the operation began.
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1945 — Battle of Xiangshuikou
The Battle of Xiangshuikou (Chinese: 响水口战斗) was fought between the nationalists and the communists in northern Jiangsu during the Chinese Civil War in the immediate post-World War II era, and resulted in a communist victory.
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1947 — National Security Act of 1947
The National Security Act of 1947 (Pub.L. 80-253, 61 Stat. 495, enacted July 26, 1947) is a law enacting major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II. The majority of the provisions of the act took effect on September 18, 1947, the day after the Senate confirmed James Forrestal as the first secretary of defense.
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1947 — The United States establishes the Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency formally came into existence under the National Security Act of 1947. It took over from the Central Intelligence Group and coordinated U.S. intelligence activities.
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1948 — Indian annexation of Hyderabad
The annexation of Hyderabad (code-named Operation Polo) was a military operation launched in September 1948 that resulted in the annexation of the princely state of Hyderabad by India, which was dubbed a "police action". At the time of partition of India in 1947, the princely states of India, who in principle had self-government within their territories, were subject to subsidiary alliances with the British, which gave control of external relations to the British.
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1948 — Madiun Affair
The Madiun Affair (Indonesian: Peristiwa Madiun, lit. 'Madiun Event'), also known as the 1948 PKI Rebellion (Pemberontakan PKI 1948) or the PKI Madiun Rebellion (Pemberontakan PKI Madiun), was an armed conflict between the Indonesian government and the left-wing People's Democratic Front (FDR), during the Indonesian National Revolution. The conflict began on September 18, 1948, in Madiun, East Java, and ended three months later when most FDR leaders and members were detained and executed by TNI forces.
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1950 — Battle of the Pusan Perimeter ends
United Nations forces mounted a full-scale breakout from the Pusan Perimeter in southeastern Korea on September 18, 1950. North Korean units were retreating north, bringing the weeks-long defensive battle around Busan to an end.
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1950 — TV Tupi Difusora, the first television station to broadcast in Brazil, begins transmissions on Channel 3 in São Paulo
Rede Tupi (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁedʒi tuˈpi]; in English, Tupi Network) was a Brazilian commercial terrestrial television network. Its flagship station, located in the city of São Paulo, was the first TV station to operate in the country, being inaugurated on 18 September 1950 by journalist Assis Chateaubriand. It was owned by Diários Associados, one of the largest media conglomerates of the 20th century, owner of several newspapers, magazines, and radio stations.
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1954 — The Soviet Union awards the Order of Lenin to Finland’s president
On September 18, 1954, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet awarded the Order of Lenin to Finland’s president, J. K. Paasikivi. The decree marked ten years since the Finnish–Soviet armistice. The Soviet ambassador informed Paasikivi of the award that day.
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1960 — Swedish general election, 1960
General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1960. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 114 of the 232 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.
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1960 — 1960 Coppa Italia final
The 1960 Coppa Italia final was the final of the 1959–60 Coppa Italia, the first one with the present day trophy and to give access to the Cup Winners Cup. The match was played on 18 September 1960 between Juventus and Fiorentina. Juventus won 3–2; it was their fourth victory.
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1961 — 1961 Ndola Transair Sweden Douglas DC-6 crash
On 18 September 1961, a DC-6 passenger aircraft of Transair Sweden operating for the United Nations (UN) crashed near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (present-day Zambia). The crash resulted in the deaths of all people on board, including Dag Hammarskjöld, the second secretary-general of the United Nations, and 15 others. Hammarskjöld had been en route to ceasefire negotiations with Moïse Tshombe during the Congo Crisis.
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1961 — Battle of Djebel Bouk'hil (1961)
The Battle of Djebel Bouk'hil was a major fight in the Algerian War in 1961 when the French intercepted a meeting between FLN commanders, then Besieging the Mountain.
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1962 — Aeroflot Flight 213
Aeroflot Flight 213 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Chersky Airport to Keperveyem Airport. On 18 September 1962, the Ilyushin Il-14 operating this flight crashed shortly after takeoff. All 27 passengers and five crew members were killed. The Air Accident Investigation Commission determined that pilot error was the main cause of the accident.
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1962 — Four newly independent countries join the United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly admitted Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda, and Trinidad and Tobago as members. The four admissions were adopted in separate resolutions on the same day.
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1964 — The first television adaptation of Charles Addams's "The Addams Family" premieres on ABC Television
The Addams Family is an American Gothic sitcom based on Charles Addams's New Yorker cartoons. With an ensemble cast, the 30-minute television series took the unnamed characters in the single-panel gag cartoons and gave them names, backstories, and a household setting. The series was spearheaded by David Levy, who created and developed it with Donald Saltzman in cooperation with cartoonist Addams, who gave each character a name and description.
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1964 — The wedding of King Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark took place in Athens
The wedding of Constantine II, King of the Hellenes, and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark took place on Friday, 18 September 1964, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. Constantine II was the reigning Greek monarch, while Princess Anne-Marie was the youngest daughter of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark. It was the second, and to date, the last wedding of a reigning Greek monarch, and the first to be held in Greece.
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1965 — Comet Ikeya–Seki discovered in Japan
Japanese amateur astronomers Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki independently discovered the comet later named Ikeya–Seki on September 18, 1965. It subsequently became one of the brightest comets of the twentieth century.
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1965 — Larry Scott wins the first Mr. Olympia contest
Bodybuilder Larry Scott won the first Mr. Olympia contest at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. The contest was held alongside Mr. America, Miss Americana and Mr. Universe.
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1965 — The spy comedy Get Smart premieres on NBC
NBC aired the first episode of Get Smart, a comedy created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry about a secret agent named Maxwell Smart.
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1966 — 1966 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final
The 1966 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 35th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1966 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Antrim were their own worst enemies, hitting sixteen wides (against five by Dublin), and they list by two. This was Dublin's tenth championship in a row, and would prove to be their last for eighteen years.
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1966 — Operation Pagoda
Operation Pagoda was launched on 16 May 1966 by the Rhodesian Government in response to the murder of a farmer, Johannes Viljoen, and his wife at their farm just north of Hartley. 1 Commando of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and units of the British South Africa Police were deployed to kill or capture the terrorists.
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1966 — Operation Deckhouse IV
Operation Deckhouse IV was an operation conducted by the Special Landing Force (SLF) Battalion Landing Team (BLT) of 1st Battalion, 26th Marines in the eastern Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), lasting from 15 to 18 September 1966.
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1971 — 1971 New South Wales local elections
The 1971 New South Wales local elections were held on 18 September 1971 to elect the councils of the local government areas (LGAs) of New South Wales.
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1971 — 1971 Israel Super Cup
The 1971 Israel Super Cup was the third Israel Super Cup (eighth, including unofficial matches, as the competition wasn't played within the Israel Football Association in its first 5 editions, until 1969), an annual Israel football match played between the winners of the previous season's Top Division and Israel State Cup. The match was played between Maccabi Netanya, champions of the 1970–71 Liga Leumit and Hakoah Ramat Gan, winners of the 1970–71 Israel State Cup.
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1973 — The Bahamas and both German states join the United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly admitted the Bahamas, the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany as members. The two German states held separate seats until German reunification in 1990.
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1974 — Hurricane Fifi brings severe flooding to northern Honduras
Hurricane Fifi passed close to Honduras’s Caribbean coast and brought torrential rain. Floods and landslides killed thousands before the storm continued west toward Belize.
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1975 — 1975 Ontario general election
The 1975 Ontario general election was held on September 18, 1975, to elect the 125 members of the 30th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Bill Davis and campaigning under the slogan, "Your Future. Your choice.", won a tenth consecutive term in office but lost its majority in the legislature for the first time since the 1945 election.
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1975 — Results of the 1975 Ontario general election by riding
The following are the results by riding (electoral district) of the 1975 Ontario general election, that was held on September 18, 1975.
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1976 — Maltese general election, 1976
General elections were held in Malta on 17 and 18 September 1976. The Malta Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 34 of the 65 seats.
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1976 — Operation Ignition
Operation Ignition was an operation undertaken by the Selous Scouts of the Rhodesian Army on 18 September 1976 against the forces of the guerrilla group ZIPRA Francistown.
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1977 — 1977 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final
The 1977 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final, the 46th event of its type, is the culmination of the 1977 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. Kilkenny won a one-sided game. A young Angela Downey was the star, and scored 2-3.
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1979 — 1979 San Diego mayoral election
The 1979 San Diego mayoral election was held on September 18, 1979, to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent Pete Wilson stood for reelection for a third term. As the result of a voter-approved amendment to the City Charter to align mayoral elections with state elections, the winner of the election stood to receive an extended five-year term.
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1980 — 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion
The Damascus Titan missile explosion refers to an incident where the fuel in a nuclear armed missile exploded at missile launch facility Launch Complex 374-7 in Damascus, Arkansas, on September 18–19, 1980, during the first governorship of Bill Clinton. The facility was part of the 374th Strategic Missile Squadron at the time of the explosion.
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1980 — Soyuz 38 launches with the first Cuban in space
A Soyuz spacecraft launched from Baikonur at 19:11 UTC with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko and Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez. The crew went on to dock with the Salyut 6 space station.
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1981 — EMLL 48th Anniversary Show
The EMLL 48th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 18, 1981 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 48th anniversary of EMLL, which would become the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary show is EMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event.
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1981 — 1981 Western Australian Labor Party leadership spill
A leadership spill of the Western Australian Labor Party occurred on 18 September 1981. A motion that all caucus positions be declared vacant was carried 18 votes to 13. Brian Burke defeated party leader Ron Davies 20 votes to 11, making Burke the leader of the party and the leader of the opposition in Western Australia.
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1982 — Soccer Bowl '82
Soccer Bowl '82 was the championship final of the 1982 NASL season. The New York Cosmos advanced to the Soccer Bowl for the third consecutive year and took on the Seattle Sounders in a rematch of Soccer Bowl '77. The match was played on September 18, 1982, at Jack Murphy Stadium, in San Diego, California. New York won, 1–0, and were crowned the 1982 NASL champions.
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1983 — 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, also known as the Game of Shame (Irish: An Cluiche Náireach), was the 96th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. This was one of the 13 consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals contested by either Dublin or Kerry between 1974 and 1986, a period when one of either team always contested the decider.
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1984 — Joseph Kittinger completes the first solo balloon flight across the Atlantic
Joseph Kittinger landed near Cairo Montenotte in Italy after flying alone across the Atlantic in a gas balloon. He had taken off from Caribou, Maine, and traveled about 5,700 kilometers.
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1987 — EMLL holds its 54th Anniversary Show
On September 18, 1987, EMLL held its 54th Anniversary Show at Arena México in Mexico City. The promotion, later known as CMLL, also presented the event as Gory Guerrero’s retirement show. His four sons, Chavo, Mando, Hector and Eddie Guerrero, all wrestled on the card.
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1988 — Swedish general election, 1988
General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1988. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 156 of the 349 seats.
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1988 — September 1988 Haitian coup d'état
The September 1988 Haitian coup d'état took place on 18 September 1988, when a group of non-commissioned officers in the Haitian Presidential Guard overthrew General Henri Namphy and brought General Prosper Avril to power. Namphy had been a member of the National Council of Government from 1986 until the February 1988 inauguration of Leslie Manigat, who had won the military-controlled 1988 general election.
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1988 — Hong Kong Light Rail begins regular service
Hong Kong's Light Rail began normal all-day service in Tuen Mun and Yuen Long on September 18, 1988, after several days of free public rides. The network provided a new rail link across the northwestern New Territories.
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1988 — 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 101st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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1988 — 8888 Uprising
The 8888 Uprising, also known as the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma (present-day Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988 and therefore it is commonly known as the "8888 Uprising". The protests began as a student movement and were organised largely by university students at the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University and the Rangoon Institute of Technology.
The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
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1988 — University leaders sign the Magna Charta Universitatum
Representatives of 388 universities signed the Magna Charta Universitatum in Bologna's Piazza Maggiore. The document sets out principles of academic freedom and university autonomy.
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1989 — 1989 Burkina Faso coup attempt
The 1989 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt was allegedly an attempt at a military coup d'état, planned by Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani and Henri Zongo, in addition to other unnamed conspirators. The plot, as described by the government of Burkina Faso, targeted President Blaise Compaoré – who, together with Lingani and Zongo, had previously carried out two coups in the country. All known conspirators were quickly executed.
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1990 — Liechtenstein joins the United Nations
The UN General Assembly admitted Liechtenstein to membership at its headquarters in New York. The principality joined under General Assembly Resolution 45/1.
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1992 — CMLL 59th Anniversary Show
The CMLL 59th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 18, 1992 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. This was the first Anniversary show under the CMLL name as the company had changed name from Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre in the winter of 1991. The show consisted of five matches, with the main event being a Six-man tag team match between the team of The Great Kabuki, La Fiera and Pierroth Jr. and the team of Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Atlantis and King Haku.
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1993 — UltraClash (1993)
UltraClash was the first UltraClash professional wrestling supercard event produced by the American professional wrestling promotion Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States on September 18, 1993. It was the first ECW event to be booked by Paul Heyman. The event featured the debuts of Ian Rotten, the Public Enemy and commentator Joey Styles.
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1994 — Swedish general election, 1994
General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1994. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 161 of the 349 seats. Led by Ingvar Carlsson, the party returned to power and formed a minority government after the election. The Greens also returned to the Riksdag after a three-year absence. The Moderates slightly improved on their 1991 performance, but the Centre Party, the Liberals and the Christian Democrats all fared poorly, the latter barely holding on to their parliamentary representation.
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1994 — Hong Kong local elections, 1994
The 1994 Hong Kong District Board elections were held on 18 September 1994. Election was held to all 18 districts of Hong Kong, for 346 members from directly elected constituencies with the abolition of the appointed seats under the new electoral arrangements, as the last step of the democratisation by the then Governor Chris Patten before the handover of Hong Kong. Under the Patten's reform package, the voting age was lowered to 18 from 21, appointed members were abolished, and District Board members were given responsibility of filling 10 of the 60 Legislative Council seats through Election Committee constituency in the election next year.
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1994 — Central and Western District Board election, 1994
The 1994 Central and Western District Board election was held on 18 September 1994 to elect all 14 members to the Central and Western District Board.
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1994 — Wan Chai District Board election, 1994
The 1994 Wan Chai District Board election was held on 18 September 1994 to elect all 10 elected members to the Wan Chai District Board.
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1994 — Fall Brawl '94: War Games
Fall Brawl '94: War Games was the second Fall Brawl professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on September 18, 1994 from the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia.
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1994 — 1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
The 1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 107th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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1995 — The Weekly Standard publishes its first issue
The Weekly Standard, an American magazine based in Washington, D.C., published its first issue on September 18, 1995. It was launched under News Corporation and originally edited by Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes.
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1997 — Japanese retailer Yaohan files for corporate reorganization
Yaohan applied for court-supervised corporate reorganization in Japan after running into financial trouble.
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1997 — Negotiators adopt the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in Oslo
An international conference in Oslo adopted a treaty banning the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines. The agreement later opened for signature in Ottawa, giving it the informal name Ottawa Treaty.
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1998 — Verano de Escándalo (1998)
The 1998 Verano de Escándalo (Spanish for "Summer of Scandal") was the second annual Verano de Escandalo professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The show took place on September 18, 1998, in Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The main event featured steel cage match between the teams of Heavy Metal and Blue Demon Jr. and Kick Boxer and Abismo Negro. The stipulation of the main event was that if the team of Heavy Metal and Blue Demon Jr. lost referee Guicho Dominguez would be referee El Tirante's "slave" for a week.
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1998 — CMLL 65th Anniversary Show
The CMLL 65th Anniversary Show (Spanish: 65. Aniversario de CMLL) was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 1998. Different sources identify different shows in September as the actual Anniversary Show, either on September 11 or September 18, or possibly both as CMLL has held multiple shows to commemorate their anniversary in the past.
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1999 — 1999 Victorian state election
The 1999 Victorian state election was held on Saturday 18 September 1999 to elect the 54th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council were up for election. The Liberal–National Coalition led by Jeff Kennett and Pat McNamara, which had held majority government since the 1992 election, lost 15 seats and its majority due mainly to a swing against it in rural and regional Victoria.
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1999 — Results of the 1999 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)
This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1999 state election. 22 of the 44 seats were contested.
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1999 — China honors 23 scientists for the Two Bombs, One Satellite program
China awarded or posthumously conferred medals on 23 scientists for their contributions to its early nuclear, missile and satellite programs. The awards were announced at a ceremony in Beijing.
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2001 — 2001 anthrax attacks
The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case name, occurred within the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and two Democratic U.S. Senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others. According to the FBI, the ensuing investigation became "one of the largest and most complex in the history of law enforcement." A major focus in the early years of the investigation was a bio-weapons expert named Steven Hatfill, who was eventually exonerated.
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2003 — 2003 Brent East by-election
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Brent East was held on 18 September 2003, following the death of Labour Party MP Paul Daisley on 18 June that year. It was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Teather, who gained the seat from Labour with a large swing of 29%.
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2004 — 2004 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final
The 2004 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny on 18 September 2004 to determine the winners of the 2004 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 41st season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2004 — Ba’kelalan holds a state assembly by-election
On September 18, 2004, voters in Ba’kelalan, Sarawak, took part in a state assembly by-election. Nelson Balang Rining won the seat.
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2004 — 2004 Baton Rouge mayoral election
The 2004 Baton Rouge mayoral election was held on September 18 and November 2, 2004, to elect the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It saw Democrat Kip Holden unseat Incumbent Republican Mayor Bobby Ray Simpson.
This entry records the first round, as dated in the source infobox.
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2005 — German federal election, 2005
German federal elections took place on 18 September 2005 to elect the members of the 16th German Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany. They became necessary after a motion of confidence in Chancellor Gerhard Schröder failed on 1 July. Following the defeat of Schröder's Social Democratic Party (SPD) in a state election, Schröder asked his supporters to abstain in the Bundestag motion in order that it fail and thus trigger an early federal election. The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party in Bavaria, the Christian Social Union (CSU), started the federal election campaign with a 21% lead over the SPD in opinion polls.
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2005 — Unforgiven (2005)
Unforgiven (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the seventh annual Unforgiven event and took place on September 18, 2005, at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The event featured wrestlers and other talent that performed on the Raw program. To date, it is the only WWE pay-per-view event ever to be held in the state of Oklahoma. The main event was a standard wrestling match, in which Kurt Angle defeated WWE Champion John Cena, after Cena used the Championship belt on Angle, leading to a disqualification.
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2005 — Verano de Escándalo (2005)
Verano de Escándalo (2005) (Spanish for "Summer of Scandal") was the ninth annual Verano de Escándalo professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The show took place on September 18, 2005, in Naucalpan. The main event featured an "electrified" steel cage match Lucha de Apuestas where the last man in the cage would have to remove his mask or have his hair shaved off.
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2005 — 2005 Afghan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan alongside provincial elections on 18 September 2005. Former warlords and their followers gained the majority of seats in both the lower house and the provincial council (which elects the members of the upper house). Women won 28% of the seats in the lower house, six more than the 25% guaranteed in the 2004 constitution.
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2005 — 2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final
The 2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick on 18 September 2005 to determine the winners of the 2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 42nd season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2005 — 2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final
The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final, the 74th event of its type, is the culmination of the 2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. Tipp led 1-10 to 0-8 at half-time, but Cork's persistence, as well as an Una O'Dwyer own goal, gave Tipp victory in the end.
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2005 — 2005 Libyan Super Cup
The 2005 Libyan SuperCup took place between 2004-05 Libyan Premier League champions Al Ittihad and 2004-05 Libyan Cup runners-up Al Akhdar (as Al Ittihad had already won the Libyan Cup, Al Akhdar took their place in the final as runners-up). The match finished 1-0 to Al Ittihad. This was their 5th consecutive victory in the 9th edition of the Super Cup.
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2006 — Ngong Ping 360 cable car opens
Ngong Ping 360 began public operations on September 18, 2006, linking Tung Chung with Ngong Ping on Hong Kong's Lantau Island. Its formal opening ceremony followed later that year.
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2006 — 2006 New Brunswick general election
The 2006 New Brunswick general election was held on September 18, 2006, to elect 55 members to the 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
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2009 — CMLL 76th Anniversary Show
The CMLL 76th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 18, 2009 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. The show featured six matches, with the main event being a Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. hair match between Místico and Negro Casas. The second featured event is an eight-man, or Atómicos match featuring a team of Mexicans facing a team of Japanese wrestlers. Team Mexico consists of Último Guerrero, Atlantis, Black Warrior and Héctor Garza.
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2009 — CBS broadcasts the final episode of Guiding Light
The daytime drama Guiding Light ended with its last episode on CBS. It had started on radio in 1937 and moved to television in 1952.
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2010 — 2010 Afghan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan on 18 September 2010 to elect members of the House of the People (Wolesi Jirga). The Afghan Independent Election Commission - established in accordance with the article 156 of the Constitution of Afghanistan for the purpose of organizing and supervising all elections in the country - postponed the poll from its original date of 22 May to September 18.
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2010 — 2010 Honolulu mayoral special election
The 2010 Honolulu special mayoral election was held on September 18, 2010. The election coincided with Hawaii's primary election. The winner of the election, Peter Carlisle, filled the unexpired term of former Democratic Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann, who resigned on July 20, 2010, to run in the 2010 election for Governor of Hawaii. Honolulu Managing Director Kirk Caldwell was acting Mayor of Honolulu on July 20, 2010, following Hannemann's resignation, until the special election was held.
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2011 — Berlin state election, 2011
The last Berlin state election was held on 18 September 2011, to elect members to the Abgeordnetenhaus (House of Deputies) of Berlin. All 141 seats were up for election. Berlin was governed by a coalition between the Social Democratic Party and The Left at the time. Current mayor Klaus Wowereit was the favourite heading into Sunday's election. The SPD won the most seats, 48, despite losing five. The Left also lost three seats, making a renewal of the two parties' red-red coalition impossible. The centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) gained two seats to 39, putting them in second place, while the Greens gained seven to finish third, with 30.
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2011 — 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
The 2011 All-Ireland Football Championship final was the 124th event of its kind. It was the culmination of Gaelic football's premier competition, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, and was played between Kerry and Dublin on 18 September 2011 at Croke Park, Dublin. Dublin were victorious by a single point, achieving their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title since 1995. This was the first Kerry–Dublin final since 1985.
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2011 — Night of Champions (2011)
The 2011 Night of Champions was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It was the fifth annual Night of Champions and took place on September 18, 2011, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. The theme of the event was that all six of WWE's active championships at the time were defended. Eight matches took place at the event, seven of which were broadcast live on pay-per-view.
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2011 — 2011 Sikkim earthquake
The 2011 Sikkim earthquake (also known as the 2011 Himalayan earthquake) occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and was centered within the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, near the border of Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim, at 18:10 IST on Sunday, 18 September. The earthquake was felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and southern Tibet. At least 111 people were killed in the earthquake.
The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
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2013 — Rwandan parliamentary election, 2013
Parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda between 16 and 18 September 2013. The result was a victory for the Rwandan Patriotic Front, which maintained its absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies, winning 41 of the 80 seats.
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2013 — 2013 Ottawa bus–train crash
The Ottawa bus–train crash was a collision that occurred between an OC Transpo double-decker bus and a Via Rail train in the Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven on September 18, 2013, that killed six people.
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2014 — 2014 Scottish independence referendum
A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. The referendum question was "Should Scotland be an independent country?", which voters answered with "Yes" or "No". The "No" side won with 2,001,926 (55.3%) voting against independence and 1,617,989 (44.7%) voting in favour.
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2015 — CMLL 82nd Anniversary Show
The CMLL 82nd Anniversary Show was a major professional wrestling event produced by the lucha libre wrestling company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council") that took place on September 18, 2015, in CMLL's home arena Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 82nd anniversary of the creation of CMLL, which is the oldest still-active professional wrestling promotion in the world. CMLL's anniversary shows are their biggest, most important show of the year, comparable to the Super Bowl for the National Football League or WrestleMania for WWE.
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2015 — 2015 Camp Badaber attack
On 18 September 2015, 14 militants reportedly "entered from Afghanistan" and tried to storm a Pakistan Air Force base in Badaber, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan killing 29 Pakistanis including a Pakistan Army's Quick Response Force's commander Captain Asfand Yar. The attack was "foiled" by Pakistani military and all militants were killed in state's retaliation, according to official claims. It was the first time that the militants came with a new strategy; to engage the Pakistani military in a long-term battle with excessive ammunition. PAF Camp Badaber is located just about 48 kilometres (30 mi) east of Afghan border.
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2015 — World Series of Fighting 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II
World Series of Fighting 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II was a mixed martial arts event to be held September 18, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. This event aired on NBCSN in the U.S and on Fight Network in Canada.
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2015 — All Star Extravaganza VII
All Star Extravaganza VII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on September 18, 2015 at San Antonio Shrine Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas. It was the seventh event under the All Star Extravaganza chronology.
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2016 — 2016 Uri attack
The 2016 Uri attack was an attack by four heavily armed terrorists on 18 September 2016, near the town of Uri in the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir. It was reported as "the deadliest attack on security forces in Kashmir in two decades". No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, though the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed is suspected of being involved in the planning and execution of the attack. At the time of the attack, the Kashmir Valley region was at the centre of unrest, during which 85 civilians were killed and thousands injured in clashes with security forces.
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2016 — Berlin state election, 2016
The 18th Berlin state election was held on 18 September 2016 to elect 149 members to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (Berlin state parliament).
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2016 — 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was a Gaelic football match played at Croke Park in Dublin on 18 September 2016 (and replayed on 1 October 2016) between Dublin and Mayo, the culmination of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. It was the 129th final of that sport's primary competition, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
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2016 — 2016 Russian gubernatorial elections
Gubernatorial elections were held on 18 September 2016 in nine federal subjects of Russia. All elections passed in one round. In seven federal subjects, there were direct elections of governors, and in two, the governor was elected by the regional parliaments. None of the incumbent governors had lost the elections.
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2016 — 2016 Russian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Russia on 18 September 2016, having been brought forward from 4 December. At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma of the 7th convocation, the lower house of the Federal Assembly. Prior to the election United Russia had been the ruling party since winning the 2011 elections with 49.32% of the vote, and taking 238 seats (53%) of the seats in the State Duma.
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2016 — 2016 Tula Oblast gubernatorial election
The 2016 Tula Oblast gubernatorial election took place on September 18, 2016, to elect the governor of Tula Oblast. Election took place concurrently with Federal legislative election and local elections in Single Electoral Day.
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2016 — 2016 Russian elections
Election Day in Russia was 18 September 2016. Among them were the legislative election for the 7th State Duma, nine gubernatorial elections, 39 regional parliamentary elections, and many elections on the municipal and local level.
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2016 — 2016 Toronto International Film Festival
The 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 September 2016. The first announcement of films to be screened at the festival took place on 26 July. Almost 400 films were shown.
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2017 — 2017 Rajbiraj municipal election
The 2017 Municipal election for Rajbiraj was held on 18 September 2017, to elect a mayor, a deputy mayor, sixteen ward chairperson and ward members. All positions were elected for a period of five years. A secondary election was held for the municipal executives which elected five women from the elected ward members and three members from the Dalit and minority community.
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2017 — 2017 Nepalese local elections
The 2017 Nepalese local elections were held in Nepal in three phases on 14 May, 28 June and 18 September in 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities. It was the first local level election to be held since the promulgation of the 2015 constitution.
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2018 — Third 2018 inter-Korean summit begins in Pyongyang
South Korean president Moon Jae-in met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang as a three-day inter-Korean summit began on September 18, 2018. The leaders discussed relations between the two Koreas and peace on the peninsula.
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2021 — UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann (also known as UFC Fight Night 192, UFC Vegas 37 and UFC on ESPN+ 50) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 18, 2021, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
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2021 — Bellator 266
Bellator 266: Davis vs. Romero was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on September 18, 2021, at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, United States.
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2021 — 2019–20 Tunisian Super Cup
The 2019–20 Tunisian Super Cup was the 16th edition of the Tunisian Super Cup. The match was contested between the 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions, Espérance de Tunis and the 2019–20 Tunisian Cup winners, US Monastir. The match took place at Stade Hammadi Agrebi in Tunis on 18 September 2021 with Union Monastirienne winning on penalties after a 1–1 draw.
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2022 — 2022 Durand Cup final
The 2022 Durand Cup final, also called IndianOil Durand Cup Final due to sponsorship ties with Indian Oil Corporation, was the final match of the 2022 Durand Cup, the 131st edition of Asia's oldest football tournament, jointly organised by the Eastern Command and the Government of West Bengal, in cooperation with the Government of Assam and the Government of Manipur. It was played at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, West Bengal on 18 September 2022.
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2022 — MLW Super Series (2022)
Super Series (2022) was a professional wrestling supercard event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW), in conjunction with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and Dragon Gate. It took place on September 18, 2022, at the Space Events Center in Norcross, Georgia. It was the second event in the MLW Super Series chronology, following AAA vs MLW in 2020, and served as a television taping for MLW Fusion.
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2022 — 2022 Syrian local elections
The 2022 Syrian local elections were held on 18 September 2022. Positions in all 14 governorates, 158 cities, 572 towns and 726 municipalities were up for election. They were the last local elections to be held in Ba'athist Syria, prior to its overthrow following the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives.
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2024 — 2024 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election
The 2024 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election was held on September 18, 2024, to fill the vacant seat in New Jersey's 10th congressional district. The winner will serve in the United States House of Representatives for the remainder of the 118th United States Congress. The seat became vacant on April 24, 2024, when Donald Payne Jr. died following a heart attack related to complications from diabetes.
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2024 — 2024 Armenian coup attempt allegations
On 18 September 2024, the Government of Armenia announced that the National Security Service (NSS) had thwarted a coup attempt by Armenian Russophiles armed, trained, and financed by the Russian Federation.
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