What are the important events that happened on September 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 18: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 18 is the 261st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 5, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 488,376 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectahexacontahenagon’ day.
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Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 152 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,654 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 18 Historical Events
- 1809 –The Royal Opera House in London opens.
- 1838 –The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
- 1872 –King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
- 1879 –The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
- 1906 –A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
- 1959 –Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
- 1977 –Voyager I takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
- 1982 –Christian militia begin killing six-hundred Palestinians in Lebanon.
- 1992 –An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing 9 replacement workers.
- 2007 –Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president.
Who were born on September 18?
- 1910 –Joseph Tal, Israeli composer (d. 2008)
- 1911 –Brinsley Le Poer Trench, British ufologist (d. 1995)
- 1929 –Teddi King, American jazz and pop vocalist
- 1933 –Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov, Russian bass-baritone
- 1942 –Alex Stepney, English football goalkeeper
- 1944 –Charles L. Veach, American astronaut (d. 1995)
- 1950 –Shabana Azmi, Indian actress
- 1956 –Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
- 1967 –Ricky Bell, American singer (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe)
- 1972 –David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
Who died on September 18?
- 887 –Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle)
- 1598 –Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536)
- 1721 –Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (b. 1664)
- 1783 –Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (b. 1707)
- 1931 –Geli Raubal, Adolf Hitler’s niece (b. 1908)
- 1952 –Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian operatic soprano (b. 1879)
- 1967 –John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- 1970 –Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. 1942)
- 1987 –Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
- 1995 –Oleg Tverdokhleb, Ukrainian athlete (b. 1969)
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