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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 262nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 5, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,776,960 minutes 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 ‘dihectahexacontadigon’ 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 133 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 4,289 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 18 Historical Events
- 1502 –Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage.
- 1837 –Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a “stationery and fancy goods emporium”.
- 1870 –Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
- 1898 –Fashoda Incident – Lord Kitchener’s ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
- 1919 –Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
Who were born on September 18?
- 1846 –Richard With, Norwegian businessman, politician and captain, founder of Hurtigruten (d. 1930)
- 1907 –Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
- 1916 –John Jacob Rhodes, Jr., American politician and lawyer (d. 2003)
- 1954 –Steven Pinker, Canadian-American scientist
- 1970 –Darren Gough, English cricketer
Who died on September 18?
- 887 –Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle)
- 1953 –Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927)
- 1956 –Adélard Godbout, premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
- 1968 –Franchot Tone, American actor (b. 1905)
- 2001 –Ernie Coombs, Canadian entertainer (b. 1927)
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