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, 1,758,153,600 seconds 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
- 1739 –The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
- 1838 –The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
- 1910 –In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
- 1931 –The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
- 1939 –World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
- 1982 –Christian militia begin killing six-hundred Palestinians in Lebanon.
- 1984 –Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
- 2001 –First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
- 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.
- 2009 –The 72 year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast.
Who were born on September 18?
- 1709 –Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784)
- 1718 –Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (d. 1783)
- 1819 –Léon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)
- 1870 –Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (d. 1947)
- 1948 –Christopher Skase, Australian fugitive businessman (d. 2001)
- 1953 –John McGlinn, American conductor (d. 2009)
- 1959 –Mark Romanek, American filmmaker
- 1971 –Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer
- 1978 –Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
- 1980 –Jonathan Biss, American classical pianist
Who died on September 18?
- 1180 –King Louis VII of France (b. 1120)
- 1598 –Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536)
- 1630 –Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (b. 1552)
- 1722 –André Dacier, French classical scholar (b. 1651)
- 1924 –Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (b. 1846)
- 1951 –Gelett Burgess, American literary humorist (b. 1866)
- 1956 –Adélard Godbout, premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
- 1964 –Clive Bell, English art critic (b. 1881)
- 1998 –Charlie Foxx, American singer (b. 1939)
- 2002 –Bob Hayes, American athlete (b. 1942)
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