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, 29,302,560 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 ‘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
- 1180 –Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
- 1739 –The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
- 1838 –The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
- 1851 –First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
- 1870 –Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
- 1919 –Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
- 1947 –The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency were established in the United States under the National Security Act.
- 1948 –Operation Polo is terminated after Indian Army accepts the surrender of Nizam’s Army.
- 1982 –Christian militia begin killing six-hundred Palestinians in Lebanon.
- 1984 –Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
Who were born on September 18?
- 1888 –Grey Owl, British-born First Nations conservationist (d. 1938)
- 1889 –Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970)
- 1929 –Nancy Littlefield, American film producer (d. 2007)
- 1949 –Mo Mowlam, British politician (d. 2005)
- 1951 –Benjamin Carson, American neurosurgeon
- 1966 –Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player
- 1968 –Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
- 1980 –Jonathan Biss, American classical pianist
- 1986 –Keeley Hazell, British model
- 1990 –Lewis Holtby, German footballer
Who died on September 18?
- 411 –Constantine III, Roman usurper
- 1783 –Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (b. 1718)
- 1783 –Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (b. 1707)
- 1827 –Robert Pollok, Scottish poet (b. 1789)
- 1830 –William Hazlitt, English essayist (b. 1778)
- 1896 –Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (b. 1819)
- 2002 –Mauro Ramos, Brazilian football player (b. 1930)
- 2005 –Michael Park, British Rally co-driver (b. 1966)
- 2006 –Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925)
- 2008 –Ron Lancaster, American-born football player (b. 1938)
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