Today in History – September 18th

Published September 18, 2012 |

53, Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117) was born.
1502, Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage.
1679, New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1714, George I arrives in Great Britain for 1st time since becoming king on August 1st.
1739, The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
1759, The British capture Quebec City.
1793, 1st cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
1809, The Royal Opera House in London opens.
1837, Tiffany and Co. is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City.
1838, The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
1851, 1st publication of The New-York Public Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
1860, Joseph Locke, English railway builder and civil engineer (b. 1805) died.
1870, Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
1873, Panic of 1873: The US bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, triggering a series of bank failures.
1882, The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
1885, Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination.
1888, Grey Owl, British-born First Nations conservationist (d. 1938) was born.
1895, Booker T. Washington delivers the “Atlanta Compromise” address.
1895, John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979) was born.
1905, Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990) was born.
1906, A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
1914, The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after WWI.
1914, WWI: South African troops land in German South West Africa.
1919, Fritz Pollard becomes 1st African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
1919, The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
1927, The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
1931, Geli Raubal, Adolf Hitler’s niece (b. 1908) died.
1939, The Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as Lord Haw-Haw begins transmitting.
1943, WWII: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
1952, Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (d. 2002) was born.
1959, Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
1970, Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. 1942) died.
1975, Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.
1977, Voyager I takes 1st photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
2001, Ernie Coombs, Canadian entertainer (b. 1927) died.
2004, Russ Meyer, American film director (b. 1922) died.

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