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SEPTEMBER 18, 1850
The United States Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, decreeing that all escaped slaves be brought back to their masters.
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including Read More
SEPTEMBER 18, 1875
The Indianola hurricane dissipated over Mississippi after killing around eight hundred people in Texas.
The 1875 Indianola hurricane brought a devastating and deadly storm surge to the coast of Texas. The third known system of the Read More
SEPTEMBER 18, 1895
Daniel David Palmer performed the first chiropractic adjustment, on deaf janitor Harvey Lillard.
Daniel David Palmer was a Canadian-born American spiritualist and activist best known for creating chiropractic. Palmer was born in Pickering Township, Canada Read More
SEPTEMBER 18, 1873
Panic of 1873: The American bank Jay Cooke & Company declared bankruptcy, setting off a chain reaction of bank failures.
The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 Read More
SEPTEMBER 18, 1870
Nathaniel P. Langford of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition first observed a geyser in the Wyoming Territory erupting at regular intervals, naming it Old Faithful (video featured).
Nathaniel Pitt Langford was an American explorer, businessman, bureaucrat, vigilante and historian from Saint Paul, Minnesota who played an important role in Read More
SEPTEMBER 18, 1918
World War I: The Central Powers' defeat at the Battle of Dobro Pole played a role in the Bulgarian withdrawal from the war and led to the subsequent liberation of Vardar Macedonia.
World War I or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Read More
SEPTEMBER 18, 324
Constantine the Great decisively defeated Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire and ending the Tetrarchy.
Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to Read More
SEPTEMBER 18, 1981
While posing as an aristocrat, Belgian serial killer Nestor Pirotte murdered an antiques dealer in Brussels, for which crime he was sentenced to death.
Nestor Pirotte, known as The Crazy Killer, was a Belgian serial killer, considered one of the deadliest Belgian criminals of the 20th Read More
SEPTEMBER 18, 1961
An aircraft crashed near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia, resulting in the deaths of 16 people, including United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld.
On 18 September 1961, a DC-6 passenger aircraft of Transair Sweden operating for the United Nations crashed near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia. The Read More
SEPTEMBER 18, 1879
The Blackpool Illuminations (example pictured) in the English seaside town of Blackpool were switched on for the first time.
Blackpool Illuminations is an annual lights festival, founded in 1879 and first switched on 18 September that year, held each autumn in Read More
SEPTEMBER 18, 96
Nerva, the first of the "Five Good Emperors" of ancient Rome, came to power following the assassination of his predecessor Domitian.
AD 96 (XCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Read More
SEPTEMBER 18, 2001
Five letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to various media outlets in the United States.
Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis or Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis. Infection typically occurs by contact with the Read More
SEPTEMBER 18, 1048
Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Byzantine forces defeated their Seljuk opponents in the flanks of the nocturnal Battle of Kapetron, but learned of their Georgian allies' defeat in the centre the next morning.
The Byzantine–Seljuk wars were a series of conflicts in the Middle Ages between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Sultanate. They shifted Read More

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