Discover all the fun facts about your birthday!

September 18 Birthday Events Poster

Tip: Click the free birthday events ninja poster above to save the high quality version. Come back everyday for a new design. Collect all 16 ninja poses.

September 18 Historical Events

The following events took place on September 18. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 83 events. Showing 31 - 60.

  • 1914
    The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
  • 1914
    World War I: South African troops land in German South-West Africa.
  • 1919
    The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
  • 1919
    Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
  • 1922
    Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
  • 1927
    The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
  • 1928
    Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
  • 1931
    The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
  • 1934
    The USSR is admitted to the League of Nations.
  • 1939
    World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
  • 1939
    The Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as Lord Haw-Haw begins transmitting.
  • 1940
    The British liner SS City of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
  • 1943
    World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór.
  • 1943
    World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
  • 1944
    World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, 5,600 killed.
  • 1945
    General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
  • 1947
    The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • 1947
    The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States under the National Security Act.
  • 1948
    Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Nizam of Hyderabad.
  • 1948
    Communist Madiun uprising in Dutch Indies.
  • 1948
    Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator’s term, when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.
  • 1959
    Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
  • 1960
    Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
  • 1961
    U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • 1961
    The NAFC and CCCF merge into CONCACAF.
  • 1962
    Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
  • 1964
    Constantine II of Greece marries Danish princess Anne-Marie.
  • 1964
    North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
  • 1973
    The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
  • 1974
    Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.

Love ninja Hey! How’s your lovelife today? Just for fun! Try your love match score with anyone. Even officemates, schoolmates, or find out the score for your parents and relatives. Don’t limit yourself – you can also pair yourself with any celebrity. It’s a FREE report. Nothing to buy!

Astrology Sample Megapack

Get All 16 Astrology Reports

Where should we send the free sample megapack?