This Day in History September 18: Notable Historical Events on September 18
This Day in History September 18. The most notable events that took place on September 18 range from political historical events to cultural and social events.
Domestic events taking place on September 18
September 18, 1919:The "Demand of the People of Annam" signed by Nguyen Ai Quoc was published in the "Yiche Pao" (Parliament Newspaper) published in Tianjin (China).

September 18, 1946:From the Talong naval port, the warship Dumont D'Urville (Duymong Duyecvin) weighed anchor, ending Uncle Ho's 4-month visit to France. On board were also a number of overseas Vietnamese intellectuals who returned to serve the country, such as: doctor Tran Huu Tuoc, engineer Pham Quang Le (aka Tran Dai Nghia)...

September 18, 1950:Indochina War: Viet Minh army wins the battle of Dong Khe in the border campaign

September 18, 1976:The Government Council issued a Decree to establish Da Lat city under Lam Dong province.

International events taking place on September 18
September 18, 324:Constantine the Great defeated Licinius at the Battle of Chrysopolis, making Constantine the sole ruler of the Roman Empire.

September 18, 1180:Philip Augustus ascended the throne in France.

September 18, 1502:Cristoforo Colombo set foot in Honduras on his fourth and final voyage.

September 18, 1759:Seven Years' War: British troops capture Quebec City.

September 18, 1783:The death of the mathematical genius Leonhard Euler. Leonhard Euler was a master mathematician of Europe. He was born on April 15, 1707 in Switzerland. He worked mainly at the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin. He was the one who mentored the Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov.

September 18, 1793:The cornerstone of the Capitol building was laid by George Washington.

September 18, 1810:The first Junta government in Chile. Although it only governed the country in the absence of the Spanish king, it was in fact the beginning of the liberation from Spain and is today considered Chile's independence day.

September 18, 1851:The New York Times published its first issue as The New-York Daily Times.

September 18, 1873:Panic of 1873: The Bank of the United States, Jay Cooke & Company, declares bankruptcy, causing a chain of bank failures.

September 18, 1906:A tropical storm and tsunami killed about 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
September 18, 1919:The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
September 18, 1922:Hungary joins the League of Nations.
September 18, 1931:The Mukden Incident provided an excuse for Japan to invade and occupy Manchuria.

September 18, 1934:The Soviet Union joined the League of Nations.
September 18, 1943:World War II: The Minsk Holocaust takes place in Sobibor.

September 18, 1943:World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
September 18, 1947:The United States War Department was dissolved after 159 years of existence.

September 18, 1953:The Soviet MiG-19 jet fighter prototype makes its first test flight.

September 18, 1960:Fidel Castro arrives in New York as head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
September 18, 1961:En route to ceasefire negotiations between Katanga troops of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations, a plane carrying UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld crashes under unknown circumstances near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia, killing him and 15 others on board.

September 18, 1961:NAFC and CCCF merged to form CONCACAF.

September 18, 1977:Voyager I took the first photo of Earth and Moon together.

September 18, 2007:Buddhists participate in anti-government protests in Myanmar, also known as the Saffron Revolution.
September 18, 2014:Voters voted against Scotland's independence from the United Kingdom by a landslide.
