Browse events, births, deaths and holidays on September 18 throughout history.
Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae that is widely accepted as being indigenous to and originating from the continent of Asia. However, the number of…
Cannabis is legalized in South Africa, through a ruling of the Constitutional Court.
Toys "R" Us is an American toy, clothing, and baby product retailer that was founded in April 1948 by Charles Lazarus in Washington, D.C. The retailer initially began as Children'…
Toy retail chain Toys "R" Us files for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Canada.
The 2016 Uri attack was carried out on 18 September 2016 by four terrorists from Jaish-e-Mohammed against an Indian Army brigade headquarters near the town of Uri in the Indian Ja…
The 2016 Uri attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India by terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed results in the deaths of nineteen…
The 2015 Camp Badaber attack occurred on 18 September 2015, when 14 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attempted to storm Camp Badaber, a Pakistan Air Force base located in…
Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan…
A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. The referendum question was "Should Scotland be an independent country?", …
Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
Via Rail Canada Inc., operating as Via Rail, is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that operates intercity passenger rail service in Canada.
A VIA Rail train crashes into a double-decker bus at a train station in Ottawa, Canada, killing six people and…
The 2011 Sikkim earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and was centered within the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, near the border of Nepal and the Indian state of Sik…
The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
Philippe Croizon is a French athlete and the first quadruple amputee to swim across the English Channel and to run the Rally Dakar.
Philippe Croizon becomes the first quadruple amputee to swim across the English Channel.
CBS Studios, Inc. is an American television production company which is a subsidiary of the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Skydance Corporation. It was formed on Januar…
After 72 years on radio and television, CBS Television broadcasts the final episode of Guiding Light, the…
The Saffron Revolution was a series of economic and political protests and demonstrations that took place during August, September and October 2007 in Myanmar. The protests were t…
Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
The CW Network, LLC is an American commercial broadcast television network which is owned by Nexstar Media Group. The network's name is derived from the first letters of the names…
The CW Television Network debuts in the US, following the merger of UPN and The WB.
Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis or Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis. Infection typically occurs by contact with the skin, inhalation, or intesti…
First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Robert Edward Turner III was an American businessman, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel, and WTBS, wh…
United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction of 1997, known informally as the Ottawa Treaty,…
The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
The Giant Mine was a gold mine located on the Ingraham Trail, 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Giant Mine was within the Kam Group, a part of the Yellowk…
An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada.
Liechtenstein, officially the Principality of Liechtenstein, is a doubly landlocked country in the Central European Alps. A microstate, it is located between Austria to the east a…
Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
The 1989 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt was allegedly an attempt at a military coup d'état, planned by Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani and Henri Zongo, in addition to other unname…
An attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled.
The 8888 Uprising, also known as the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 19…
The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
Henri Namphy was a Haitian general and political figure who served as President of Haiti's interim ruling body, the National Council of Government, from 7 February 1986 to 7 Febru…
General Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.
The Magna Charta Universitatum is a two-page document produced by the University of Bologna and the European Rectors' Conference in 1988 in Bologna, Italy. It identifies key princ…
The Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in…