What happened on September 18?

71 sourced historical events are currently published for September 18. Browse the chronology below or filter this date by place and event type. This collection is expanding, not an exhaustive account of the day.

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The published September 18 chronology runs from 1454 to 2024, a span of 570 years. It contains 71 sourced records across 30 countries and 7 event categories. These figures describe the current collection, not all events that occurred on this date.

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  • War & conflict · 24 records
  • Politics & society · 21 records
  • Arts & culture · 12 records
  • Sport · 6 records

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  • United States · 12 records
  • Mexico · 8 records
  • Hong Kong · 6 records
  • Germany · 5 records
  • France · 4 records

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September 18 historical events

1454 — Battle of Chojnice (1454)

The Battle of Chojnice (or Battle of Konitz) occurred on 18 September 1454 near the town of Chojnice, between Poland and the Teutonic Knights during the Thirteen Years' War. The battle was won by the Teutonic Knights.

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1598 — Battle of Stegeborg

The Battle of Stegeborg took place on a meadow near Stegeborg Castle, Sweden on September 18, 1598. It is part of the so-called War against Sigismund, in turn part of the Polish–Swedish Wars. King of Poland and Sweden, Sigismund, tried to put down a rebellion by Duke Charles. The army of King Sigismund III Vasa and Prince Charles met the Stegeborg. Mercenaries king easily stopped of untrained troops the prince and Polish cavalry attack broke down and refused to strike causing panic, during which the enemy suffered heavy losses.

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1643 — Battle of Aldbourne Chase

The Battle of Aldbourne Chase was a relatively small battle of the First English Civil War that occurred on 18 September 1643. In the skirmish the Royalist cavalry led by Prince Rupert attacked the extended columns of the Parliamentarian army of the Earl of Essex at Aldbourne Chase, Wiltshire, as he was attempting to get his army to London.

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1691 — Battle of Leuze

The Battle of Leuze was a minor Cavalry engagement of the Nine Years' War that took place on 18 September 1691 between a detachment of French and a slightly superior Allied force. Marshal Luxembourg had been informed that William III of Orange had left for England, in the supposition that the campaign of 1691 was at its end. He was also informed that Marshal Waldeck, who was left in charge, was preparing to retire into winter quarters. Luxembourg was near Tournai and sent out a reconnaissance under Marsilly, from whom he learned that the main body of the Allied army was retreating, leaving a rear-guard of cavalry at Leuze.

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1739 — Treaty of Belgrade

The Treaty of Belgrade, also known as the Belgrade Peace, was a peace treaty between the Habsburg Monarchy and Ottoman Empire, that was signed on September 18, 1739, in Belgrade (modern Serbia), thus ending the Austro-Turkish War (1737–1739). Agreed territorial changes were substantial, and also favorable for the Ottoman side, since Habsburgs had to cede three regions: the Banat of Craiova (modern Oltenia), the Kingdom of Serbia with Belgrade, and Bosnian section of Posavina, thus placing the newly defined Habsburg-Ottoman border on the rivers Sava and Danube.

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1761 — Battle of Neuensund

The Battle of Neuensund was a smaller battle at Neuensund of the Seven Years' War between Swedish and Prussian forces fought on September 18, 1761. The Swedish force under the command of Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten managed to rout the Prussian forces commanded by Wilhelm Sebastian von Belling.

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1793 — Battle of Coron (1793)

The Battle of Coron (18 September 1793) was fought between Royalist and Republican French forces near Coron during the War in the Vendée. A Republican division from Saumur led by Antoine Joseph Santerre beat Royalist Vendeans at Doué-la-Fontaine on 15 September and at Vihiers on the 17th. However, on 18 September Santerre's division blundered into an ambush between Vihiers and Coron set by Louis Marie de Lescure and Dominique Piron. The Republican column was routed and lost all its artillery. A few days later, a flanking Republican division under Charles François Duhoux was beaten in the Battle of Pont-Barré.

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1799 — Battle of Mannheim (1799)

The Battle of Mannheim (18 September 1799) was fought between a Habsburg Austrian army commanded by Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen and a Republican French army under Jacques Léonard Muller. Most of the French Army of the Rhine had retreated to the west bank of the Rhine River, leaving the division of Antoine Laroche Dubouscat to hold Mannheim on the east bank. Despite assistance by Michel Ney, Laroche's division was beaten and driven out of the city when attacked by Charles and a much superior force.

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1810 — Action of 18 September 1810

The Action of 18 September 1810 was a naval battle fought between British Royal Navy and French Navy frigates in the Indian Ocean during the Napoleonic Wars. The engagement was one of several between rival frigate squadrons contesting control of the French island base of Île de France, from which French frigates had raided British trade routes during the war. The action came in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Grand Port, in which four British frigates had been lost, and just four days after a fifth British frigate had been captured and subsequently recaptured in the Action of 13 September 1810.

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1810 — Chilean War of Independence

The Chilean War of Independence was a war between pro-independence Chilean criollos seeking political and economic independence from Spain and royalist criollos supporting continued allegiance to the Captaincy General of Chile and membership of the Spanish Empire. Traditionally, the beginning of the war is dated as September 18, 1810. Depending on what terms are used to define its end, it lasted until 1821, when royalist forces were defeated by José de San Martín; or until 1826, when the last Spanish troops surrendered and the Chiloé Archipelago was incorporated to the Chilean republic.

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1858 — Battle of Ixtlahuaca

The Battle of Ixtlahuaca, an episode of the Mexican Reform War, took place on 18 September 1858 in the municipality of Ixtlahuaca in the State of Mexico, between liberal and conservative army forces. The victory was won by the liberal side. The liberal brigadier, Manuel Garcia Pueblita, then commander of the division of Michoacán was near San Felipe del Progreso, when he was notified via military information that a conservative force was garrisoned in the town of Ixtlahuaca.

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1860 — Battle of Castelfidardo

The Battle of Castelfidardo was a battle of the Expedition of the Thousand that took place on 18 September 1860, at Castelfidardo, a small town in the Marche region of Italy. It was fought between the Sardinian army - acting as the driving force in the war for Italian unification, against the Papal States. On 7 September, Cavour, Prime Minister of Piedmont, sent an ultimatum to the Pope demanding that he dismiss his foreign troops. When he failed to do this, 35,000 troops crossed the border on 11 September, with General Cialdini advancing along the Adriatic coast and General Della Rocca leading another troop across Umbria.

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1860 — Battle of Zhangjiawan

British and French forces fought Qing troops at Zhangjiawan, east of Beijing, during the Second Opium War. The battle took place on the morning of September 18, 1860, as the allied force advanced toward the capital.

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1863 — Battle of Chickamauga

The Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 18–20, 1863, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign. The battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and involved the second-highest number of casualties in the war following the Battle of Gettysburg. It was the first major battle of the war that was fought in Georgia. The battle was fought between the Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans and the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen.

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1870 — September 1870 Portuguese legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 18 September 1870.

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1899 — Gyeongin Line opens in Korea

The Gyeongin Railway opened its first section between Noryangjin and Incheon on September 18, 1899. The mainline connected the capital region with the port, and was later extended across the Han River toward Seoul.

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1906 — 1906 Hong Kong typhoon

A typhoon struck Hong Kong on September 18, 1906, devastating the harbour and causing extensive loss of life. The storm's rapid arrival left little time for warning; estimates of the death toll vary between historical accounts.

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1918 — Battle of Dobro Pole

The Battle of Dobro Pole, also known as the Breakthrough at Dobro Pole in Bulgarian (Bulgarian: Пробив при Добро Поле, Probiv Pri Dobro Pole), (Serbian: Битка код Доброг Поља, Bitka Kod Dobrog Polja), (Greek: Μάχη του Ντόμπρο Πόλε, Máchi tou Dómbro Póle), was a World War I battle, fought between 15 and 18 September 1918. The battle was fought in the initial stage of the Vardar Offensive, in the Balkans Theatre. On September 15, a combined force of Serbian, French and Greek troops attacked the Bulgarian-held trenches in Dobro Pole ("Good Field"), at the time part of the Kingdom of Serbia (present day Republic of Macedonia).

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1918 — Battle of Épehy

The Battle of Épehy was a battle of the First World War fought on 18 September 1918, involving the British Fourth Army (under the command of General Henry Rawlinson) against German outpost positions in front of the Hindenburg Line.The village of Épehy was captured on 18 September by the 12th (Eastern) Division.

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1931 — Mukden Incident (September 18 Incident)

Japanese military personnel staged an explosion beside the South Manchuria Railway near Mukden, now Shenyang, on September 18, 1931. Japan blamed Chinese forces and used the incident as a pretext for its invasion of Manchuria.

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1944 — Battle of Arracourt

The Battle of Arracourt was a major clash between U.S. and German armored forces near the town of Arracourt, Lorraine, France, between 18–29 September 1944, during World War II. As part of a counteroffensive against recent U.S. advances in France, the German 5th Panzer Army had as its objective the recapture of Lunéville and the elimination of the U.S. XII Corps bridgehead over the Moselle River at Dieulouard. With local superiority in troops and tanks, the Germans anticipated quick defeat of the defending Combat Command A (CCA) of the U.S. 4th Armored Division.

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1950 — Battle of the Pusan Perimeter ends

United Nations forces mounted a full-scale breakout from the Pusan Perimeter in southeastern Korea on September 18, 1950. North Korean units were retreating north, bringing the weeks-long defensive battle around Busan to an end.

The UN breakout began before September 18; this entry marks the battle's final day.

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1960 — Swedish general election, 1960

General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1960. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 114 of the 232 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.

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1961 — 1961 Ndola Transair Sweden Douglas DC-6 crash

On 18 September 1961, a DC-6 passenger aircraft of Transair Sweden operating for the United Nations (UN) crashed near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (present-day Zambia). The crash resulted in the deaths of all people on board, including Dag Hammarskjöld, the second secretary-general of the United Nations, and 15 others. Hammarskjöld had been en route to ceasefire negotiations with Moïse Tshombe during the Congo Crisis.

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1962 — 1963 Argentine Navy revolt

The 1963 Argentine Navy revolt, also known as Azules y Colorados (Blues and Colorados), was an armed confrontation between elements of the Argentine military that lasted from 18 September 1962 to 7 April 1963. The revolt was attempted by military officers who wanted the government to take a hardline stance against the political participation of Peronist politicians, the culmination of the conflict between Azules and Colorados.

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1965 — Comet Ikeya–Seki discovered in Japan

Japanese amateur astronomers Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki independently discovered the comet later named Ikeya–Seki on September 18, 1965. It subsequently became one of the brightest comets of the twentieth century.

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1976 — Maltese general election, 1976

General elections were held in Malta on 17 and 18 September 1976. The Malta Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 34 of the 65 seats.

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1976 — Operation Ignition

Operation Ignition was an operation undertaken by the Selous Scouts of the Rhodesian Army on 18 September 1976 against the forces of the guerrilla group ZIPRA Francistown.

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1976 — China holds national mourning for Mao Zedong

China held a national day of mourning for Mao Zedong on September 18, 1976, nine days after his death. A mass memorial ceremony took place in Beijing's Tiananmen Square and was broadcast across the country.

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1980 — 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion

The Damascus Titan missile explosion refers to an incident where the fuel in a nuclear armed missile exploded at missile launch facility Launch Complex 374-7 in Damascus, Arkansas, on September 18–19, 1980, during the first governorship of Bill Clinton. The facility was part of the 374th Strategic Missile Squadron at the time of the explosion.

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1981 — EMLL 48th Anniversary Show

The EMLL 48th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 18, 1981 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 48th anniversary of EMLL, which would become the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary show is EMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event.

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1987 — EMLL 54th Anniversary Show

The EMLL 54th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 18, 1987 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 54th anniversary of CMLL, which would become the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary show is EMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event. The show was promoted as Gory Guerrero’s retirement show and featured all four of his sons (Chavo, Mando and Hector and Eddy) wrestling on the show.

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1988 — Swedish general election, 1988

General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1988. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 156 of the 349 seats.

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1988 — September 1988 Haitian coup d'état

The September 1988 Haitian coup d'état took place on 18 September 1988, when a group of non-commissioned officers in the Haitian Presidential Guard overthrew General Henri Namphy and brought General Prosper Avril to power. Namphy had been a member of the National Council of Government from 1986 until the February 1988 inauguration of Leslie Manigat, who had won the military-controlled 1988 general election.

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1988 — Hong Kong Light Rail begins regular service

Hong Kong's Light Rail began normal all-day service in Tuen Mun and Yuen Long on September 18, 1988, after several days of free public rides. The network provided a new rail link across the northwestern New Territories.

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1992 — CMLL 59th Anniversary Show

The CMLL 59th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 18, 1992 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. This was the first Anniversary show under the CMLL name as the company had changed name from Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre in the winter of 1991. The show consisted of five matches, with the main event being a Six-man tag team match between the team of The Great Kabuki, La Fiera and Pierroth Jr. and the team of Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Atlantis and King Haku.

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1993 — UltraClash (1993)

UltraClash was the first UltraClash professional wrestling supercard event produced by the American professional wrestling promotion Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States on September 18, 1993. It was the first ECW event to be booked by Paul Heyman. The event featured the debuts of Ian Rotten, the Public Enemy and commentator Joey Styles.

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1994 — Swedish general election, 1994

General elections were held in Sweden on 18 September 1994. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the Riksdag, winning 161 of the 349 seats. Led by Ingvar Carlsson, the party returned to power and formed a minority government after the election. The Greens also returned to the Riksdag after a three-year absence. The Moderates slightly improved on their 1991 performance, but the Centre Party, the Liberals and the Christian Democrats all fared poorly, the latter barely holding on to their parliamentary representation.

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1994 — Hong Kong local elections, 1994

The 1994 Hong Kong District Board elections were held on 18 September 1994. Election was held to all 18 districts of Hong Kong, for 346 members from directly elected constituencies with the abolition of the appointed seats under the new electoral arrangements, as the last step of the democratisation by the then Governor Chris Patten before the handover of Hong Kong. Under the Patten's reform package, the voting age was lowered to 18 from 21, appointed members were abolished, and District Board members were given responsibility of filling 10 of the 60 Legislative Council seats through Election Committee constituency in the election next year.

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1994 — Central and Western District Board election, 1994

The 1994 Central and Western District Board election was held on 18 September 1994 to elect all 14 members to the Central and Western District Board.

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1994 — Wan Chai District Board election, 1994

The 1994 Wan Chai District Board election was held on 18 September 1994 to elect all 10 elected members to the Wan Chai District Board.

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1994 — Fall Brawl '94: War Games

Fall Brawl '94: War Games was the second Fall Brawl professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on September 18, 1994 from the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia.

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1998 — Verano de Escándalo (1998)

The 1998 Verano de Escándalo (Spanish for "Summer of Scandal") was the second annual Verano de Escandalo professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The show took place on September 18, 1998, in Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The main event featured steel cage match between the teams of Heavy Metal and Blue Demon Jr. and Kick Boxer and Abismo Negro. The stipulation of the main event was that if the team of Heavy Metal and Blue Demon Jr. lost referee Guicho Dominguez would be referee El Tirante's "slave" for a week.

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2001 — 2001 anthrax attacks

The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case name, occurred within the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and two Democratic U.S. Senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others. According to the FBI, the ensuing investigation became "one of the largest and most complex in the history of law enforcement." A major focus in the early years of the investigation was a bio-weapons expert named Steven Hatfill, who was eventually exonerated.

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2003 — 2003 Brent East by-election

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Brent East was held on 18 September 2003, following the death of Labour Party MP Paul Daisley on 18 June that year. It was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Teather, who gained the seat from Labour with a large swing of 29%.

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2005 — German federal election, 2005

German federal elections took place on 18 September 2005 to elect the members of the 16th German Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany. They became necessary after a motion of confidence in Chancellor Gerhard Schröder failed on 1 July. Following the defeat of Schröder's Social Democratic Party (SPD) in a state election, Schröder asked his supporters to abstain in the Bundestag motion in order that it fail and thus trigger an early federal election. The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party in Bavaria, the Christian Social Union (CSU), started the federal election campaign with a 21% lead over the SPD in opinion polls.

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2005 — Unforgiven (2005)

Unforgiven (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the seventh annual Unforgiven event and took place on September 18, 2005, at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The event featured wrestlers and other talent that performed on the Raw program. To date, it is the only WWE pay-per-view event ever to be held in the state of Oklahoma. The main event was a standard wrestling match, in which Kurt Angle defeated WWE Champion John Cena, after Cena used the Championship belt on Angle, leading to a disqualification.

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2005 — Verano de Escándalo (2005)

Verano de Escándalo (2005) (Spanish for "Summer of Scandal") was the ninth annual Verano de Escándalo professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The show took place on September 18, 2005, in Naucalpan. The main event featured an "electrified" steel cage match Lucha de Apuestas where the last man in the cage would have to remove his mask or have his hair shaved off.

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2005 — 2005 Afghan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan alongside provincial elections on 18 September 2005. Former warlords and their followers gained the majority of seats in both the lower house and the provincial council (which elects the members of the upper house). Women won 28% of the seats in the lower house, six more than the 25% guaranteed in the 2004 constitution.

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2006 — Ngong Ping 360 cable car opens

Ngong Ping 360 began public operations on September 18, 2006, linking Tung Chung with Ngong Ping on Hong Kong's Lantau Island. Its formal opening ceremony followed later that year.

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2009 — CMLL 76th Anniversary Show

The CMLL 76th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 18, 2009 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. The show featured six matches, with the main event being a Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. hair match between Místico and Negro Casas. The second featured event is an eight-man, or Atómicos match featuring a team of Mexicans facing a team of Japanese wrestlers. Team Mexico consists of Último Guerrero, Atlantis, Black Warrior and Héctor Garza.

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2010 — 2010 Afghan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan on 18 September 2010 to elect members of the House of the People (Wolesi Jirga). The Afghan Independent Election Commission - established in accordance with the article 156 of the Constitution of Afghanistan for the purpose of organizing and supervising all elections in the country - postponed the poll from its original date of 22 May to September 18.

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2011 — Berlin state election, 2011

The last Berlin state election was held on 18 September 2011, to elect members to the Abgeordnetenhaus (House of Deputies) of Berlin. All 141 seats were up for election. Berlin was governed by a coalition between the Social Democratic Party and The Left at the time. Current mayor Klaus Wowereit was the favourite heading into Sunday's election. The SPD won the most seats, 48, despite losing five. The Left also lost three seats, making a renewal of the two parties' red-red coalition impossible. The centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) gained two seats to 39, putting them in second place, while the Greens gained seven to finish third, with 30.

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2011 — 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 2011 All-Ireland Football Championship final was the 124th event of its kind. It was the culmination of Gaelic football's premier competition, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, and was played between Kerry and Dublin on 18 September 2011 at Croke Park, Dublin. Dublin were victorious by a single point, achieving their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title since 1995. This was the first Kerry–Dublin final since 1985.

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2011 — Night of Champions (2011)

The 2011 Night of Champions was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It was the fifth annual Night of Champions and took place on September 18, 2011, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. The theme of the event was that all six of WWE's active championships at the time were defended. Eight matches took place at the event, seven of which were broadcast live on pay-per-view.

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2013 — Rwandan parliamentary election, 2013

Parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda between 16 and 18 September 2013. The result was a victory for the Rwandan Patriotic Front, which maintained its absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies, winning 41 of the 80 seats.

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2013 — 2013 Ottawa bus–train crash

The Ottawa bus–train crash was a collision that occurred between an OC Transpo double-decker bus and a Via Rail train in the Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven on September 18, 2013, that killed six people.

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2014 — 2014 Scottish independence referendum

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?", which voters answered with "Yes" or "No". The "No" side won with 2,001,926 (55.3%) voting against independence and 1,617,989 (44.7%) voting in favour.

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2015 — CMLL 82nd Anniversary Show

The CMLL 82nd Anniversary Show was a major professional wrestling event produced by the lucha libre wrestling company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council") that took place on September 18, 2015, in CMLL's home arena Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 82nd anniversary of the creation of CMLL, which is the oldest still-active professional wrestling promotion in the world. CMLL's anniversary shows are their biggest, most important show of the year, comparable to the Super Bowl for the National Football League or WrestleMania for WWE.

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2015 — 2015 Camp Badaber attack

On 18 September 2015, 14 militants reportedly "entered from Afghanistan" and tried to storm a Pakistan Air Force base in Badaber, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan killing 29 Pakistanis including a Pakistan Army's Quick Response Force's commander Captain Asfand Yar. The attack was "foiled" by Pakistani military and all militants were killed in state's retaliation, according to official claims. It was the first time that the militants came with a new strategy; to engage the Pakistani military in a long-term battle with excessive ammunition. PAF Camp Badaber is located just about 48 kilometres (30 mi) east of Afghan border.

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2015 — World Series of Fighting 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II

World Series of Fighting 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II was a mixed martial arts event to be held September 18, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. This event aired on NBCSN in the U.S and on Fight Network in Canada.

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2015 — All Star Extravaganza VII

All Star Extravaganza VII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on September 18, 2015 at San Antonio Shrine Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas. It was the seventh event under the All Star Extravaganza chronology.

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2016 — 2016 Uri attack

The 2016 Uri attack was an attack by four heavily armed terrorists on 18 September 2016, near the town of Uri in the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir. It was reported as "the deadliest attack on security forces in Kashmir in two decades". No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, though the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed is suspected of being involved in the planning and execution of the attack. At the time of the attack, the Kashmir Valley region was at the centre of unrest, during which 85 civilians were killed and thousands injured in clashes with security forces.

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2016 — Berlin state election, 2016

The 18th Berlin state election was held on 18 September 2016 to elect 149 members to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (Berlin state parliament).

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2016 — 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was a Gaelic football match played at Croke Park in Dublin on 18 September 2016 (and replayed on 1 October 2016) between Dublin and Mayo, the culmination of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. It was the 129th final of that sport's primary competition, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

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2017 — 2017 Rajbiraj municipal election

The 2017 Municipal election for Rajbiraj was held on 18 September 2017, to elect a mayor, a deputy mayor, sixteen ward chairperson and ward members. All positions were elected for a period of five years. A secondary election was held for the municipal executives which elected five women from the elected ward members and three members from the Dalit and minority community.

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2018 — Third 2018 inter-Korean summit begins in Pyongyang

South Korean president Moon Jae-in met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang as a three-day inter-Korean summit began on September 18, 2018. The leaders discussed relations between the two Koreas and peace on the peninsula.

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2021 — UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann

UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann (also known as UFC Fight Night 192, UFC Vegas 37 and UFC on ESPN+ 50) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 18, 2021, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.

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2021 — Bellator 266

Bellator 266: Davis vs. Romero was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on September 18, 2021, at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, United States.

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2022 — 2022 Durand Cup final

The 2022 Durand Cup final, also called IndianOil Durand Cup Final due to sponsorship ties with Indian Oil Corporation, was the final match of the 2022 Durand Cup, the 131st edition of Asia's oldest football tournament, jointly organised by the Eastern Command and the Government of West Bengal, in cooperation with the Government of Assam and the Government of Manipur. It was played at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, West Bengal on 18 September 2022.

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2024 — 2024 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election

The 2024 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election was held on September 18, 2024, to fill the vacant seat in New Jersey's 10th congressional district. The winner will serve in the United States House of Representatives for the remainder of the 118th United States Congress. The seat became vacant on April 24, 2024, when Donald Payne Jr. died following a heart attack related to complications from diabetes.

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