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Today in History - September 18

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14 - The Roman Senate officially confirmed Tiberius as the second emperor of the Roman Empire, succeeding the late Augustus.

1759 - French Quebec surrendered to the British after the Sept. 13 battle on the Plains of Abraham, the last battle of the French and Indian Wars.

1793 - President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol.

1810 - Chile declared independence from Spain.

1850 - Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.

1851 - The first edition of The New York Daily Times, which later became The New York Times, was published.

1927 - The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (later CBS) debuted with a network of 16 radio stations.

1947 - The National Security Act, which created a National Military Establishment and the position of Secretary of Defense, went into effect.

1961 - Secretary-General of the U.N. Dag Hammarskjold was killed in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia).

1970 - Rock star Jimi Hendrix died in London at age 27 from a drug overdose.

1975 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

1997 - Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse agreed to merge to create the world's biggest accounting firm.

2001 - Letters postmarked Trenton, N.J., that later tested positive for anthrax were sent to the New York Post and NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw.

2009 - Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in defiance of Iran's Islamic leadership, clashing with police and confronting state-run anti-Israel rallies.

2014 - Voters in Scotland rejected independence, opting to remain part of the United Kingdom in a historic referendum.

2020 - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died at her home in Washington at the age of 87 of complications from pancreatic cancer; her death set off a battle over whether President Donald Trump should nominate a successor, or the seat should remain vacant until the outcome of the election six weeks away. (Trump would nominate Amy Coney Barrett, who was confirmed by the Republican-led Senate days before the election.)

Birthdays
24 - Myra Molloy (singer)
25 - C.J. Sanders (actor)
28 - Patrick Schwarzenegger (actor)
28 - Brandon Porter (actor)
28 - Taylor Porter (actor)
35 - Danielle Jonas (reality star)
42 - Alison Lohman (actress)
43 - Billy Eichner (actor/comedian)
44 - Sara Haines (TV host)
44 - Barrett Foa (actor)
45 - Sophina Brown (actress)
46 - Jason Sudeikis (actor/comedian)
47 - Xzibit (rapper)
47 - Travis Schuldt (actor)
47 - Emily Rutherford (actress)
48 - James Marsden (actor)
50 - Jada Pinkett Smith (actress)
50 - Lance Armstrong (cyclist)
51 - Aisha Tyler (actress)
57 - Holly Robinson Peete (actress)
62 - Ryne Sandberg (baseball player)
66 - Billy Sims (football player)
67 - Tommy Tuberville (football coach/politician)
69 - Rick Pitino (basketball coach)
71 - Anna Deavere Smith (actress)
72 - Beth Grant (actress)
81 - Frankie Avalon (singer)
88 - Robert Blake (actor)

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Today in Sports History - September 18

1915 - The first asphalt covered automobile race track was opened in Cranston, Rhode Island.

1956 - Mickey Mantle hit his 50th home run of the season.

1962 - Charlie Finley was denied permission to move the Athletics baseball franchise to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.

1965 - #1 Nebraska opens the season with a 34-14 win over TCU.

1971 - #1 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 35-7.

1976 - #8 Nebraska defeats Indiana 45-13.

1982 - #3 Nebraska defeats New Mexico State 68-0.

1993 - #8 Nebraska defeats UCLA 14-13.


1996 - Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts.

1997 - Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo were elected to World Golf Hall of Fame.

1999 - Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs became the first player in MLB history to hit 60 home runs in two different seasons.

1999 - #4 Nebraska defeats Southern Mississippi 20-13.

2004 - Nebraska defeats Pittsburgh 24-17.

2010 - #8 Nebraska defeats Washington 56-21.


2014 - The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews, Scotland, ended years of male-only exclusivity as its members voted overwhelmingly in favor of inviting women to join.

2016 - The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Seattle Seahawks 9-3 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in a game that marked the return of pro football to the nation’s second-largest market for the first time in nearly 22 years.
 
51 - Aisha Tyler (actress)

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