September 18 in History

18 September in History – 54 years ago

Black September

Eastern Mediterranean 1970: Black September

Following the Six-Day War, forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) shifted to... SEE MORE…

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Historical Atlas of Eastern Mediterranean 1970: Black September
Eastern Mediterranean 1970
Black September
Following the Six-Day War, forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) shifted to...
Historical Atlas of Sub-Saharan Africa 1961: UN Action Against Katanga
Sub-Saharan Africa 1961
UN Action Against Katanga
A major step towards defusing the Congo Crisis occurred in August 1961, when Gizenga agreed to...
Historical Atlas of Asia Pacific 1931: Mukden Incident
Asia Pacific 1931
Mukden Incident
With the help of the Fengtian clique, Chiang Kaishek won the Central Plains War and was able to...
Historical Atlas of Europe 96: Accession of Nerva
Europe 96
Accession of Nerva
During his 15-year reign, Domitian managed to incite most of Rome’s Germanic and Danubian...
 

Ending on 18 September 1916

British occupy southern East African ports

All Events on 18 September

starts   1970
Jordan repels Syrian intervention in north
  1961
UN Sec-Gen. Dag Hammarskjöld killed in plane crash
ends   1950
UN forces hold Pusan Perimeter against North Korea
ends   1948
India conquers Hyderabad
ends   1940
Italy invades Egypt; captures Sidi Barrani
  1931
Mukden Incident
starts   1931
Japan invades Manchuria
ends   1916
British occupy southern East African ports
ends   1915
Germany overruns Poland and Lithuania
ends   1891
Chilean congress & navy defeat army in civil war
ends   1855
Tonga intervenes in Fiji in support of Bau
starts   1840
Capital of New Zealand moved to Auckland
ends   1811
British conquer Franco-Dutch Java
  1519
Cortés persuades Tlaxcala to ally with him
ends   96
Domitian rules Roman Empire
starts   96
Nerva rules Roman Empire
starts   14
Tiberius rules Roman Empire
*Actual date uncertain; set to 18 September for purposes of Omniatlas

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