Today’s Historical Memo - September 18th.

September. 18th Dates Documented

Did you know that......?

1180 - Philip Augustus becomes king of France.

King of France, born 22 or 25 August, 1165; died at Mantes, 14 July, 1223, son of Louis VII and Alix de Champagne.

He was saved from a serious illness after a pilgrimage made by his father to the tomb of Thomas à Becket; he succeeded to the throne on September 18, 1180. 

1573 - Spain attacks Alkmaar

1793 - US President George Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building

1851 - New York Times starts publishing (2 cents a copy)

1911 - Britain's 1st twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown

1919 - Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast.

1932 - Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the Hollywood sign.

1947 - US Air Force forms.

1975 - Heiress-turned-bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF.

1976 - Mao Zedong's funeral takes place in Beijing.

1988 - Coup in Haiti

1990 - Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics

1997 - Ted Turner gives $1 billion to UN

2009 - The 72 year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast.

2012 - World's first mother-to-daughter uterus transplant undertaken at the University of Gothenburg.

Do you know any other September 18th Dates that are important but not documented.