General Douglas MacArthur moves his general headquarters from Manila to Tokyo. Date: September 18, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

The National Security Act reorganizes the United States government's military and intelligence services. Date: September 18, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)

Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term. Date: September 18, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)

Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad. Date: September 18, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)

TV Tupi Difusora, the first television station to broadcast in Brazil, begins transmissions on Channel 3 in São Paulo. Date: September 18, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)

Korean War: U.S. Eighth Army and United Nations forces break out of the Pusan Perimeter in southeast Korea. Date: September 18, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)

Finnish president J. K. Paasikivi becomes the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin. Date: September 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)

A four-person landing party, led by Lt.-Cdr. Desmond Scott RN, disembarks from a Royal Navy helicopter and raises the Union Flag on Rockall, claiming the uninhabited Atlantic island for the United Kingdom. Date: September 18, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅…

The Bank of America introduces its first credit card, the BankAmericard (later renamed the VISA Card), in a test market in Fresno County, California. Date: September 18, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)

Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations. Date: September 18, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)