The Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France. Date: September 18, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic. Date: September 18, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rectors of 388 institutions of higher learning, to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna. Date: September 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on…
General Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril. Date: September 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end. Date: September 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
An attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled. Date: September 18, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations. Date: September 18, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada. Date: September 18, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted. Date: September 18, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations. Date: September 18, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)