Today in History - September 18th

  • 1759 –  The French surrenders Quebec to the British
  • 1793 – President George Washington lays the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol
  • 1810 – Chile declares its independence from Spain

  • 1850 – Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act, which allows slaveowners to reclaim slaves who had escaped to other states
  • 1851 – The first edition of The New York Times is published
  • 1927 – The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (later CBS) debuts with a network of 16 radio stations
  • 1970 –Rock musician Jimi Hendrix dies of a drug overdose at age 27
  • 1997 – Media mogul Ted Turner pledges $1 billion to the United Nation
  • 1998 – The House Judiciary Committee votes to release a videotape of President Bill Clinton's grand jury testimony
  • 1999 – Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first player in major league baseball history to hit 60 home runs in a season twice
  • 2003 – Hurricane Isabel plows into North Carolina's Outer Banks with 100-mph winds and pushed its way up the Eastern Seaboard; the storm claimed 40 lives
  • 2004 – Pop singer Britney Spears marries dancer Kevin Federline

Famous and Historical Birthdays - Say Happy Birthday to . . .

  • Robert Blake (Actor)
  • Frankie Avalon (Singer)
  • James Gandolfini (Actor)
  • Holly Robinson Peete (Actress)
  • Jada Pinkett Smith (Actress)
  • James Marsden (Actor)
  • Xzibit (Rapper)