September 18 - This Day in History

September 18: General Interest
1793: Capitol cornerstone is laid

On this day in 1793, George Washington lays the cornerstone to the United States Capitol building, the home of the legislative branch of American government. The building would take nearly a century to complete, as architects came and went, the British set fire to it and it was called into use during the Civil War... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Washington reports to Congress on Battle of Harlem Heights
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-reports-to-congress-on-battle-of-harlem-heights


Automotive
1981 : Canada mall sets parking-lot record
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/canada-mall-sets-parking-lot-record


Civil War
1862 : McClellan lets Lee retreat from Antietam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mcclellan-lets-lee-retreat-from-antietam


Cold War
1960 : Castro arrives in New York
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/castro-arrives-in-new-york


Crime
1959 : A serial killer is executed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-serial-killer-is-executed


Disaster
1987 : Accidental poisoning in Brazil
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/accidental-poisoning-in-brazil


General Interest
1634 : Anne Hutchinson arrives in the New World
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anne-hutchinson-arrives-in-the-new-world

1961 : Hammarskjold dies in plane crash
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hammarskjold-dies-in-plane-crash

1975 : Patty Hearst captured
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patty-hearst-captured


Hollywood
1974 : Doris Day wins lawsuit
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/doris-day-wins-lawsuit


Literary
1917 : Aldous Huxley is hired at Eton
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/aldous-huxley-is-hired-at-eton


Music
1961 : Bobby Vee earns a #1 hit with "Take Good Care Of My Baby"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bobby-vee-earns-a-1-hit-with-quottake-good-care-of-my-babyquot


Old West
1846 : The struggling Donner Party sends ahead to California for food
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-struggling-donner-party-sends-ahead-to-california-for-food


Presidential
1973 : Carter files report on UFO sighting
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carter-files-report-on-ufo-sighting


Sports
1996 : Clemens strikes out 20, again
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/clemens-strikes-out-20-again


Vietnam War
1964 : North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-army-begins-infiltration

1969 : "March Against Death" to be held in Washington
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-against-death-to-be-held-in-washington


World War I
1918 : Battle of Epehy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-epehy


World War II
1945 : MacArthur in Tokyo
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/macarthur-in-tokyo