Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 18
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September 18: Respect for the Aged Day in Japan (2006); National Day in Chile.
- 96 - Nerva was appointed by the Senate to become Roman Emperor, the first of the Five Good Emperors.
- 1850 - The United States Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.
- 1895 - Daniel David Palmer (pictured) made the first chiropractic adjustment.
- 1931 - The Mukden Incident: A section of the Japanese-built South Manchuria Railway was allegedly destroyed by Chinese terrorists, providing an excuse for the Japanese occupation of Manchuria.
- 1998 - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit organization that manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses in the Internet, was established.
Recent days: September 17 – September 16 – September 15
