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September 18: National Day in Chile
- 96 – Following the assassination of Roman Emperor Domitian, the Roman Senate appointed Nerva, the first of the Five Good Emperors, to succeed him.
- 323 – Constantine the Great decisively defeated Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire, and ultimately leading to the conversion of the whole empire to Christianity.
- 1895 – Daniel David Palmer (pictured) gave the first chiropractic adjustment to deaf janitor Harvey Lillard, reportedly resulting in a restoration of the man's hearing.
- 1931 – The Mukden Incident: A section of the Japanese-built South Manchuria Railway was destroyed, providing an excuse for the Japanese to blame the act on Chinese dissidents, and thus giving a pretext for the Japanese occupation of Manchuria.
- 1961 – En route to negotiate a ceasefire between Katanga troops and United Nations forces, the plane carrying UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld crashed under mysterious circumstances near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia, killing him and 15 others on board.
More events: September 17 – September 18 – September 19
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please do not copy-and-paste from other sites and add to this site. each entry MUST be confirmed independently. thanks Kingturtle 02:47, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC) Ericka Taylor was born —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.199.188.251 (talk) 16:45, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
