Daily Calendar for Monday, September 18, 2028

Name: Daily Almanac Features
Start: 2028-09-18T00:00:00
End: 2028-09-18T23:59:59

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Christopher Columbus landed in what is now Costa Rica – 1502
New Hampshire territory separated from Massachusetts – 1679
The cornerstone for the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., was laid – 1793
The first edition of “The New York Daily Times” went on sale. The paper later dropped “Daily” from its title – 1851
Shirley Temple made her film debut, at the age of 3, in War Babies – 1932
First nighttime skywriting in the U.S. – 1937
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) founded – 1947
What had previously been The Toast of the Town on CBS TV since 1948 became The Ed Sullivan Show – 1955
Final day of streetcar service in Winnipeg, Manitoba – 1955
The UN accepts East Germany, West Germany and the Bahamas as members – 1973
Fugitive Patty Hearst was arrested in San Francisco after spending more than six months with the Symbionese Liberation Army – 1975
Cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez first Latin American in space – 1980
George Meegan finished an almost seven-year long walk, from the tip of South America to the Arctic Ocean at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska – 1983
Aquarium of the Bay in California reported that an angel shark had been born – 2007

The Great Miami Hurricane brought 27.61 inches of rain and winds over 135 mph to Miami, Florida – 1926
Hurricane Hugo hit Puerto Rico – 1989
Hurricane Isabel made landfall on the East Coast of the United States – 2003