The Founding of Tiffany & Co.
On September 18, 1837, Charles Lewis Tiffany and his business partner, John B. Young, opened a modest stationery and fancy goods emporium on Broadway in New York City. Operating under ...
The Television Premiere of WKRP in Cincinnati
On September 18, 1978, WKRP in Cincinnati premiered on CBS. Created by writer Hugh Wilson, the workplace sitcom followed the chaotic staff of a struggling Cincinnati AM radio station after ...
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The Capitol Cornerstone Ceremony
On September 18, 1793, President George Washington traveled to the developing federal city to lay the cornerstone of the United States Capitol. The elaborate Masonic ceremony marked a defining moment ...
The CBS Radio Network Debuts
On September 18, 1927, the radio network that would become CBS made its first broadcast. Operating as the Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System, it launched from WOR in Newark, New Jersey, ...
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The Sinking of the Francis H. Leggett
On September 18, 1914, the steam schooner Francis H. Leggett sank in a violent gale off the Oregon coast, in what remains the deadliest maritime disaster in the state’s recorded ...
The Birth and Resignation of George Read
On September 18, 1733, George Read was born in Cecil County, Maryland. A prominent Delaware lawyer and statesman, Read would become one of only six men to sign both the ...
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The Birth of Greta Garbo
On September 18, 1905, legendary Hollywood actress Greta Garbo was born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson in Stockholm, Sweden. Raised in modest circumstances, she began her career in Swedish cinema before moving ...
The Debut of The New-York Daily Times
On September 18, 1851, journalist Henry Jarvis Raymond and publisher George Jones released the first issue of The New-York Daily Times, the newspaper that would become The New York Times ...
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The Naming of Old Faithful
On September 18, 1870, members of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition entered Yellowstone’s Upper Geyser Basin in what was then the Wyoming Territory. There they encountered a powerful geyser whose unusually regular ...
The Birth of Frankie Avalon
On September 18, 1940, American singer and actor Frankie Avalon was born Francis Thomas Avallone in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Raised in South Philadelphia in an Italian American family, Avalon first attracted ...
The Birthday of the United States Air Force
On September 18, 1947, the United States Air Force was officially established as an independent branch of the nation’s military under the National Security Act of 1947. Previously part of ...
The Birth of Justice Joseph Story
On September 18, 1779, Joseph Story—one of the most influential jurists of early American history—was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. After graduating from Harvard College in 1798, Story built a successful ...
The Moving of the Liberty Bell
In September 1777, as British forces advanced on Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War, Pennsylvania authorities ordered the city’s public bells removed for safekeeping. Officials feared that, if captured, the bronze ...
