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This is the 262nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1544, that The expedition of Juan Bautista Pastene made landfall in San Pedro Bay, southern Chile, claiming the territory for Spain.
231 years ago today, the first cornerstone of the United States Capitol was laid by George Washington.
Also on September 18, 1809, The Royal Opera House in London opened.
Also today in 1837, Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) was founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a “stationery and fancy goods emporium”.
It was on this date in 1851, that saw the first publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later became The New York Times.
The Confederate States celebrated for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day on this date in 1862.
It was 154 years ago today that Old Faithful Geyser was observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
The Blackpool Illuminations were switched on for the first time on this date in 1879.
That same date in 1927, The Columbia Broadcasting System went on the air.
It was 47 years ago today that Voyager I took the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
It was on this date in 1997, that United States media magnate Ted Turner donated US$1 billion to the United Nations.
On September 18, 2001, the first anthrax letters were mailed from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English lexicographer and poet, Samuel Johnson, born on this date in 1709.
Adrien-Marie Legendre, the French mathematician and theorist was born 272 years ago today.
French physicist and academic, Léon Foucault, born on this date in 1819.
Swedish-American actress, Greta Garbo was born 119 years ago today.
Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1907.
Victor Ambartsumian, the Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic was born 116 years ago today.
Born September 18, 1932, Russian physicist and astronaut Nikolay Rukavishnikov.
Robert Blake, the American actor, producer, and screenwriter was born 91 years ago today.
Also turning 84 today is American singer and actor Frankie Avalon.
Born September 18, 1944, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut Charles L. Veach.
British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee, John McAfee was born 79 years ago today.

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