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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_18" title="September 18">September 18</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_96" title="AD 96">AD 96</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerva" title="Nerva">Nerva</a></b>, the first of the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerva%E2%80%93Antonine_dynasty#Five_Good_Emperors" title="Nerva–Antonine dynasty">Five Good Emperors</a>" of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">ancient Rome</a>, came to power following the assassination of his predecessor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian" title="Domitian">Domitian</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a> – The second <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Opera_House" title="Royal Opera House">Theatre Royal, Covent Garden</a></b>, opened in London after the original was destroyed by fire.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1875" title="1875">1875</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1875_Indianola_hurricane" title="1875 Indianola hurricane">Indianola hurricane</a></b> dissipated over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> after killing around eight hundred people in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Ndola_Transair_Sweden_DC-6_crash" title="1961 Ndola Transair Sweden DC-6 crash">An aircraft crashed</a></b> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndola" title="Ndola">Ndola</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Rhodesia" title="Northern Rhodesia">Northern Rhodesia</a>, resulting in the deaths of United Nations secretary-general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_Hammarskj%C3%B6ld" title="Dag Hammarskjöld">Dag Hammarskjöld</a> and 15 others on board.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981">1981</a> – While posing as an aristocrat, Belgian serial killer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Pirotte" title="Nestor Pirotte">Nestor Pirotte</a></b> murdered an antiques dealer in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, for which crime he was sentenced to death.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan" title="Trajan">Trajan</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> AD 53); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Sheng_(Southern_Han)" title="Liu Sheng (Southern Han)">Liu Sheng</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 958); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Cantor-Jackson" title="Betty Cantor-Jackson">Betty Cantor-Jackson</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1948); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1970)</p>