Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 18

September 18: Independence Day in Chile (1810)

Coat of Arms of Chile

• 96 - Nerva became Roman Emperor, ending the Flavian dynasty, and the era of the Five Good Emperors began.
• 1850 - The United States Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.
• 1851 - New York Times began publishing.
• 1895 - Daniel David Palmer made the first chiropractic adjustment.
• 1931 - The Mukden Incident: A section of a Japanese-built railroad was allegedly destroyed by Chinese terrorists, providing an excuse for the Japanese annexation of Manchuria.

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