"On Sept. 18, 1975, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army. Also on this date: In 1793, President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol. In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which created a force of federal commissioners charged with returning escaped slaves to their owners. The act was repealed in 1864 during the American Civil War."
"In 1851, the first edition of The New York Times was published. In 1947, the National Security Act, which created a National Military Establishment and the position of Secretary of Defense, went into effect. In 1961, United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold (dahg HAWM'-ahr-shoold) was killed in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). In 1970, rock star Jimi Hendrix died in London at age 27."
Sept. 18, 2025 is the 261st day of the year with 104 days remaining. Multiple historical events occurred on Sept. 18, including Patricia Hearst's 1975 capture in San Francisco and George Washington laying the U.S. Capitol cornerstone in 1793. The Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850 and repealed in 1864. The New York Times published its first edition in 1851. The National Security Act took effect in 1947. Dag Hammarskjold died in 1961 and Jimi Hendrix died in 1970. In 2014 Scotland voted to remain in the U.K. and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in 2020. Numerous notable birthdays fall on Sept. 18.
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