September 18th in History
September 18th
1502 Christopher Columbus lands in Costa Rica on his fourth and last voyage.
1544 English King Henry VIII's troops occupy Boulogne.
1811 British East India Company force led by Baron Minto conquers Java, then part of the Dutch East Indies. Stamford Raffles is appointed lieutenant-governor.
Gwynfynydd Gold Mine near Ganllwyd, Dolgellau was discovered on 18th September 1860 and remained active until 1998, when it was closed due to Health and Safety problems, regarding the discharge from the mine into the River Mawddach.
Gold from the Gwynfynydd Mine was used in the Glyndŵr Award, which is presented annually for excellence in the arts in Wales. A kilogramme of the gold was also used for a present to Queen Elizabeth II on her 60th birthday.
1879 The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time in the seaside resort of Blackpool, England.
Red Sunday: 18th September 1927.
This was a demonstration which took place on Penrhys Mountain in Rhondda Valley, where the General Secretary of the Miners’ Federation, A.J. Cook called for a march to London on the 8th November to coincide with the opening of Parliament, in protest against the limiting of relief notes to unemployed miners and their families.
Although the press generated hostility against the march, the 270 marchers gathered support from every town they passed through and were able to present their petition to Parliament.
The Welsh devolution referendum held on 18th September 1997 was to determine whether there was support for the creation of an assembly for Wales with devolved powers.
The 1979 referendum had been such a resounding defeat that it killed off any prospects of devolution for Wales for a generation. However by 1992 The Labour Party, the Welsh Liberal Party and Plaid Cymru, were all committed to a Welsh Assembly with executive powers.
This combined with the unpopularity of the recently defeated Conservative government and their series of English based Conservative MPs that had been Welsh Secretaries since 1987, which included John Redwood and his infamous miming of the Welsh National Anthem at the Welsh Conservative Party conference encouraged people to vote for a Welsh Assembly.
1927: Columbia Records buys the fledgling United Independent Broadcasters network in Chicago and goes live as the "Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System" – the forerunner of CBS.
1965: Singer Sylvan arrives at the Caroline South ship Mi Amigo to plug her record "We Don't Belong" and is forced to stay over the weekend by bad weather before being taken off on the Monday tender.
1964 TV sitcom series "The Addams Family," starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, and Ted Cassidy, premieres on ABC and runs for two seasons.
Now we have ‘Wednesday’
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