September 18: Facts & Historical Events On This Day

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2014
UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson received a standing ovation for her gender inequality speech at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, US.
1984
Colonel Joseph William Kittinger II completed the first-ever trans-Atlantic crossing in a helium balloon.
1977
The US spacecraft, Voyager, took the first-ever photograph of the moon and Earth together from space.
1951
The award-winning drama movie “A Streetcar Named Desire” was released in the US.
1945
Segregation led many students to walk out of Froebel High School, Gary, Indiana.
1851
The New York Times published their first issue.

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