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Today is Sept. 18. On this date in:

1793

President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol.

1850

Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which created a force of federal commissioners charged with returning escaped slaves to their owners.

1947

The National Security Act, which created a National Military Establishment and the position of Secretary of Defense, went into effect.

1958

Bank of America distributed 60,000 BankAmericards – the first credit cards and precursors to Visa – in Fresno, California.

1961

United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold was killed in a plane crash in northern Rhodesia.

1970

Rock star Jimi Hendrix died in London at age 27.

1975

Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

1994

Tennis star Vitas Gerulaitis, 40, was found dead in the guest cottage of a friend’s home in Southampton, New York, of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

2001

A week after the Sept. 11 attack, President George W. Bush said he hoped to “rally the world” in the battle against terrorism and predicted that all “people who love freedom” would join.

2007

O.J. Simpson was charged with seven felonies, including kidnapping, in the alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in a Las Vegas casino-hotel room. (Simpson, sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison, was released on parole in October 2017.)

A couple embrace on a muddy hillside in Bethel, N.Y. during the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Aug., 1969. This image was featured in magazines, on posters and on the cover of the Woodstock concert album.
Joe Cocker performs at Woodstock in August 1969.
Woodstock in 1969, above, is considered a generation's defining moment. Wide-angle view of seated crowd listening to musicians perform (stage in distance on right) at Woodstock music festival (before the rains began).
People sit on the sound tower at Woodstock in Bethel, New York in August 1969.
The crowd at the Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York, in August 1969.
This August 1969 photo shows Richie Havens as he performs during Woodstock in Bethel, N.Y.
People attend the Woodstock Festival of Arts and Music at Bethel, New York, August 1969.
Concertgoers sit on the roof of a Volkswagen bus at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel in August 1969.
Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969. Bethel, New York.
Rock music fans hike from the Woodstock Music and Art Festival in Bethel, New York, Aug. 17, 1969. Some 300,000 fans began to leave as the festival ended in the rain.
Bobbi and Nick Ercoline at Woodstock in 1969. Their photo was featured on the cover of the Woodstock album.
This 1969 file photo shows the crowd at the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, held on a 600-acre pasture in the Catskill Mountains near White Lake in Bethel.
AUGUST 16, 1969: Hundreds of music fans jam the highway leading to Bethel, New York as they leave the Woodstock Music and Art Fair on August 16, 1969 after spending a rainy night at the festival. As Frank Zappa was later to observe, "It just goes to show you the flexibility of the human organism that people who would willingly sit in the mud and chant 'no rain' periodically between badly amplified rock groups could suddenly turn out to be the ones to run the U.S. economy."
AUGUST 1969: A crowd gathers at the stage set up for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair on the great meadow of Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York in August 1969. Twenty-five years later (1994), the Woodstock Generation are nearing 50, another Woodstock festival is dawning, and the movie "Woodstock" has been re-released for the anniversary.
AUGUT 16, 1969: The film crew, musicians, stage hands and part of the thousands of young people who gathered for the legendary event Woodstock concert event in Bethel, N.Y.
Musician Joe Cocker performs for the thousands of people attending the Woodstock Festival of Arts and Music at Bethel, New York, August 15-18, 1969.
Guitarist Jimi Hendrix delivered an unforgettable "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock in 1969.
Jerry Garcia performs during Woodstock in Bethel, N.Y.
Roger Daltrey of The Who at Woodstock 1969.
Janis Joplin at the Woodstock festival in 1969.
Joan Baez on stage at the Woodstock festival in 1969.
Folk musician Richie Havens performed at Woodstock in 1969.
The Band at Woodstock in 1969.
Crosby Stills Nash and Young Graham Nash and David Crosby at Woodstock in 1969.
Sly Stone of Sly and The Family Stone at Woodstock in 1969.
Janis Joplin performs during Woodstock in Bethel, N.Y.
John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival plays at Woodstock in 1969.
Santana on stage at the Woodstock festival in 1969.
Janis Joplin at the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, NY., in 1969.
AUGUST 16, 1969: Air view shows part of crowd which converged on Bethel, New York for rock music festival (Woodstock) there. More than 200,000 people are estimated to be present.
This is an aerial photo of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival held on 600 acres of cow pasture leased from a farmer at White Lake in Bethel, Sullivan County, N.Y., in Aug. 1969. The festival, billed as "Thee Days of Peace and Music," started on Friday, Aug. 15 and ended Monday morning, Aug. 18. More than 450,000 persons attended.
A girl helps herself to a free food ration in the camp area at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y. on Aug. 15, 1969.
Workers carry medical supplies that arrived by helicopter on the grounds of the Woodstock Music and Art Festival in Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 17, 1969. Helicopters were pressed into service when some 300,000 person attending the festival blocked all roads.
Woodstock Hog Farm Stage.
Rock music fans sit on a tree sculpture as one leaps mid-air onto a pile of hay during the Woodstock Music and Art Festival held on a cow pasture at White Lake in Bethel, New York on Aug. 15, 1969.
A girl naps on top of her car, while trying to reach the music festival at Woodstock, N.Y., Aug. 16, 1969.
Rock music fans hike from the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 17, 1969. Some 300,000 fans began to leave as the festival ended in the rain.
Max Yasgur poses at his farm near Bethel, N.Y., on March 23, 1970. Yasgur received over 3,000 letters from young people who came to the weekend festival, some letters addressed to "the groovy farmer at the festival."
An advertisement poster for the Woodstock Festival, 1969.

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  • A couple embrace on a muddy hillside in Bethel, N.Y. during the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Aug., 1969. This image was featured in magazines, on posters and on the cover of the Woodstock concert album.1 of 39
  • Joe Cocker performs at Woodstock in August 1969.2 of 39
  • Woodstock in 1969, above, is considered a generation's defining moment. Wide-angle view of seated crowd listening to musicians perform (stage in distance on right) at Woodstock music festival (before the rains began).3 of 39
  • People sit on the sound tower at Woodstock in Bethel, New York in August 1969.4 of 39
  • The crowd at the Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York, in August 1969.5 of 39
  • This August 1969 photo shows Richie Havens as he performs during Woodstock in Bethel, N.Y.6 of 39
  • People attend the Woodstock Festival of Arts and Music at Bethel, New York, August 1969.7 of 39
  • Concertgoers sit on the roof of a Volkswagen bus at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel in August 1969.8 of 39
  • Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969. Bethel, New York.9 of 39
  • Rock music fans hike from the Woodstock Music and Art Festival in Bethel, New York, Aug. 17, 1969. Some 300,000 fans began to leave as the festival ended in the rain.10 of 39
  • Bobbi and Nick Ercoline at Woodstock in 1969. Their photo was featured on the cover of the Woodstock album.11 of 39
  • This 1969 file photo shows the crowd at the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, held on a 600-acre pasture in the Catskill Mountains near White Lake in Bethel.12 of 39
  • AUGUST 16, 1969: Hundreds of music fans jam the highway leading to Bethel, New York as they leave the Woodstock Music and Art Fair on August 16, 1969 after spending a rainy night at the festival. As Frank Zappa was later to observe, "It just goes to show you the flexibility of the human organism that people who would willingly sit in the mud and chant 'no rain' periodically between badly amplified rock groups could suddenly turn out to be the ones to run the U.S. economy."13 of 39
  • AUGUST 1969: A crowd gathers at the stage set up for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair on the great meadow of Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York in August 1969. Twenty-five years later (1994), the Woodstock Generation are nearing 50, another Woodstock festival is dawning, and the movie "Woodstock" has been re-released for the anniversary.14 of 39
  • AUGUT 16, 1969: The film crew, musicians, stage hands and part of the thousands of young people who gathered for the legendary event Woodstock concert event in Bethel, N.Y.15 of 39
  • Musician Joe Cocker performs for the thousands of people attending the Woodstock Festival of Arts and Music at Bethel, New York, August 15-18, 1969.16 of 39
  • Guitarist Jimi Hendrix delivered an unforgettable "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock in 1969.17 of 39
  • Jerry Garcia performs during Woodstock in Bethel, N.Y.18 of 39
  • Roger Daltrey of The Who at Woodstock 1969.19 of 39
  • Janis Joplin at the Woodstock festival in 1969.20 of 39
  • Joan Baez on stage at the Woodstock festival in 1969.21 of 39
  • Folk musician Richie Havens performed at Woodstock in 1969.22 of 39
  • The Band at Woodstock in 1969.23 of 39
  • Crosby Stills Nash and Young Graham Nash and David Crosby at Woodstock in 1969.24 of 39
  • Sly Stone of Sly and The Family Stone at Woodstock in 1969.25 of 39
  • Janis Joplin performs during Woodstock in Bethel, N.Y.26 of 39
  • John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival plays at Woodstock in 1969.27 of 39
  • Santana on stage at the Woodstock festival in 1969.28 of 39
  • Janis Joplin at the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, NY., in 1969.29 of 39
  • AUGUST 16, 1969: Air view shows part of crowd which converged on Bethel, New York for rock music festival (Woodstock) there. More than 200,000 people are estimated to be present.30 of 39
  • This is an aerial photo of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival held on 600 acres of cow pasture leased from a farmer at White Lake in Bethel, Sullivan County, N.Y., in Aug. 1969. The festival, billed as "Thee Days of Peace and Music," started on Friday, Aug. 15 and ended Monday morning, Aug. 18. More than 450,000 persons attended.31 of 39
  • A girl helps herself to a free food ration in the camp area at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y. on Aug. 15, 1969.32 of 39
  • Workers carry medical supplies that arrived by helicopter on the grounds of the Woodstock Music and Art Festival in Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 17, 1969. Helicopters were pressed into service when some 300,000 person attending the festival blocked all roads.33 of 39
  • Woodstock Hog Farm Stage.34 of 39
  • Rock music fans sit on a tree sculpture as one leaps mid-air onto a pile of hay during the Woodstock Music and Art Festival held on a cow pasture at White Lake in Bethel, New York on Aug. 15, 1969.35 of 39
  • A girl naps on top of her car, while trying to reach the music festival at Woodstock, N.Y., Aug. 16, 1969.36 of 39
  • Rock music fans hike from the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 17, 1969. Some 300,000 fans began to leave as the festival ended in the rain.37 of 39
  • Max Yasgur poses at his farm near Bethel, N.Y., on March 23, 1970. Yasgur received over 3,000 letters from young people who came to the weekend festival, some letters addressed to "the groovy farmer at the festival."38 of 39
  • An advertisement poster for the Woodstock Festival, 1969.39 of 39

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