1. AP US History This Day in American History September 18 1634 - Anne Hutchinson, an Englishwoman who would become an outspoken religious thinker in the American colonies, arrives at the Massachusetts Bay Colony with her family.

2. AP US History This Day in American History September 18 1793 – George Washington lays the cornerstone to the United States Capitol building, the home of the legislative branch of American government.

3. AP US History This Day in American History September 18 1945 – Gen. Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo, as he prepares for his new role as architect of a democratic and capitalist postwar Japan.

4. AP US History This Day in American History September 18 1959 – Serial killer Harvey Glatman is executed in a California gas chamber for murdering three young women in Los Angeles. Resisting all appeals to save his life, Glatman even wrote to the appeals board to say, "I only want to die."