September 18 in San Antonio history…
1837
The first city election takes place (19 votes cast for Mayor: 15 for John W. Smith, 2 for Antonio Navarro, 1 for Francisco Ruiz and 1 for J. Croco).
1884
Maj. J.H. Kampmann held open house in his new bank building at Soledad and Commerce, which, with its 51 offices, was hailed as San Antonio’s largest business edifice.
1986
Joint public TV stations KLRN-TV of San Antonio and KLRU-TV of Austin vote to split up and work toward operating independently. Starting in October, each station will begin keeping its own books.
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