September 18
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September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). There are 104 days remaining.
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Events
- 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is stabbed to death.
- 323 - Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
- 1454 - In the Battle of Chojnice, Polish army is defeated by Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
- 1739 - The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
- 1759 - The British capture Quebec City.
- 1810 - First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it was in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and it is commemorated as such.
- 1850 - The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act.
- 1851 - The New-York Daily Times, which will become The New York Times, begins publishing.
- 1872 - King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
- 1873 - The Panic of 1873 begins.
- 1895 - Daniel David Palmer makes the first chiropractic adjustment.
- 1906 - A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
- 1914 - The Battle of Aisne ends.
- 1927 - Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
- 1931 - Mukden Incident, a.k.a "9.18 Incident". After that, Japan occupied Manchuria.
- 1932 - Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the H in the Hollywood sign, forever turning the sign into a symbol for the paradox of the American film industry.
- 1942 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized.
- 1943 - The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór.
- 1947 - The United States Department of Defense begins operation (formerly known as National Military Establishment).
- 1947 - The United States Air Force is created seperate from the United States Army.
- 1975 - Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.
- 1976 - Mao Tse Tung's funeral takes place in Beijing.
- 1985 - Steve Jobs resigns from Apple Computer.
- 1989 - Hurricane Hugo hits Puerto Rico, killing six.
- 1990 - Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
- 1992 - The existence of the National Reconnaissance Office, operating since 1960, is declassified.
- 1992 - Nine formerly pro-Albanian marxist-leninist parties hold a conference in Strassburg, Germany.
- 1997 - U.S. media magnate Ted Turner donates USD $1 billion to the United Nations.
- 1997 - Voters in Wales vote yes (50.3%) on a referendum on Welsh autonomy.
- 1998 - ICANN is formed.
- 2003 - Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in the U.S.
- 2003 - The UK's Local Government Act 2003, repealing Section 28, receives Royal Assent.
- 2005 - Swedish Church elections take place.
Births
- 53 - Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)
- 1505 - Maria of Austria, queen of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1558)
- 1587 - Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)
- 1643 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1715)
- 1684 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist, and composer (d. 1748)
- 1709 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784)
- 1718 - Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (d. 1783)
- 1733 - George Read, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1798)
- 1765 - Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
- 1779 - Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1845)
- 1819 - Leon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)
- 1857 - John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1945)
- 1870 - Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (d. 1947)
- 1876 - James Scullin, ninth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)
- 1889 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970)
- 1895 - John Diefenbaker, thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)
- 1901 - Harold Clurman, American producer and director (d. 1980)
- 1905 - Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)
- 1905 - Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
- 1905 - Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
- 1907 - Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
- 1907 - Edwin McMillan, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
- 1916 - Rossano Brazzi, Italian singer and actor (d. 1994)
- 1916 - John Jacob Rhodes, Jr., American politician and lawyer (d. 2003)
- 1917 - June Foray, American voice actress
- 1918 - John Berger, English politician
- 1920 - Jack Warden, American actor
- 1922 - Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer
- 1923 - Peter Smithson, English architect (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Harvey Haddix, baseball player
- 1926 - Bud Greenspan, American film producer and director
- 1928 - Phyllis Kirk, American actress
- 1932 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut (d. 2002)
- 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer
- 1933 - Robert Blake, American actor
- 1939 - Fred Willard, American comedian
- 1940 - Frankie Avalon, American musician
- 1944 - Michael Franks, American musician
- 1949 - Mo Mowlam, British politician (d. 2005)
- 1949 - Peter Shilton, English footballer
- 1950 - Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
- 1950 - Shabana Azmi, Indian actress
- 1950 - Darryl Sittler, Canadian hockey player
- 1951 - Benjamin Carson, American neurosurgeon
- 1952 - Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (d. 2002)
- 1952 - Rick Pitino, American basketball coach
- 1954 - Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
- 1958 - John Aldridge, English footballer
- 1959 - Ryne Sandberg, baseball player
- 1961 - James Gandolfini, American actor
- 1963 - Rob Brettle, English historian
- 1964 - Holly Robinson, American actress
- 1968 - Toni Kukoc, Croatian basketball player
- 1970 - Darren Gough, English cricketer
- 1971 - Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
- 1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress
- 1973 - Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur
- 1974 - Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
- 1975 - Anthony McPartlin, English television presenter
- 1979 - Alison Lohman, American actress
- 1987 - Sam John Johnston, Person
- 1993 - Bryan Jager, Young Cartoonist/Actor, creator of Fantasmic the musical
Deaths
- 31 - Sejanus, Roman head of Praetorian Guard (executed) (b. 20 BC)
- 96 - Domitian, Roman Emperor (b. 51)
- 887 - Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle)
- 1180 - King Louis VII of France (b. 1120)
- 1598 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536)
- 1630 - Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (b. 1552)
- 1663 - St Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (b. 1603)
- 1675 - Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604)
- 1721 - Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (b. 1664)
- 1722 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (b. 1651)
- 1783 - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (b. 1707)
- 1792 - August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German religious leader (b. 1704)
- 1827 - Robert Pollok, Scottish poet (b. 1789)
- 1860 - Joseph Locke, English railway builder and civil engineer (b. 1805)
- 1896 - Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (b. 1819)
- 1905 - George MacDonald, Scottish writer and minister (b. 1824)
- 1924 - Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (b. 1846)
- 1939 - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
- 1949 - Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
- 1961 - Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish United Nations Secretary-General, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1905)
- 1964 - Clive Bell, English art critic (b. 1881)
- 1964 - Sean O'Casey, Irish writer (b. 1880)
- 1967 - John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- 1970 - Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. 1942)
- 1980 - Katherine Anne Porter, American novelist (b. 1890)
- 1994 - Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (b. 1954)
- 2001 - Ernie Coombs, Canadian entertainer (b. 1927)
- 2002 - Bob Hayes, American athlete (b. 1942)
- 2003 - Emil Fackenheim, German Holocaust survivor and philosopher (b. 1916)
- 2004 - Norman Cantor, Canadian historian (b. 1929)
- 2005 - Michael Park, British Rally co-driver (b. 1966)
Holidays and observances
- In ancient Greece, the fifth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
- RC Saints - Feast day of St Joseph of Cupertino and Methodius of Olympus
Also see September 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Chile - Independence Day (first junta 1810)
- In the French Revolutionary Calendar, the "Feast of Genius"
- Mid-Autumn Festival in the Chinese calendar (2005)
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