September 18
September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). There are 104 days remaining. Events96 - Nerva elevated as Roman Emperor after Domitian was 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 battle of Chojnice, Polish army is defeated by Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War1739 - Treaty of Belgrade signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire1759 - British capture Quebec City1810 - 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 publishing1872 - King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway1873 - The Panic of 1873 begins1895 - Daniel David Palmer makes the first chiropractic adjustment.1906 - Typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10000 persons in Hong Kong1914 - The Battle of Aisne ends1927 - Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air1931 - Mukden 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 authorized1943 - The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór1947 - The United States Department of Defense begins operation (formerly known as National Military Establishment).1975 - Patty Hearst arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List1985 - Steve Jobs resigns from Apple Computer1989 - Hurricane Hugo hits Puerto Rico, killing six1990 - Liechtenstein becomes member of the UN1992 - The existence of the National Reconnaissance Office, operating since 1960, is declassified.1997 - Ted Turner donates $1 billion to the United Nations 1997 - Voters in Wales vote yes (50.3%) on a referendum on Welsh autonomy1998 - ICANN is formed2003 - Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in the U.S. 2003 - The Local Government Act 2003, repealing Section 28, receives Royal Assent.
Births53 - Trajan, Roman emperor (d. 117)1474 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian writer (d. 1533)1709 - Samuel Johnson, essayist, critic, poet (d. 1784)1718 - Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (d. 1783)1733 - George Read, American judge and signer (Declaration of Independence) 1765 - Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)1772 - Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer 1779 - Joseph Story, Supreme Court justice 1819 - Leon Foucault, physicist (d. 1868)1857 - John Hessin Clarke, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1945)1870 - Clark Wissler, anthropologist 1876 - James Scullin, ninth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)1889 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970)1890 - Vladimir Ambros, composer 1895 - John Diefenbaker, thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)1901 - Harold Clurman, producer and director (d. 1980)1905 - Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, actor (d. 1977) 1905 - Greta Garbo, actress (d. 1990) 1905 - Agnes de Mille, dancer, choreographer (d. 1993)1907 - Leon Askin, actor1916 - Rossano Brazzi, actor (d. 1994)1917 - June Foray, voice over actress1918 - John Berger, politician 1920 - Jack Warden, actor1923 - Peter Smithson, architect (d. 2003)1925 - Harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th)1926 - Bud Greenspan, documentary film producer, director1928 - Adam Walacinski, composer 1928 - Phyllis Kirk, Syracuse NY, actress (Thin Man, Red Button's Show) 1932 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut (d. 2002)1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, pop music singer, composer 1933 - Robert Blake, actor 1933 - Manfred Niehaus, composer 1937 - Norman Dinnerstein, composer 1939 - Fred Willard, Ohio, comedian (Fernwood 2 Night, Real People) 1939 - Kate (Katherine Jane) Westbrook, English painter, singer (jazz, cabaret), instrumentalist1940 - Frankie Avalon, musician1944 - Michael Franks, rocker 1950 - Anna Deavere Smith, conceptual artist 1950 - Shabana Azmi, Indian Actress 1950 - Darryl Sittler, NHL hockey player (mainly Toronto Maple Leafs)1952 - Dee Dee Ramone, musician (d. 2002) 1952 - Rick Pitino, basketball coach1954 - Murtaza Bhutto, politician 1959 - Ryne Sandberg, Baseball Hall of Famer1960 - Kim Wilde, Chiswick England, vocalist 1961 - James Gandolfini, actor1964 - Holly Robinson, actress1968 - Toni Kukoc, Croatian basketball player1971 - Lance Armstrong, cycling champion 1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, model, actress1974 - Ticha Penicheiro, WNBA basketball player1975 - Anthony McPartlin, English television presenter
Deaths31 - Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard (executed)96 - Roman emperor Domitian993 - Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (in battle) 1137 - Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (murdered) (b. 1134) 1180 - King Louis VII of France (b. 1120)1261 - Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne 1426 - Hubert Huybrecht van Eyck, painter1721 - Matthew Prior, poet/diplomat1783 - Leonhard Euler, mathematician1792 - Gottlieb August Spangenberg1827 - Robert Pollok, poet1831 - Peter Hansel, composer 1860 - Joseph Locke, railway builder and civil engineer1905 - George MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie)1924 - Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism)1939 - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz 1949 - Frank Morgan, actor1952 - Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter 1964 - Sean O'Casey, playwright1967 - John Cockcroft, British, physicist (b. 1897)1970 - Jimi Hendrix, rock musician1973 - Nora Nicholson, actress1980 - Katherine Anne Porter, novelist1994 - Franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer 1994 - Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis player1996 - Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States2002 - Bob Hayes, American athlete2003 - Emil Fackenheim, Holocaust survivor, philosopher2004 - Norman Cantor, historian
Holidays and observancesIn ancient Greece, the fifth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Chile: Independence Day (see Events) In the French Revolutionary Calendar, the "Feast of Genius" External links BBC: On This Day
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