September 18
September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years ). There are 104 days remaining.
Events
96 - 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' War
1739 - Treaty of Belgrade signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire
1759 - 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 ,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 - Typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10000 persons in Hong Kong
1914 - The Battle of Aisne ends
1927 - Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air
1931 - 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 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 ).
1975 - Patty Hearst arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List
1985 - Steve Jobs resigns from Apple Computer
1989 - Hurricane Hugo hits Puerto Rico , killing six
1990 - Liechtenstein becomes member of the UN
1992 - 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 autonomy
1998 - ICANN is formed
2003 - Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in the U.S.
2003 - The Local Government Act 2003 , repealing Section 28 , receives Royal Assent .
Births
53 - 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 , actor
1916 - Rossano Brazzi , actor (d. 1994 )
1917 - June Foray , voice over actress
1918 - John Berger , politician
1920 - Jack Warden , actor
1923 - Peter Smithson , architect (d. 2003 )
1925 - Harvey Haddix , baseball pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th)
1926 - Bud Greenspan , documentary film producer, director
1928 - 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 ), instrumentalist
1940 - Frankie Avalon , musician
1944 - 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 coach
1954 - Murtaza Bhutto , politician
1959 - Ryne Sandberg , Baseball Hall of Famer
1960 - Kim Wilde , Chiswick England, vocalist
1961 - James Gandolfini , actor
1964 - Holly Robinson , actress
1968 - Toni Kukoc , Croatian basketball player
1971 - Lance Armstrong , cycling champion
1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith , model, actress
1974 - Ticha Penicheiro , WNBA basketball player
1975 - Anthony McPartlin , English television presenter
Deaths
31 - Sejanus , Roman head of praetorisch guard (executed)
96 - Roman emperor Domitian
993 - 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 , painter
1721 - Matthew Prior , poet/diplomat
1783 - Leonhard Euler , mathematician
1792 - Gottlieb August Spangenberg
1827 - Robert Pollok , poet
1831 - Peter Hansel , composer
1860 - Joseph Locke , railway builder and civil engineer
1905 - George MacDonald , sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie)
1924 - Francis Herbert Bradley , British philosopher (neo-idealism )
1939 - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
1949 - Frank Morgan , actor
1952 - Hippoliet Daeye , Flemish painter
1964 - Sean O'Casey , playwright
1967 - John Cockcroft , British , physicist (b. 1897 )
1970 - Jimi Hendrix , rock musician
1973 - Nora Nicholson, actress
1980 - Katherine Anne Porter , novelist
1994 - Franco Moschino , Italian fashion designer
1994 - Vitas Gerulaitis , tennis player
1996 - Spiro Agnew , Vice President of the United States
2002 - Bob Hayes , American athlete
2003 - Emil Fackenheim , Holocaust survivor, philosopher
2004 - Norman Cantor , historian
Holidays and observances
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