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, 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 - 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, 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).
- 1975 - Patty Hearst arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List
- 1976 - Mao Tse Tung funeral in Beijing
- 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)
- 1587 - Francesca Caccini, Italian composer
- 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 judge and signer of the Declaration of Independence
- 1765 - Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
- 1772 - Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer
- 1779 - Joseph Story, U.S. 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 and 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
- 1922 - Ray Steadman-Allen, composer
- 1923 - Peter Smithson, architect (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Harvey Haddix, baseball player
- 1926 - Bud Greenspan, film producer and director
- 1928 - Adam Walacinski, composer
- 1928 - Phyllis Kirk, actress
- 1932 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut (d. 2002)
- 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, singer and composer
- 1933 - Robert Blake, actor
- 1933 - Manfred Niehaus, composer
- 1937 - Norman Dinnerstein, composer
- 1939 - Fred Willard, comedian
- 1939 - Kate (Katherine Jane) Westbrook, English painter, singer (jazz, cabaret), instrumentalist
- 1940 - Frankie Avalon, musician
- 1944 - Michael Franks, rocker
- 1949 - Peter Shilton, football goalkeeper
- 1950 - Anna Deavere Smith, American actress, playwright
- 1950 - Shabana Azmi, Indian actress
- 1950 - Darryl Sittler, hockey player
- 1951 - Benjamin Carson, American neurosurgeon
- 1952 - Dee Dee Ramone, American musician, bassist (The Ramones) (d. June 5, 2002)
- 1952 - Rick Pitino, basketball coach
- 1954 - Murtaza Bhutto, politician
- 1958 - John Aldridge, footballer
- 1959 - Ryne Sandberg, baseball player
- 1961 - James Gandolfini, actor
- 1963 - Rob Brettle, historian
- 1964 - Holly Robinson, actress
- 1968 - Toni Kukoc, Croatian basketball player
- 1970 - Darren Gough, English cricketer
- 1971 - Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
- 1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, model, actress
- 1974 - Ticha Penicheiro, basketball player
- 1975 - Anthony McPartlin, English television presenter
- 1979 - Alison Lohman, Actress
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)
- 993 - Arnulf van Gent, Westfries earl (killed in battle)
- 1137 - Erik II Eimune, 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
- 1663 - St Joseph of Cupertino, the Flying Friar (b. 1603)
- 1721 - Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (b. 1664)
- 1722 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (b. 1651)
- 1783 - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (b. 1707)
- 1827 - Robert Pollok, Scottish poet (b. 1789)
- 1831 - Peter Hansel, composer
- 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)
- 1952 - Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter
- 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)
- 1973 - Nora Nicholson, actress
- 1980 - Katherine Anne Porter, American novelist (b. 1890)
- 1994 - Franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer
- 1994 - Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (b. 1954)
- 1996 - Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States (b. 1918)
- 2001 - Ernie Coombs, Mr. Dress-up (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)
Holidays and observances
- In ancient Greece, the fifth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
- Chile: Independence Day (see Events)
- In the French Revolutionary Calendar, the "Feast of Genius"
- Feast day of St Joseph of Cupertino
External links
September 17 · September 19 · August 18 · October 18 · more historical anniversaries
Holidays and observances
- In ancient Greece, the fifth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
- Chile: Independence Day (see Events)
- In the French Revolutionary Calendar, the "Feast of Genius"
- Feast day of St Joseph of Cupertino
External links
September 17 · September 19 · August 18 · October 18 · more historical anniversaries