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September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common September 2007 is the ninth month of that year It began on a Saturday September 2006 was marked by a controversy surrounding statements made by Pope Benedict XVI regarding Islam, during the same week as the fifth anniversary PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources. September 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August September 18, 2003 September 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header September 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September September 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 104 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated. Year 96 was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Marcus Cocceius Nerva was also the name of a Roman emperor NERVA is an acronym for Nuclear Engine for Rocket The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 &ndash 18 September 96 commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 September 81 until his death
• 324 - Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire. Events By Place Roman Empire July 3 — Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, forcing him Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (27 February ca. 272 &ndash 22 May 337 commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine For other Romans of this name see Licinius (gens. Valerius Licinianus Licinius (c The Battle of Chrysopolis was fought on 18 September 324 in Chrysopolis ( Üsküdar) near Chalcedon ( Kadıköy) between The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial
• 1180 - Philip Augustus becomes king of France. Philip II Augustus (Philippe Auguste ( 21 August[[ 165]] &ndash 14 July 1223) was the King of France from 1180 until his death This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 1454 - In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War. The Battle of Chojnice ( Battle of Konitz) occurred on September 18 1454 by the town of Chojnice between Poland and the Teutonic Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. The Thirteen Years' War was also the name of an Austrian-Ottoman War Thirteen Years War in Hungary The Thirteen Years' War (Dreizehnjähriger Krieg Wojna trzynastoletnia
• 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage. Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in
• 1544 - Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign peace treaty (Truce of Crepy-en-Laonnois)
• 1573 - Spanish attack on Alkmaar. Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was Francis I (September 12 1494 &ndash March 31 1547 was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547 Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. For the place with the same name in Commewijne District of Suriname, see Alkmaar (Suriname.
• 1635 - Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France. Ferdinand II Holy Roman Emperor ( July 9, 1578 &ndash February 15, 1637) of the House of Habsburg, reigned as Ferdinand II This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 1679 - New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it was an English settlement on the east coast of North America
• 1739 - The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire. Year 1739 ( MDCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Treaty of Belgrade (Белградский мир was the peace treaty signed on September 18, 1739 in Belgrade, Serbia, by the Ottoman Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish
• 1759 - The British capture Quebec City. Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province
• 1793 - The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the
• 1809 - Royal Opera House in London opens. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year WikipediaWikiProject Opera --> The Royal Opera House is an Opera house and major performing London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1810 - First Government Junta in Chile. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Chilean War of Independence, was an armed conflict between the people of Chile and Spanish colonial authorities which started on September 10, 1810 Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the 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. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1812 - Fire of Moscow (1812) fades down after destroying more than three quarters of the city. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For similar disasters see Fire of Moscow The 1812 Fire of Moscow broke out on September 14, 1812 in Moscow on the Napoleon returns from Petrovsky Palace to Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The Moscow Kremlin ( Russian: Московский Кремль Moskovskiy Kreml) usually referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified
• 1837 - Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Tiffany & Co ( is a US jewelry and silverware company founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City Young in New York City, New York. The store was called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
• 1838 - Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Anti-Corn Law League was in effect the resumption of the Anti-Corn Law Association which had been created in London in 1836 but did not obtain widespread popularity Richard Cobden ( June 3, 1804 &ndash April 2, 1865) was a British manufacturer and Radical and Liberal
• 1850 - The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of
• 1851 - The New-York Daily Times, which will become The New York Times, begins publishing. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year
• 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Initial movements in the Chickamauga Campaign In his successful Tullahoma Campaign in the summer of 1863 Rosecrans moved southeast from Murfreesboro Tennessee
• 1872 - King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Early life At his birth in Stockholm Oscar Frederik was created Duke of Östergötland. The Union between Sweden and Norway (Unionen mellan Sverige och Norge Unionen mellom Norge og Sverige or the Swedish-Norwegian Kingdom was the union of the kingdoms of
• 1873 - The Panic of 1873 begins. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Panic of 1873 was the start of the Long Depression, a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States that lasted until 1879
• 1879 - Blackpool Illuminations were switched on for the first time. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Blackpool Illuminations is an annual Lights Festival, founded in 1879 and first switched on 18 September that year held each autumn in the English seaside
• 1882 - Pacific Stock Exchange opens. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Pacific Exchange was a Regional stock exchange with a main exchange floor and building in San Francisco, California, USA and a branch in
• 1885 - Riots break out in Montreal to protest compulsory smallpox vaccination. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Riots are a form of Civil disorders characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of Violence, Vandalism or other Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Smallpox is an Infectious disease unique to humans caused by either of two virus variants named Variola major and Variola minor.
• 1895 - Booker T Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5 1856 &ndash November 14 1915 was an American educator orator author and leader of the African-American community The Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition Speech was an address on the topic of Race relations given by black leader Booker T
• 1895 - Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment. Daniel David Palmer or DD Palmer ( March 7, 1845 &ndash October 20, 1913) was the founder of Chiropractic. Chiropractic is a Health care profession that focuses on diagnosis treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the Musculoskeletal system, with special emphasis
• 1898 - Fashoda Incident - Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Fashoda Incident (1898 was the climax of imperial territorial disputes between the United Kingdom and France in Eastern Africa. Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP, GCB, OM Kodok (كودوك (formerly Fashoda) is a town in the southeastern Sudanese state of Upper Nile. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa.
• 1906 - A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders
• 1910 - In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west Suffrage (from the Latin suffragium, meaning "voting tablet" and figuratively "right to vote" probably from suffrago "hough" and originally
• 1911 - Russian Premier Peter Stolypin shot at the Kiev Opera House
• 1914 - The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin ( Russian Пётр Арка́дьевич Столы́пин () served as Nicholas II 's Chairman of the Council of Ministers—the The Kiev Opera group was formally established in the summer of 1867 and is the third oldest in Ukraine after Odessa Opera and Lviv Opera. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Home Rule Act of 1914, also known as the ( Irish) Third Home Rule Act (or Bill) and formally known as the Government of Ireland Act 1914 World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
• 1914 - World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa German South West Africa ( German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika, DSWA) was a Colony of Germany from 1884 until 1915 when it was taken
• 1919 - The Netherlands gives women the right to vote. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
• 1919 - Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros. Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard ( January 27, 1894 – May 11, 1986) was the first African American head coach in the African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with The Akron Pros were a National Football League team that played in Akron Ohio from 1920&ndash1925 and as the Akron Indians in 1926
• 1922 - Hungary admitted to League of Nations. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920
• 1927 - Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network.
• 1928 - Juan de la Cierva makes first autogyro crossing of the English Channel. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Juan de la Cierva (21 September 1895 – 9 December 1936 was a Spanish Civil engineer and pilot Configuration An autogyro is characterised by a free-spinning rotor that turns due to passage of air upwards through the rotor
• 1931 - The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On September 18, 1931, near Mukden (now Shenyang) in southern Manchuria, a section of railroad owned by Japan 's South Manchuria For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Manchuria ( Romanized Manchu: Manju,, Маньчжурия Mongolian: Манж is a historical name given to a vast geographic region in northeast
• 1932 - Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the Hollywood sign. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Peg Entwistle ( February 5, 1908 – September 16, 1932) was a Welsh -born stage Actress and briefly a The Hollywood Sign is a famous Landmark in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles California, spelling out the name of the area in high white letters
• 1934 - USSR admitted to League of Nations. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1939 - World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Ignacy Mościcki ( December 1, 1867 &ndash October 2, 1946) was a Polish Politician and Chemist, President Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania
• 1939 - William Joyce's first Nazi propaganda broadcast. William Joyce ( 24 April 1906 – 3 January 1946) the man generally associated with the nickname Lord Haw-Haw Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German
• 1940 - World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Sidi Barrani (سيدي برّاني is a Village in Egypt, near the Mediterranean Sea, about95 km
• 1942 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1943 - World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Minsk (Мінск mʲinsk Минск mʲinsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers Sobibór is a Village in the administrative district of Gmina Włodawa, within Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland
• 1943 - World War II: Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe PLEASE TAKE NOTE************
• 1944 - World War II: British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Junyō Maru, 5,600 killed. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability Service She spent most of her wartime career operating against the Japanese in the Far East attacking enemy shipping and laying mines The was a Japanese Cargo ship (one of the " Hell ships quot that was sunk by the British Submarine HMS ''Tradewind'', resulting
• 1945 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar General MacArthur redirects here for other meanings see General MacArthur (disambiguation. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū.
• 1947 - The United States Air Force becomes an independent service. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1948 - Communist Madiun uprising in Dutch Indies. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Madiun is a city in the western part of the province of East Java Indonesia, an agricultural centre best known as the site of an uprising in 1948 which resulted in See http//enwikipediaorg/wiki/WikipediaFootnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the tags and the template below
• 1948 - Margaret Chase Smith becomes the first woman elected to the US Senate without completing another senator's term when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten. Margaret Chase Smith ( December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives A senate is a Deliberative body, often the Upper house or chamber of a Legislature or Parliament. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party.
• 1948 - Ralph Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator for Palestine and Israel. Dr Ralph Johnson Bunche ( August 7, 1903 &ndash December 9, 1971) was an American Political scientist and Diplomat The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.
• 1959 - Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mission Objectives The satellite was launched from the Eastern Test Range into a Geocentric orbit. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001
• 1960 - Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until The City of New York The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
• 1961 - U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security See also General Secretary. A number of International organizations, Communist parties and other bodies use the title Secretary Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( (29 July 1905 &ndash 18 September 1961 was a Swedish Diplomat, Christian mystic, and the second Secretary-General Katanga is a southern province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to
• 1962 - Rwanda, Burundi and Jamaica admitted to the United Nations. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Rwanda (ruːˈændə or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English ɾwanda or in Kinyarwanda is a small Landlocked country in the Burundi (buˈɾundi officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
• 1964 - Constantine II of Greece marries Danish princess Anne-Marie. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Early life Constantine was born at Psychiko, near Athens, the nephew of King George II and the second child and only son of the King's brother and Birth and early life Anne-Marie was born a Princess of Denmark at the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen.
• 1964 - North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam. The Vietnam People's Army ( VPA) (Quân Đội Nhân Dân Việt Nam is the official name of the Armed forces of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. "RVN" redirects here RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia
• 1967 - Esporte Clube Santo André, of Brazil, is founded. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Esporte Clube Santo André, also known as Santo André is a Brazilian football team in Santo André, São Paulo. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
• 1970 - Jimi Hendrix dies after choking on his own vomit. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter
• 1972 - First Ugandans expelled by Idi Amin arrive in the UK. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. Idi Amin Dada (mid 1920s &ndash 16 August 2003 commonly known as Idi Amin, was a Ugandan military dictator and the President of Uganda The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1973 - East and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
• 1974 - Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Hurricane Fifi (or Hurricane Fifi-Orlene) was a catastrophic storm during the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season that made landfall in Belize Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America.
• 1975 - Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper Heiress, See also Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, FBI Most Wanted Terrorists The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list arose from a conversation held in late 1949
• 1976 - Mao Zedong's funeral takes place in Beijing. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mao Zedong ( 26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Military and political leader who led
• 1977 - Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth & Moon together. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram robotic Space probe of the outer Solar system and beyond launched September 5, EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001
• 1978 - Leaders of Israel and Egypt reach a settlement for the Middle East at Camp David. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. The Naval Support Facility Thurmont, popularly known as Camp David, is the rustic 125-acre (0
• 1980 - Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Crew Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission Cubans (Cubanos are people inhabiting or originating from Cuba. Salyut 6 (Салют-6 lit  Salute 6) was a Soviet orbital space station, the eighth flown as part of the Salyut programme.
• 1981 - Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France
• 1982 - Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The French National Assembly. The other is the Senate ( “Sénat”) Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary Citizens to provide defense emergency law enforcement or Paramilitary service Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية
• 1984 - Joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Joseph William Kittinger II (born July 27 1928 is a former pilot and career Military officer in the United States Air Force.
• 1987 - Ronald Reagan announces joint destruction of nuclear warheads by USA and USSR. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1988 - End of pro-democracy uprisings in Myanmar after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The 8888 Uprising ( Burmese: ၈-၄လုံး or ရွစ္‌ေလးလုံး MLCTS: hrac le lum) was a national revolution in Burma Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. The State Peace and Development Council or Arr Nar Yuu Myar A Phwet ( nàiNŋàNdɔ̀ éiʤáN θàja yéi n̥ḭN pʰṵNpʰyo yéi kaùNsì abbreviated SPDC) is the official Thousands, mostly monks and civilians (primarily students) were killed by the Tatmadaw. MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective A civilian under International humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her Country 's Armed forces. Defense Policy and Doctrine Defence Policy of Myanmar Tatmadaw was formally declared in February 1999.
• 1989 - Hurricane Hugo hits Puerto Rico, killing six. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Hurricane Hugo was a destructive Category 5 Hurricane that struck Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}}
• 1990 - Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Principality of Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein) is a tiny doubly landlocked Alpine country in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
• 1991 - Yugoslavia began a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian
• 1992 - An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labour dispute, killing 9 replacement workers. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Giant Mine was a large gold mine located at Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
• 1997 - U.S. media magnate Ted Turner donates USD $1 billion to the United Nations. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American Media proprietor and philanthropist. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
• 1997 - Voters in Wales vote yes (50. 3%) on a referendum on Welsh autonomy. Autonomy ( Greek: Auto- Nomos - nomos meaning "law" one who gives oneself his/her own Law) is the right to Self-government
• 1998 - ICANN is formed. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) ICANN (aɪkæn eye-can is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
• 2001 - First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Anthrax is an acute Disease in humans and animals caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis which is highly lethal in some forms Trenton is the Capital of the US state of New Jersey and the County seat of Mercer County. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The 2001 Anthrax attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI case name occurred over
• 2002 - The body of missing schoolgirl Amanda Dowler is found in Yateley heath in Hampshire, ending a six-month search. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Amanda Jane "Milly" Dowler ( 25 June 1988 &ndash c 21 March 2002) was an English Schoolgirl who was Yateley is a Suburban Town and Civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain
• 2003 - Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in the U.S.
• 2003 - The UK's Local Government Act 2003, repealing Section 28, receives Royal Assent. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Hurricane Isabel was the costliest and deadliest hurricane in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Local Government Act 2003 (2003 c 26 is an Act of Parliament that made various changes to the administration of local government in the United Kingdom Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 was a controversial amendment to the United Kingdom 's Local Government Act 1986 enacted on 24 May The granting of Royal Assent is the formal method by which a constitutional monarch completes the legislative process of Lawmaking by formally assenting to an
• 2006 - Right wing protesters riot the building of the Hungarian Television in Budapest, Hungary, one day after an audio tape was made public, on which Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány admitted he and his party lied during the 2006 general elections. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The 2006 protests in Hungary are a series of Anti-government protests triggered by the release of Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány 's Magyar Televízió (or Hungarian Television) is a Hungarian national public service television company which operates two channels called M1 Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The 2006 protests in Hungary are a series of Anti-government protests triggered by the release of Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány 's (ˈfɛrɛnts ˈɟurtʃaːɲ born in Pápa, June 4, 1961) is the Prime Minister of Hungary. The Hungarian Socialist Party ( Hungarian: Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSZP is a Social Democratic party in Hungary. The schedule of the 2006 Hungarian parliamentary elections, as announced by President László Sólyom was as follows first round on April
• 2007 - President General Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president
• 2007 - Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution

Births

• 53 - Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. General (ret Pervez Musharraf ( (born 11 August 1943 NI(M, HI(M, TBt, is the former Military dictator and President of An army (from Latin Armata "act of arming" via Old French armée) in the broadest sense is the land-based Armed forces Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and A Bhikkhu ( Pāli) or Bhiksu ( Sanskrit) is a fully ordained male Buddhist Monastic. Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. The 2007 Burmese anti-government protests were a series of anti-government protests that started in Burma (also known as Union of Myanmar on August 15, Year 53 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan ( September 18 53 &ndash August 9 117) was a Roman Emperor who The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC 117)
• 1344 - Marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404)
• 1434 - Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)
• 1505 - Maria of Austria, wife of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. Mary or Maria of Austria may refer to Mary of Austria (1505-1558 Maria of Spain 1558)
• 1587 - Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. Francesca Caccini (September 18 1587 &ndash c 1640 was an Italian composer singer Lutenist poet and music teacher of the early Baroque era circa 1640)
• 1643 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (d. Gilbert Burnet ( September 18, 1643 – March 17, 1715) was a Scottish theologian and Historian, and Bishop of Salisbury 1715)
• 1676 - Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Duke Eberhard Ludwig ( 18 September 1676 – 31 October 1733) was the tenth duke of Württemberg, from 1692 until 1733 1733)
• 1684 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer (d. Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Gottfried Walther ( September 18, 1684 &ndash March 23, 1748) was a German music theorist, organist, 1748)
• 1709 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. Year 1748 ( MDCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Samuel Johnson (often referred to as Dr Johnson) (18 September 1784)
• 1718 - Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (d. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin (Ники́та Ива́нович Па́нин () was an influential Russian statesman and political mentor to Catherine the Great 1783)
• 1718 - Maria Anna of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine (d. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria may refer to Maria Anna of Spain, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria by marriage (1606–1646 also known as Infanta Maria 1744)
• 1733 - George Read, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a George Read ( September 18 1733 September 21 1798) was an American Lawyer and Politician from New Castle The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4 1776 announcing that the thirteen American colonies then 1798)
• 1750 - Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (d. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Tomás de Iriarte (or Yriarte) y Oropesa ( Puerto de la Cruz, La Orotava, island of Tenerife, September 18, 1791)
• 1752 - Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (d. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Adrien-Marie Legendre ( September 18 1752 – January 10 1833) was a French Mathematician. 1833)
• 1765 - Pope Gregory XVI (d. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Pope Gregory XVI ( September 18 1765 &ndash June 1 1846) born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, named Mauro as a member of 1846)
• 1779 - Joseph Story, U. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Joseph Story ( September 18, 1779 &ndash September 10, 1845) was an American Lawyer and Jurist who served on S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1845)
• 1786 - Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (d. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1848)
• 1786 - Justinus Kerner, German poet (d. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner ( September 18, 1786 &ndash February 21, 1862) was a German Poet and medical writer 1862)
• 1812 - Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (d. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Herschel Vespasian Johnson ( September 18, 1812 August 16, 1880) was an American politician 1880)
• 1819 - Leon Foucault, French physicist (d. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ fu'ko ( 18 September 1819 &ndash 11 February 1868) was a French physicist 1868)
• 1837 - Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (d. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1837-1880 was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa. 1880)
• 1838 - Anton Mauve, Dutch artist (d. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Anton Rudolf Mauve ( September 18, 1838 – February 5, 1888) was a Dutch realist painter who who was a leading member of the 1888)
• 1857 - John Hessin Clarke, U. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the John Hessin Clarke ( September 18, 1857 – March 22, 1945) was an American lawyer and judge who served as an Associate Justice S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1945)
• 1858 - Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Kate Booth ( September 18, 1858 - May 9, 1955) was the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth. William Booth ( April 10, 1829 &ndash August 20, 1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Catherine Booth ( 17 January 1829 &ndash 4 October 1890) was the Mother of The Salvation Army. 1955)
• 1859 - John L. Bates, 41^st Governor of Massachusetts (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Lewis Bates ( September 18, 1859 &ndash June 8, 1946) was born in North Easton Massachusetts to Rev The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. 1946)
• 1859 - Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lincoln Loy McCandless ( September 18, 1859 &ndash October 5, 1940) was an American Cattle Rancher, Industrialist 1940)
• 1863 - Hermann Kutter, Swiss theologian (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hermann Kutter ( September 12, 1863 - March 31, 1931) was a Swiss Lutheran Theologian. 1931)
• 1870 - Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Clark Wissler ( September 18 1870 &ndash August 25 1947) was an American anthropologist. 1947)
• 1875 - Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Tomás Burgos Sotomayor ( Osorno, September 18, 1875 – Valdivia, August 19, 1945) was a Chilean Philanthropist 1945)
• 1876 - James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year James Henry Scullin (18 September 1876 &ndash 28 January 1953 Australian Labor Politician and ninth Prime Minister of Australia. The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 1953)
• 1883 - Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, British composer (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson 14th Baron Berners ( September 18, 1883 &ndash April 19, 1950) also known as Gerald Tyrwhitt 1950)
• 1889 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Doris Amelia Blackburn ( September 18, 1889 &ndash 12 December 1970) was an Australian activist and Member of Parliament 1970)
• 1893 - Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the mathematician see Arthur T Benjamin Arthur Leslie Benjamin (18 September 1893 Sydney &ndash 10 April 1960 London 1960)
• 1893 - William March, American writer (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William March (born William Edward Campbell September 18 1893 – May 15 1954 was an American World War I veteran short-story writer and novelist cited 1954)
• 1895 - Tomoji Tanabe, the oldest man in the world as of June 2007
• 1895 - John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year (born September 18, 1895) is a Japanese Supercentenarian and currently at age 113 the oldest living man in the world The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus 1979)
• 1901 - Harold Clurman, American film producer (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Harold Edgar Clurman ( September 18, 1901 &ndash September 9, 1980) was an American theater director and drama critic most famous 1980)
• 1905 - Eddie Anderson, American actor (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Edmund Lincoln Anderson ( September 18, 1905 &ndash February 28, 1977) often known as Eddie "Rochester" Anderson 1977)
• 1905 - Agnes de Mille, American choreographer (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Agnes George de Mille ( September 18, 1905 &ndash October 7, 1993) was an American Dancer and Choreographer 1993)
• 1905 - Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's 1990)
• 1907 - Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Leon Askin ( September 18, 1907 – June 3, 2005) was an Austrian Actor. 2005)
• 1907 - Edwin McMillan, Nobel laureate (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edwin Mattison McMillan ( September 18, 1907 &ndash September 7, 1991) was an American physicist and Nobel laureate credited with being The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1991)
• 1911 - Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sydney Harris "Syd" Howe (born - September 18, 1911 in Ottawa, Ontario – died - May 20, 1976) was a Canadian 1976)
• 1912 - Kurt Lotz, German business executive, second postwar CEO of Volkswagen (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Dr Kurt Lotz (born 18 September 1912, died 9 March 2005) was the second Post-war Chief executive officer (CEO of the 2005)
• 1914 - Jack Cardiff, British film director
• 1916 - Rossano Brazzi, Italian singer and actor (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jack Cardiff OBE, BSC (born 18 September 1914) is an Academy Award -winning British Cinematographer, director Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Rossano Brazzi ( September 18, 1916 &ndash December 24, 1994) was an Italian actor 1994)
• 1916 - John Jacob Rhodes, Jr., American politician and lawyer (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) John Jacob Rhodes Jr ( September 18, 1916 &ndash August 24, 2003) was an American Lawyer and Politician, who 2003)
• 1916 - Frank Bell, British educator (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Erskine Bell OBE ( 18 September 1916 &ndash 14 July 1989) was a British Educator. 1989)
• 1917 - June Foray, American voice actress
• 1917 - Francis Parker Yockey, author of Imperium (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year June Foray (born September 18, 1917) is an American Voice actress who has worked for most of the studios which produced Animated films Francis Parker Yockey, ( September 18, 1917 &ndash June 16, 1960) was an American Philosopher and polemicist Imperium in a broad sense translates as power. In Ancient Rome the concept applied to People, and meant something like "power 1960)
• 1918 - John Berger, English politician
• 1920 - Jack Warden, American actor (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Peter Berger (born November 5, 1926) is an English Art critic, Novelist, painter and author Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Jack Warden ( September 18 1920 – July 19, 2006) was an Emmy Award -winning Academy Award -nominated American 2006)
• 1922 - Grayson Hall, American actress (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Grayson Hall ( September 18 1922 – August 7 1985) was an Oscar -nominated American actress. 1985)
• 1922 - Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer
• 1923 - Peter Smithson, English architect (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Ray Steadman-Allen was born 18 September 1922 in the Salvation Army 'Mother's Hospital' Clapton, while his Salvation Army Officer parents Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. English Architects Alison Smithson (1928-1993 and Peter Smithson ( 18 September 1923 - 3 March 2003) together formed 2003)
• 1923 - Queen Anne of Romania
• 1925 - Harvey Haddix, American baseball player (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Queen Anne of Romania, (born Princess Anne Antoinette Françoise Charlotte of Bourbon-Parma on September 18, 1923) is the wife of the former Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harvey Haddix Jr ( September 18, 1925 - January 8, 1994) was a Major League Baseball left-handed Pitcher who played with 1994)
• 1926 - Bud Greenspan, American film producer
• 1926 - Bob Toski, American golfer
• 1927 - Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bud Greenspan (born September 18 1926) is an eight-time Emmy Award -winning Film director, Writer, and producer, mostly Robert John "Bob" Toski, born Algustoski (born September 18, 1926) is an American Golfer and teacher Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Phyllis Kirk, born Phyllis Kirkegaard ( September 18 1927 - October 19 2006) was an American actress. 2006)
• 1929 - Nancy Littlefield, American film producer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nancy Kassell Littlefield ( September 18 1929 &ndash August 30 2007) was a director and producer of television and documentary programs who 2007)
• 1932 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov ( Russian: Николай Николаевич Рукавишников September 18, 1932, Tomsk – 2002)
• 1933 - Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1933 - Robert Blake, American actor
• 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer
• 1933 - Robert Foster Bennett, American senator (Utah)
• 1935 - John Spencer, English former snooker player (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Scott "Scotty" Bowman (born September 18, 1933 in Montreal Quebec, Canada) is a retired National Hockey League Robert Blake (born September 18, 1933) is an American Actor most famous for starring in the U James Frederick Rodgers (born September 18 1933, Camas Washington) is an American singer sometimes classified as a Rock and Robert Foster "Bob" Bennett (born September 18, 1933) is a Republican United States Senator from Utah. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2006)
• 1937 - Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1939 - Frankie Avalon, American musician
• 1939 - Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal
• 1939 - Fred Willard, American comedian
• 1939 - Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor
• 1942 - Alex Stepney, English football goalkeeper
• 1944 - Michael Franks, American musician
• 1944 - Charles L. Veach, American astronaut (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ralph Gerald Backstrom (born September 18, 1937 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario) is a retired Canadian Professional Ice hockey Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frankie Avalon (born Francis Thomas Avallone September 18 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American Actor Background Sampaio was born in Lisbon on 18 September 1939 The Sampaio family lived abroad in the United States and England for some years has been a Republic since 1910 the Head of state being the President, whose official title is President of the Portuguese Republic ( Presidente da Fred Willard (born September 18 1939 He also appeared as KVWN news director "Ed Harken" in Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and in American Harald Heide-Steen Jr ( 18 August 1939 – 3 July 2008) was a Norwegian actor comedian and singer Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexander Cyril Stepney (born 18 September 1942 in Mitcham, Surrey) was an English football player who was Manchester United 's Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Franks (born 18 September 1944 in La Jolla California) is a Smooth jazz singer and songwriter from the United States. Charles Lacy Veach was a NASA Astronaut. Personal data Veach was born on September 18, 1944, in Chicago Illinois, 1995)
• 1944 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 María del Rocío Trinidad Mohedano Jurado, ( September 18 1944 &ndash June 1 2006) was a Spanish singer and actress 2006)
• 1946 - Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nicholas Anthony Phillip Clay ( September 18, 1946 - May 25, 2000) was a British Actor. 2000)
• 1946 - Otis Sistrunk, American football player
• 1947 - Giancarlo Minardi, Italian motor racing team boss
• 1948 - Ken Brett, American baseball player (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Otis Sistrunk (born September 18, 1946 in Columbus Georgia) is a former professional football player who played seven seasons as a Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Giancarlo Minardi (born 18 September, 1947) is the founder and former Managing Director of the now-defunct Minardi Formula One team Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenneth Alven ("Kemer" Brett ( September 18, 1948 - November 18, 2003) was a Major League Baseball pitcher and 2003)
• 1949 - Jim McCrery, American politician
• 1949 - Mo Mowlam, British politician (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Otis "Jim" McCrery III (born September 18 1949) is an American Politician and a departing Republican member Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam PhD (18 September 1949 &ndash 19 August 2005 was a British Politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and 2005)
• 1949 - Peter Shilton, English footballer
• 1949 - Kerry Livgren, American singer (Kansas)
• 1950 - Shabana Azmi, Indian actress
• 1950 - Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1950 - Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
• 1951 - Benjamin Carson, American neurosurgeon
• 1951 - Darryl Stingley, American football player (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Leslie Shilton, OBE (born Leicester, England, 18 September 1949) is a former football goalkeeper who holds the Kerry Livgren (born September 18, 1949) is an American Musician and Songwriter, best known as one of the founding members and Kansas is an American Progressive rock band which became a popular Arena rock group in the 1970s with hit singles such as " Carry On Wayward Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shabana Azmi ( Hindi: शबाना आज़मी born 18 September 1950 in New Delhi, India) is one of the leading actresses Darryl Glen Sittler (born September 18, 1950 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional Ice hockey player who played Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize nominated African American Actress, Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr MD (born 18 September 1951) is a noted African American neurosurgeon. Darryl Floyd Stingley ( September 18 1951 - April 5 2007) was an American professional football Wide receiver 2007)
• 1951 - Marc Surer, Swiss motor racing driver
• 1952 - Rick Pitino, American basketball coach
• 1952 - Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Marc Surer (born 18 September 1951) is a former Racing driver from Switzerland. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rick Pitino (born September 18, 1952) is the head Basketball coach at the University of Louisville. Dee Dee Ramone ( Douglas Glenn Colvin) ( September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002) was a German American Songwriter The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group 2002)
• 1953 - Betsy Boze nee: Vogel, American Academic
• 1954 - Tommy Tuberville, Auburn Head Football Coach
• 1954 - Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Betsy Vogel Boze (pronounced Bōz is an American academic and university administrator Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Thomas Hawley Tuberville (born September 18, 1954) is an American College football coach and current Head coach of the Auburn University Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Mir Murtaza Bhutto (September 18 1954 - September 20 1996 (مير مرتضی بھٹو was a Pakistani politician and left-wing Radical from the powerful 1996)
• 1954 - Takao Doi, Japanese astronaut
• 1954 - Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Takao Doi (土井隆雄 Doi Takao, born September 18, 1954) is a Japanese Astronaut and a veteran of two NASA Space WikipediaPersondata --> Dennis Wayne Johnson (September 18 1954 &ndash February 22 2007 nicknamed "DJ" was an American professional Basketball 2007)
• 1955 - Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Robert DeWayne Papenbrook ( September 18, 1955 - March 17, 2006) was an American voice actor 2006)
• 1956 - Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1956 - Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
• 1958 - John Aldridge, Irish footballer
• 1958 - Don Geronimo, Radio personality of the Don & Mike Show
• 1959 - Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player
• 1959 - Ian Arkwright, English footballer
• 1960 - Karim Rashid, Egyptian-English industrial designer
• 1961 - James Gandolfini, American actor
• 1962 - Joanne Catherall, English singer
• 1962 - John Fashanu, English footballer
• 1962 - Boris Said, American race car driver
• 1963 - Rob Brettle, British historian
• 1963 - Jim Pocklington, British racing driver
• 1964 - Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1964 - Holly Robinson Peete, American actress
• 1967 - Ricky Bell, American singer (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe)
• 1967 - Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
• 1968 - Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
• 1968 - Cappadonna, American rapper
• 1970 - Darren Gough, English cricketer
• 1970 - Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Šťastný (born September 18, 1956 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak professional Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christopher L Hedges (born 18 September, 1956 in St Johnsbury Vermont) is a journalist and author specializing in American and Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John William Aldridge (born Liverpool, 18 September 1958) Aldridge is a British-born former Republic of Ireland international Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Sorce (born September 18, 1958) better known as Don Geronimo, is a radio personality formerly featured on the nationally syndicated Don The Don and Mike Show was a nationally syndicated radio talk show hosted by Don Geronimo and Mike O'Meara, which aired from 1985 through April The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ryne Dee Sandberg (born September 18 1959 in Spokane Washington) nicknamed "Ryno" is a former Second baseman in Major League Baseball who Ian Arkwright (born September 18, 1959 in Shafton, Barnsley) is an English former professional footballer. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karim Rashid (born September 18, 1960) is an Industrial designer. Industrial design is an Applied art whereby the Aesthetics and Usability of mass-produced products may be improved for marketability and Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James J Gandolfini Jr (born September 18, 1961) is a Golden Globe, three-time Emmy and five-time Screen Actors Guild Award -winning Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joanne Catherall (born 18 September 1962 in Sheffield, UK) is a British singer best known as one of the two female vocalists of the veteran John "Fash" Fashanu (born 18 September 1962 in Kensington, London) is a British Television presenter and Boris Said (born September 18, 1962) is an American race car driver from Carlsbad, California but considers his hometown to Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rob Brettle (born September 18 1963) Historian of Salvation Army history and co-founder of the Christian Mission Historical Association Jim Pocklington (born September 18 1963) is a British racing driver who formerly (2007 drove a BMW 320I in the British Touring Car Championship, which Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Marco Masini (born September 18, 1964) is an Italian Singer-songwriter Career Marco Masini was born on the 18th of September Holly Elizabeth Robinson Peete (born September 18, 1964, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress singer and author Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Ricky Bell, nicknamed "Slick" (born Ricardo Bell September 18 1967, Roxbury, Boston Massachusetts) is an American New Edition is an American R&B / Pop group formed in Boston Massachusetts in 1978 that was most popular during the 1980s Bel Biv DeVoe was a successful splinter group of New Edition that consisted of three previous members Ricky Bell (a Tara FitzGerald (born 18 September 1967 in Sussex) is an English actress. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Toni Kukoč (ˈkʊkɔtʃ (born September 18 1968 in Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian Cappadonna is an American Rapper, friend and affiliate of the Wu-Tang Clan, and has appeared on many of their albums as well as having a successful Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Darren Gough (born September 18 1970, Monk Bretton, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire) is a retired English Cricketer Daniel Robert Eldon ( 18 September 1970, Hampstead, England – 12 July 1993, Mogadishu, Somalia 1993)
• 1970 - Aisha Tyler, American actress and comedian
• 1971 - Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
• 1971 - Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer
• 1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress
• 1971 - Michael Patrick Walker, American composer and lyricist
• 1972 - David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Aisha N Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress, stand-up comedian and Writer. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson September 18 1971 is an American professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Team Astana WikipediaWikiProject_Opera#Infoboxes --> Anna Yur’yevna Netrebko (Анна Юрьевна Нетребко Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (born Jada Koren Pinkett on September 18 1971 is an American Actor, probably best known for her roles in films such Michael Patrick Walker is a composer/lyricist and musician as well as an arranger and orchestrator Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Allan David Jefferies (18 September 1972 &ndash 29 May 2003 was a British motorcycle racer. Motorcycle sport is a broad field that encompasses all Sporting aspects of Motorcycling. 2003)
• 1973 - Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 - James Marsden, American actor
• 1973 - Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi)
• 1973 - Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur
• 1974 - Sol Campbell, English footballer
• 1974 - Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
• 1974 - Xzibit, American rapper
• 1975 - Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian pistol shooter
• 1975 - Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian
• 1975 - "Habacuc" Guillermo Vargas, a Costa Rican artist
• 1977 – Kieran West, British Olympic oarsman
• 1977 - Li Tie, Chinese footballer
• 1978 - Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress
• 1978 - Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
• 1979 - Alison Lohman, American actress
• 1979 - Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
• 1980 - Charles Hedger - A British musician for the band Cradle of Filth
• 1980 - Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
• 1980 - Chris Tarrant (footballer), Australian football Player
• 1981 - Jennifer Tisdale, American Actress & Model
• 1983 - Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
• 1984 - Anthony Gonzalez, Professional American Football Player
• 1986 - Keeley Hazell, British model
• 1988 - Annette Obrestad, Norwegian poker player

Deaths

• 96 - Domitian, Roman Emperor (b. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Paul Brousseau (born September 18 1973 in Pierrefonds, Quebec) is a professional Ice hockey forward James Paul Marsden (born September 18, 1973) is a Saturn Award nominated American Actor and former Versace model perhaps is a member of the Japanese pop group Puffy AmiYumi (known in Japan as PUFFY) was born on September 18, 1973 in Machida Tokyo, or Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo They are currently signed onto Sony Music Japan. Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African Entrepreneur who was the second self-funded Space tourist and Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Sulzeer Jeremiah Campbell (born 18 September 1974 paddington, London is an English footballer. Ticha Penicheiro (full name Patrícia Nunes Penicheiro, OIH, September 18, 1974 in Figueira da Foz, Portugal Alvin Nathaniel Joiner, better known by his Stage name Xzibit (pronounced as "exhibit" is an American rapper, Actor, and Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kanstantsin Leonidovich Lukashyk (Канстанцін Леонидович Лукашык born September 18 1975 in Hrodna) is a Belarusian pistol shooter Daniel Jason Sudeikis (born September 18 1975 is an American Actor and Comedian. Guillermo Vargas Jiménez, also known as Habacuc, (born September 18, 1975, in San José, Costa Rica) is an artist best known for Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Kieran Martin West MBE (born 18 September, 1977) is a British rower and Olympic champion. Li Tie ( Simplified Chinese: 李铁 (born September 18, 1977 in Liaoning) is a Chinese professional footballer currently Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Pilar López de Ayala y Arroyo (born September 18, 1978 in Madrid) is a Spanish film actress Augustine Simo (born September 18, 1978) was a Cameroonian footballer playing as a midfielder Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Alison Marion Lohman (born September 18, 1979) is an American Actress. Daniel Aranzubia Aguado (born September 18, 1979 in Logroño, La Rioja) is a Spanish Football player who plays for Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Charles Hedger is the guitarist for the Extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. Avi Strool (אבי סטרול born September 18, 1980) is an Israeli Football (soccer player who recently signed with for Lokeren Chris Tarrant (born 18 September 1980 in Mildura, Victoria Australia) is an Australian rules football player for the Fremantle Football Club Jennifer Kelly Tisdale (born September 18 1981 is an American Actress and model. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Kevin Edward Doyle (born 18 September 1983 in Adamstown, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish footballer who Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Anthony E Gonzalez (born September 18, 1984 in Avon Lake Ohio) is an American football Wide receiver who currently plays for the Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Keeley Rebecca Hazell (born on 18 September 1986 Personal life Early life Hazell was born in Lewisham, London, England Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Annette Obrestad (born September 18, 1988) is a Norwegian Poker player Year 96 was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 &ndash 18 September 96 commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 September 81 until his death The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC 51)
• 887 - Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle)
• 1180 - King Louis VII of France (b. Year 51 was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Events By Place Asia Emperor Uda ascends to the throne of Japan. Pietro I Candiano, (c 842 &ndash 18 September 887) was briefly the sixteenth Doge of Venice in 887 The Doge ( Venetian language, also Doxe, derived from Latin Dux military leader duke cf Louis VII, called the Younger or the Young (Louis le Jeune 1120 – 18 September 1180) was King of France, the son and successor 1120)
• 1598 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536)
• 1630 - Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (b. Melchior Klesl (sometimes Khlesl, rarely Cleselius) ( February 19, 1552 - September 18, 1630) was an Austrian statesman 1552)
• 1663 - St Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (b. Saint Joseph of Cupertino (San Giuseppe da Copertino ( June 17, 1603 &ndash September 18, 1663) is an Italian saint 1603)
• 1675 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. Charles IV ( April 5 1604 &ndash September 18 1675) was Duke of Lorraine from 1624 to 1634 when he abdicated under French pressure 1604)
• 1721 - Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (b. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the Sussex and England Cricketer see Matthew Prior (cricketer. 1664)
• 1722 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (b. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a André Dacier ( 6 April 1651 - 18 September 1722) was a French Classical scholar. 1651)
• 1783 - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (b. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or 1707)
• 1783 - Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (b. Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Benjamin Kennicott ( April 4, 1718 &ndash September 18, 1783) was an English churchman and Hebrew scholar 1718)
• 1792 - August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German religious leader (b. Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year August Gottlieb Spangenberg ( July 15, 1704 - September 18, 1792) Count Zinzendorf 's successor and bishop of the Moravian Brethren 1704)
• 1806 - Patrick Cotter O'Brien, first known eight-foot-tall person (b. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Patrick Cotter O'Brien ( 1760 - September 18, 1806) was the first of only twelve people in medical history to stand at a verified height of eight feet (24 1760)
• 1827 - Robert Pollok, Scottish poet (b. Year 1760 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Robert Pollok (c 1798— 15 September 1827) was a Scottish Poet best known for The Course of Time, published 1789)
• 1830 - William Hazlitt, English essayist (b. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display William Hazlitt ( 10 April 1778 &ndash 18 September 1830) was an English Writer remembered for his humanistic Essays and 1778)
• 1860 - Joseph Locke, English railway builder and civil engineer (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Joseph Locke ( 9 August 1805 - 18 September 1860) was a notable English Civil engineer of the 19th century particularly 1805)
• 1872 - King Charles XV / Carl IV of Sweden and Norway (b. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Biography He was born in Stockholm Palace and dubbed Duke of Skåne at birth Biography He was born in Stockholm Palace and dubbed Duke of Skåne at birth 1826)
• 1891 - William Ferrel, American mathematician (b. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This page is about the meteorologist for the Comedian, see Will Ferrell. 1817)
• 1896 - Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau (1819-1896 French physicist, was born in Paris. 1819)
• 1905 - George MacDonald, Scottish writer and minister (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting George MacDonald ( 10 December 1824 &mdash 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author poet and Christian minister 1824)
• 1911 - Pyotr Stolypin, Russian politician (b. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin ( Russian Пётр Арка́дьевич Столы́пин () served as Nicholas II 's Chairman of the Council of Ministers—the 1862)
• 1924 - Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Francis Herbert Bradley ( 30 January, 1846 &ndash 18 September, 1924) was a British idealist Philosopher. 1846)
• 1931 - Hazrat Babajan, a Baloch Muslim saint (b. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hazrat Babajan (c 1806 - September 18 1931) was a Baloch Muslim Saint considered by her followers to be a sadguru The Baloch ( بلوچ; alternative transliterations Baluch Balouch Bloach Balooch Balush Balosh Baloosh Baloush) are an Iranian people inhabiting A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity c. 1806)
• 1939 - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer (b. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, aka "Witkacy" ( February 24, 1885 – September 18, 1939) was a Polish playwright 1885)
• 1944 - Robert G. Cole American Paratrooper of the 101st, 502nd division (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lieutenant Colonel Robert George Cole (19 March 1915 – 18 September 1944 was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his 1915)
• 1949 - Frank Morgan, American actor (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Morgan ( June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949) was an American Character actor best known for his portrayal of the title 1890)
• 1953 - Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles de Tornaco (born in Brussels, June 7, 1927 - died September 18, 1953) was a Racing driver from Belgium 1927)
• 1956 - Adélard Godbout, premier of Quebec (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph-Adélard Godbout ( 24 September, 1892 &ndash 18 September, 1956) was an agronomist and politician in Quebec, Canada Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This is a list of the premiers 1892)
• 1959 - Benjamin Péret, French surrealist author
• 1961 - Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish United Nations Secretary-General and distinguished economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benjamin Péret ( 4 July 1899 - 18 September 1959) was a French poet and Surrealist. Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( (29 July 1905 &ndash 18 September 1961 was a Swedish Diplomat, Christian mystic, and the second Secretary-General The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1905)
• 1964 - Clive Bell, English art critic (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Arthur Clive Heward Bell ( September 16, 1881 &ndash September 18, 1964) was an English Art critic, associated with the 1881)
• 1964 - Sean O'Casey, Irish writer (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Seán O'Casey ( Irish Seán Ó Cathasaigh (30 March 1880 &ndash 18 September 1964 was a major Irish dramatist and Memoirist A committed irish 1880)
• 1967 - John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Sir John Douglas Cockcroft OM KCB CBE ( May 27, 1897 &ndash September 18, 1967) was a British physicist. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1897)
• 1970 - Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter 1942)
• 1977 - Paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Paul Bernays ( 17 October 1888 London – 18 September 1977 Zurich) was a Swiss mathematician who made significant 1888)
• 1980 - Katherine Anne Porter, American novelist (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Katherine Anne Porter ( 15 May 1890 – 18 September 1980) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Journalist, 1890)
• 1986 - Pat Phoenix, English actress (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Patricia Phoenix (best known as Pat Phoenix) ( November 26 1923 &ndash September 18 1986) was a British actress who 1923)
• 1994 - Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis ( July 26, 1954 – September 17, 1994) was a professional Tennis player from the United States 1954)
• 1997 - Jimmy Witherspoon, blues singer (b. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Jimmy Witherspoon ( August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American Blues singer The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression 1920)
• 2001 - Ernie Coombs, Canadian entertainer (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Ernest "Ernie" Coombs CM ( November 26, 1927 &ndash September 18, 2001) was a children's entertainer 1927)
• 2002 - Bob Hayes, American athlete (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Lee ("Bullet Bob" Hayes ( December 20, 1942 &ndash September 18, 2002) was an Olympic gold-medal sprinter turned star receiver 1942)
• 2002 - Mauro Ramos, Brazilian football player (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mauro Ramos, full name Mauro Ramos de Oliveira, (born August 30, 1930 in Poços de Caldas &ndash died September 18, 2002 1930)
• 2003 - Emil Fackenheim, German Holocaust survivor and philosopher (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Emil Ludwig Fackenheim PhD ( June 22, 1916 – September 18, 2003) was a noted Jewish Philosopher and Reform 1916)
• 2003 - Bob Mitchell, British politician (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Richard Charles Mitchell, ( 22 August 1927 - 18 September 2003) known as Bob Mitchell, was a Labour Member of 1927)
• 2004 - Norman Cantor, Canadian historian (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Norman F Cantor (born in Winnipeg, Canada on November 19, 1929, died in Miami Florida, United States on September 1929)
• 2004 - Russ Meyer, American film director (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Russell Albion Meyer ( March 21, 1922 &ndash September 18, 2004) was an American motion picture director and 1922)
• 2005 - Michael Park, British Rally co-driver (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Park ( June 22 1966 - September 18 2005) was a rally Co-driver from Newent in Gloucestershire 1966)
• 2006 - Edward J. King, 66^th Governor of Massachusetts (b. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Joseph King ( May 11 1925 – September 18 2006) was the Governor of the U The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. 1925)
• 2007 - Pepsi Tate Bassist from the glam-rock band, tigertailz (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Pepsi Tate ( 1965 - 18 September 2007) was the bass guitarist of Welsh Glam Metal band Tigertailz who made the UK top 40 Tigertailz are a Glam metal band hailing from Cardiff, Wales. 1965)

Holidays and observances

• In ancient Greece, the fifth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance The Eleusinian Mysteries (Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια were initiation ceremonies held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone
• RC Saints - Feast day of St Joseph of Cupertino, Methodius of Olympus, Richardis, and Eustorgius I. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Saint Joseph of Cupertino (San Giuseppe da Copertino ( June 17, 1603 &ndash September 18, 1663) is an Italian saint The Church Father and Saint Methodius of Olympus (died ca 311 was a Christian Bishop, ecclesiastical author and Martyr. Saint Richardis, also known as Richardis of Swabia (c 840 &ndash 18 September, between 894 and 896 was the Holy Roman Empress of Charles the Saint Eustorgius I (d ca 350 AD was a Bishop of Milan from 344 until his death
• Also see September 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). Sep 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep 19 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct
• Chile - Independence Day (first junta 1810). Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the Anniversary of a Nation 's assumption of independent Statehood, usually after ceasing A military dictatorship is a Form of government wherein the political power resides with the Military; it is similar but not identical to a Stratocracy, Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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