September 18

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September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 104 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 14 – Tiberius is confirmed as Roman Emperor by the Roman Senate following the natural death of Augustus
• 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
• 324 – Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
• 1180 – Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
• 1454 – In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
• 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Honduras on his fourth, and final, voyage.
• 1635 – Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria declares war on France.
• 1679 – New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• 1714 – George I arrives in Great Britain for the first time since becoming king on August 1st.
• 1739 – The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
• 1759 – Seven Years War: the British capture Quebec City.
• 1793 – The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
• 1809 – The Royal Opera House in London opens.
• 1810 – First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.
• 1812 – The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
• 1837 – Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
• 1838 – The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
• 1850 – The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.
• 1851 – First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
• 1870 – Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
• 1872 – King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
• 1873 – Panic of 1873: The U.S. bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, triggering a series of bank failures.
• 1882 – The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
• 1889 – Hull House, the United States' most influential settlement house, opens in Chicago.
• 1895 – Booker T. Washington delivers the "Atlanta Compromise" address.
• 1895 – Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment.
• 1898 – Fashoda Incident – Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
• 1906 – A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
• 1910 – In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
• 1911 – Russian Premier Peter Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• 1914 – The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
• 1914 – World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa.
• 1919 – The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
• 1919 – Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
• 1922 – Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
• 1927 – The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
• 1928 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• 1931 – The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
• 1934 – The USSR is admitted to the League of Nations.
• 1939 – World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
• 1939 – The Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as Lord Haw-Haw begins transmitting.
• 1940 – The British liner SS City of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
• 1943 – World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór.
• 1943 – World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
• 1944 – World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Junyō Maru, 5,600 killed.
• 1945 – General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
• 1947 – The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States armed forces.
• 1947 – The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States under the National Security Act.
• 1948 – Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of Nizam's Army.
• 1948 – Communist Madiun uprising in Dutch Indies.
• 1948 – Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term, when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.
• 1959 – Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
• 1960 – Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
• 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.
• 1962 – Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
• 1964 – Constantine II of Greece marries Danish princess Anne-Marie.
• 1964 – North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
• 1973 – The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
• 1974 – Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
• 1975 – Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.
• 1977 – Voyager I takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
• 1980 – Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (including 1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station.
• 1981 – Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
• 1982 – Christian militia begin killing six-hundred Palestinians in Lebanon.
• 1984 – Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
• 1987 – Jerzy Kukuczka becomes the second mountaineer to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders.
• 1988 – End of pro-democracy uprisings in Myanmar after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council. Thousands, mostly monks and civilians (primarily students), are killed by the Tatmadaw.
• 1990 – Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
• 1991 – Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities.
• 1992 – An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers.
• 1997 – United States media magnate Ted Turner donates USD 1 billion to the United Nations.
• 1998 – ICANN is formed.
• 2001 – First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
• 2007 – 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.
• 2009 – The 72 year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast.

Births

• 53 – Trajan, Roman emperor (d. 117)
• 1344 – Marie of Valois, Duchess of Bar (d. 1404)
• 1434 – Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)
• 1587 – Francesca Caccini, Italian composer, singer, and poet (d. 1640)
• 1643 – Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, theologian, and historian (d. 1715)
• 1676 – Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
• 1684 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer (d. 1748)
• 1709 – Samuel Johnson, English author and lexicographer (d. 1784)
• 1711 – Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer (d. 1783)
• 1733 – George Read, American lawyer and politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1798)
• 1750 – Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet (d. 1791)
• 1752 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (d. 1833)
• 1765 – Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
• 1779 – Joseph Story, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1845)
• 1786 – Christian VIII of Denmark (d. 1848)
• 1786 – Justinus Kerner, German poet (d. 1862)
• 1812 – Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (d. 1880)
• 1819 – Léon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)
• 1837 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (d. 1880)
• 1838 – Anton Mauve, Dutch painter (d. 1888)
• 1846 – Richard With, Norwegian businessman, politician, and captain (d. 1930)
• 1848 – Francis Grierson, English-American composer and pianist (d. 1927)
• 1852 – Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist (d. 1922)
• 1857 – John Hessin Clarke, American jurist (d. 1945)
• 1858 – Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (d. 1955)
• 1859 – John L. Bates, American politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
• 1859 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (d. 1940)
• 1860 – Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer (d. 1942)
• 1863 – Hermann Kutter, Swiss theologian (d. 1931)
• 1870 – Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (d. 1947)
• 1872 – Carl Friedberg, German pianist (d. 1955)
• 1874 – Georges Lumpp, French rower (d. 1934)
• 1875 – Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
• 1876 – James Scullin, Australian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)
• 1878 – James O. Richardson, American navy admiral (d. 1974)
• 1883 – Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, author, and painter (d. 1950)
• 1885 – Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, publicist, and playwright (d. 1948)
• 1888 – Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 1938)
• 1888 – Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist (d. 1953)
• 1889 – Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970)
• 1889 – Leslie Morshead, Australian soldier, businessman, and educator (d. 1959)
• 1893 – Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (d. 1960)
• 1893 – William March, American author (d. 1954)
• 1894 – Fay Compton, English actress (d. 1978)
• 1895 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)
• 1895 – Walter Koch. German astrologer (d. 1970)
• 1895 – Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1897 – Pablo Sorozábal, Basque-Spanish composer (d. 1988)
• 1900 – Willis Laurence James, American violinist (d. 1966)
• 1900 – Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (d. 1985)
• 1901 – Harold Clurman, American director and producer (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)
• 1904 – David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English politician (d. 1999)
• 1905 – Eddie Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1905 – Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
• 1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
• 1906 – Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (d. 1983)
• 1906 – Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet (d. 1995)
• 1907 – Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Viktor Hambardzumyan, Soviet-Armenian scientist (d. 1996)
• 1910 – Joseph Tal, Israeli composer (d. 2008)
• 1911 – Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish politician and ufologist (d. 1995)
• 1912 – María De la Cruz, Chilean activist and journalist (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Kurt Lotz, German businessman (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Frank Bell, English educator (d. 1989)
• 1916 – Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor and singer (d. 1994)
• 1916 – John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
• 1917 – June Foray, American voice actress
• 1917 – Phil Taylor, English footballer (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Francis Parker Yockey, American author (d. 1960)
• 1919 – Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Grayson Hall, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1922 – Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer
• 1923 – Queen Anne of Romania
• 1923 – Peter Smithson, English architect (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Bertha Wilson, Canadian jurist (d. 2007)
• 1924 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963)
• 1925 – Harvey Haddix, American baseball player (d. 1994)
• 1925 – Dorothy Wedderburn, English academic (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Bud Greenspan, American director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Joe Kubert, American writer and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Bob Toski, American golfer
• 1927 – Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Teddi King, American singer (d. 1977)
• 1929 – Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Bert Worner, Australian footballer (d. 2012)
• 1932 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Soviet astronaut (d. 2002)
• 1933 – Bob Bennett, American politician
• 1933 – Robert Blake, American actor
• 1933 – Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1933 – Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov, Russian opera singer
• 1933 – Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1935 – Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (d. 2012)
• 1935 – John Spencer, English snooker player (d. 2006)
• 1936 – Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Big Tom and The Mainliners)
• 1937 – Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1939 – Frankie Avalon, American actor and singer
• 1939 – Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
• 1939 – Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal
• 1939 – Fred Willard, American comedian, actor, and author
• 1939 – Jan C. Willems, Belgian control theorist (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (d. 2004)
• 1942 – Alex Stepney, English footballer
• 1944 – Satan's Angel, American dancer
• 1944 – Michael Franks, American singer-songwriter
• 1944 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
• 1944 – Charles L. Veach, American astronaut (d. 1995)
• 1945 – P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1946 – Benjamín Brea, Venezuelan musician and composer
• 1946 – Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1946 – Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (d. 1992)
• 1946 – Billy Drago, American actor
• 1946 – Otis Sistrunk, American football player
• 1947 – Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer
• 1947 – Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
• 1947 – Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
• 1948 – Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
• 1948 – Rodger Beckman, American baseball player
• 1948 – Ken Brett, American baseball player (d. 2003)
• 1948 – Christopher Skase, Australian businessman (d. 2001)
• 1949 – Kerry Livgren, American musician and songwriter (Kansas, AD, and Proto-Kaw)
• 1949 – Jim McCrery, American lawyer and politician
• 1949 – Mo Mowlam, English politician (d. 2005)
• 1949 – Peter Shilton, English footballer
• 1950 – Shabana Azmi, Indian actress
• 1950 – Chris Heister, Swedish politician
• 1950 – Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1950 – Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
• 1951 – Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon
• 1951 – Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Ramones) (d. 2002)
• 1951 – Tony Scott, American baseball player
• 1951 – Darryl Stingley, American football player (d. 2007)
• 1951 – Marc Surer, Swiss race car driver
• 1952 – Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
• 1952 – Rick Pitino, American basketball coach
• 1953 – Betsy Boze, American academic
• 1953 – Carl Jackson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 – John McGlinn, American conductor (d. 2009)
• 1954 – Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
• 1954 – Takao Doi, Japanese astronaut
• 1954 – Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (d. 2007)
• 1954 – Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist and author
• 1954 – Tommy Tuberville, American football player and coach
• 1955 – Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter (Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Off!)
• 1955 – Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (d. 2006)
• 1956 – Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
• 1956 – Tim McInnerny, English actor
• 1956 – Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1957 – Emily Remler, American guitarist (d. 1990)
• 1958 – John Aldridge, Irish footballer
• 1958 – Don Geronimo, American radio host
• 1958 – Linda Lusardi, English actress and model
• 1958 – Joan Walsh, American journalist
• 1959 – Ian Arkwright, English footballer
• 1959 – Mark Romanek, American director
• 1959 – Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player
• 1960 – Stephen Flaherty, American composer
• 1960 – Karim Rashid, Egyptian-Canadian designer
• 1961 – James Gandolfini, American actor (d. 2013)
• 1961 – Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jayhawks and Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers)
• 1961 – Lori and George Schappell, American conjoined twins
• 1962 – Joanne Catherall, English singer (The Human League)
• 1962 – John Fashanu, English footballer
• 1962 – John Mann, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Spirit of the West)
• 1962 – Aden Ridgeway, Australian politician
• 1962 – Boris Said, American race car driver
• 1963 – Jim Pocklington, English race car driver
• 1963 – John Powell, English composer
• 1964 – Jens Henschel, German footballer
• 1964 – Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer
• 1966 – Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player
• 1967 – Ricky Bell, American singer (New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe)
• 1967 – Tara FitzGerald, English actress
• 1968 – Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
• 1968 – Upendra, Indian actor, singer, director, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Cappadonna, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan and Theodore Unit)
• 1970 – Mike Compton, American football player
• 1970 – Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (d. 1993)
• 1970 – Darren Gough, English cricketer
• 1970 – Aisha Tyler, American comedian, actress, and author
• 1971 – Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and activist, founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation
• 1971 – Anna Netrebko, Russian soprano
• 1971 – Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress
• 1971 – Michael Patrick Walker, American composer and songwriter
• 1972 – Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
• 1972 – Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Low Millions)
• 1972 – David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (d. 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-English businessman, founded Canonical Ltd.
• 1974 – Prodigy, American rapper and producer (Mobb Deep)
• 1974 – Xzibit, American rapper and actor (Likwit Crew)
• 1974 – Sol Campbell, English footballer
• 1974 – Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian, scriptwriter, and singer
• 1974 – Damon Jones, American football player
• 1974 – Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
• 1974 – Travis Schuldt, American actor
• 1975 – Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter
• 1975 – Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian
• 1975 – Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter
• 1976 – Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Kiki Daire, American porn actress
• 1976 – Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player
• 1977 – Li Tie, Chinese footballer
• 1977 – Kieran West, English rower
• 1978 – Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress
• 1978 – Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
• 1978 – Iain Lees-Galloway, New Zealand politician
• 1979 – Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
• 1979 – Alison Lohman, American actress
• 1979 – Vinay Rai, Indian actor
• 1979 – Simon Trpčeski, Macedonian pianist
• 1980 – Jonathan Biss, American pianist
• 1980 – Mickey Higham, English rugby player
• 1980 – Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
• 1980 – Chris Tarrant, Australian footballer
• 1981 – JeA, South Korean singer (Brown Eyed Girls)
• 1981 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer
• 1981 – Sebastián Decoud, Argentinian tennis player
• 1982 – Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer
• 1983 – Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
• 1984 – Jack Carpenter, American actor
• 1984 – Anthony Gonzalez, American football player
• 1985 – Tarah Gieger, Puerto Rican motocross racer
• 1986 – Keeley Hazell, English model and actress
• 1987 – Jinkx Monsoon, American drag queen performer
• 1988 – Asher Book, American singer, dancer, and actor (V Factory)
• 1988 – Annette Obrestad, Norwegian poker player
• 1989 – Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
• 1990 – Lewis Holtby, German footballer
• 1991 – Ruben Marin, Colombian-American Mixed Martial Artist
• 1992 – Amber Liu, American-South Korean singer and dancer (f(x))
• 1993 – Patrick Schwarzenegger, American model and actor

Deaths

• 96 – Domitian, Roman emperor (b. 51)
• 411 – Constantine III, Roman general and emperor
• 887 – Pietro I Candiano, Italian 16th Doge of Venice (b. 842)
• 1180 – Louis VII of France (b. 1120)
• 1598 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536)
• 1630 – Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (b. 1552)
• 1675 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604)
• 1721 – Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (b. 1664)
• 1722 – André Dacier, French scholar (b. 1651)
• 1783 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (b. 1707)
• 1783 – Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and scholar (b. 1718)
• 1792 – August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German theologian, minister, and bishop (b. 1704)
• 1827 – Robert Pollok, Scottish poet (b. 1789)
• 1830 – William Hazlitt, English philosopher, writer, and critic (b. 1778)
• 1857 – Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer (b. 1785)
• 1860 – Joseph Locke, English engineer (b. 1805)
• 1872 – Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
• 1890 – Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (b. 1820)
• 1891 – William Ferrel, American mathematician (b. 1817)
• 1896 – Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (b. 1819)
• 1905 – George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
• 1909 – Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian historian and archaeologist (b. 1850)
• 1911 – Pyotr Stolypin, Russian politician (b. 1862)
• 1924 – F. H. Bradley, English philosopher (b. 1846)
• 1931 – Geli Raubal, Austrian niece of Adolf Hitler (b. 1908)
• 1939 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
• 1941 – Fred Karno, English comedian and producer (b. 1866)
• 1944 – Robert G. Cole, American soldier, recipient of the Medal of Honor (b. 1915)
• 1949 – Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1951 – Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)
• 1952 – Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano (b. 1879)
• 1953 – Charles de Tornaco, Belgian race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1954 – Johannes Drost, Dutch swimmer (b. 1880)
• 1956 – Adélard Godbout, Canadian politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
• 1958 – Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian illustrator (b. 1873)
• 1959 – Benjamin Péret, French author (b. 1899)
• 1961 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1962 – Therese Neumann, German mystic and stigmatic (b. 1898)
• 1964 – Clive Bell, English critic (b. 1881)
• 1964 – Seán O'Casey, Irish author (b. 1880)
• 1967 – John Cockcroft, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1968 – Franchot Tone, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1970 – Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Blue Flame and The Isley Brothers) (b. 1942)
• 1977 – Paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1980 – Katherine Anne Porter, American novelist (b. 1890)
• 1986 – Pat Phoenix, English actress (b. 1923)
• 1987 – Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
• 1995 – Oleh Tverdokhlib, Ukrainian hurdler (b. 1969)
• 1997 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (b. 1920)
• 1998 – Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (b. 1939)
• 2001 – Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (b. 1927)
• 2002 – Bob Hayes, American football player (b. 1942)
• 2002 – Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
• 2002 – Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (Ekatarina Velika) (b. 1959)
• 2003 – Emil Fackenheim, German philosopher and rabbi (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Bob Mitchell, English politician (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Norman Cantor, Canadian historian (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Russ Meyer, American director (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Michael Park, English race car driver (b. 1966)
• 2005 – Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Edward J. King, American politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player (Tigertailz) (b. 1965)
• 2008 – Mauricio Kagel, German-Argentine composer (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player (b. 1938)
• 2011 – Jamey Rodemeyer, American activist (b. 1997)
• 2012 – Santiago Carrillo, Spanish politician (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Leo Goeke, American tenor (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Haim Hefer, Israeli songwriter and poet (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Michael Hurll, English television producer (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Jim Jordan, Canadian politician (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Betty Kaunda, Zambian wife of Kenneth Kaunda, 1st First Lady of Zambia (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Jack Kralick, American baseball player (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Michel Joseph Kuehn, French bishop (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Jorge Manicera, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Louis Simpson, Jamaican poet (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Brian Woolnough, English journalist (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Wu Shaozu, Chinese general and politician (b. 1939)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Constantius (Theban Legion)
  • Eustorgius I
  • Joseph of Cupertino
  • Methodius of Olympus
  • Richardis
  • September 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of National Music (Azerbaijan)
• National Day or Dieciocho, the date of the first Government Junta after the Chilean independence on February 12, 1818 (Chile)
• World Water Monitoring Day (International)

External links

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

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