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What happend on 18. September in History
In our data base we found 399 events happened on 18. September:
• 14: Tiberius is confirmed as Roman Emperor by the Roman Senate following the natural death of Augustus [category: Events]
• 53: Trajan, Roman emperor (d. 117) [category: Births]
• 96: Domitian, Roman emperor (b. 51) [category: Deaths]
• 96: Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated. [category: Events]
• 324: Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire. [category: Events]
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• 411: Constantine III, Roman general and emperor [category: Deaths]
• 887: Pietro I Candiano, Italian 16th Doge of Venice (b. 842) [category: Deaths]
• 1180: Louis VII of France (b. 1120) [category: Deaths]
• 1180: Philip Augustus becomes king of France. [category: Events]
• 1344: Marie of Valois, Duchess of Bar (d. 1404) [category: Births]
• 1434: Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467) [category: Births]
• 1454: In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War. [category: Events]
• 1502: Christopher Columbus lands at Honduras on his fourth, and final voyage. [category: Events]
• 1587: Francesca Caccini, Italian composer, singer, and poet (d. 1640) [category: Births]
• 1598: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536) [category: Deaths]
• 1630: Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (b. 1552) [category: Deaths]
• 1635: Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria declares war on France. [category: Events]
• 1643: Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, theologian, and historian (d. 1715) [category: Births]
• 1675: Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604) [category: Deaths]
• 1676: Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733) [category: Births]
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• 1679: New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. [category: Events]
• 1684: Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer (d. 1748) [category: Births]
• 1709: Samuel Johnson, English author and lexicographer (d. 1784) [category: Births]
• 1711: Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer (d. 1783) [category: Births]
• 1714: George I arrives in Great Britain for the first time since becoming king on August 1st. [category: Events]
• 1721: Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (b. 1664) [category: Deaths]
• 1722: André Dacier, French scholar (b. 1651) [category: Deaths]
• 1733: George Read, American lawyer and politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1798) [category: Births]
• 1739: The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1750: Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet (d. 1791) [category: Births]
• 1752: Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (d. 1833) [category: Births]
• 1759: The British capture Quebec City. [category: Events]
• 1765: Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846) [category: Births]
• 1779: Joseph Story, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1845) [category: Births]
• 1783: Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and scholar (b. 1718) [category: Deaths]
• 1783: Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (b. 1707) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Christian VIII of Denmark (d. 1848) [category: Births]
• 1786: Justinus Kerner, German poet (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1792: August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German theologian, minister, and bishop (b. 1704) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington. [category: Events]
• 1809: The Royal Opera House in London opens. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1812: Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1819: Léon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1827: Robert Pollok, Scottish poet (b. 1789) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: William Hazlitt, English philosopher, writer, and critic (b. 1778) [category: Deaths]
• 1837: Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 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". [category: Events]
• 1838: Anton Mauve, Dutch painter (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1838: The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden. [category: Events]
• 1846: Richard With, Norwegian businessman, politician, and captain (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1848: Francis Grierson, English-American composer and pianist (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1850: The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. [category: Events]
• 1851: First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times. [category: Events]
• 1852: Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1857: John Hessin Clarke, American jurist (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1857: Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1858: Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1859: John L. Bates, American politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1859: Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1860: Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1860: Joseph Locke, English engineer (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: Hermann Kutter, Swiss theologian (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1870: Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1870: Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone. [category: Events]
• 1872: Carl Friedberg, German pianist (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1872: Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway. [category: Events]
• 1873: Panic of 1873: The U.S. bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, triggering a series of bank failures. [category: Events]
• 1874: Georges Lumpp, French rower (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1875: Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1876: James Scullin, Australian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1878: James O. Richardson, American navy admiral (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1882: The Pacific Stock Exchange opens. [category: Events]
• 1883: Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, author, and painter (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1885: Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, publicist, and playwright (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1885: Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination. [category: Events]
• 1888: Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1888: Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1889: Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1889: Leslie Morshead, Australian soldier, businessman, and educator (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1890: Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: William Ferrel, American mathematician (b. 1817) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1893: William March, American author (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1894: Fay Compton, English actress (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1895: John Diefenbaker, Canadian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1895: Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1895: Walter Koch. German astrologer (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1895: Booker T. Washington delivers the "Atlanta Compromise" address. [category: Events]
• 1895: Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment. [category: Events]
• 1896: Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Pablo Sorozábal, Basque-Spanish composer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1898: Fashoda Incident – Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan. [category: Events]
• 1900: Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1900: Willis Laurence James, American violinist (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1901: Harold Clurman, American director and producer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1904: Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1904: David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1905: Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1905: Eddie Anderson, American actor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1905: Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1905: George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1906: Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1906: A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong. [category: Events]
• 1907: Edwin McMillan, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1907: Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1908: Viktor Hambardzumyan, Soviet-Armenian scientist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1909: Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian historian and archaeologist (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Joseph Tal, Israeli composer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1910: In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage. [category: Events]
• 1911: Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish politician and ufologist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1911: Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1911: Pyotr Stolypin, Russian politician (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Russian Premier Peter Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House. [category: Events]
• 1912: Kurt Lotz, German businessman (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1912: María De la Cruz, Chilean activist and journalist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1914: Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1914: The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I. [category: Events]
• 1914: World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa. [category: Events]
• 1916: Frank Bell, English educator (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1916: John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1916: Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor and singer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1917: Francis Parker Yockey, American author (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1917: June Foray, American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1917: Phil Taylor, English footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1919: Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1919: Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros. [category: Events]
• 1919: The Netherlands gives women the right to vote. [category: Events]
• 1920: Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1922: Grayson Hall, American actress (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1922: Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer [category: Births]
• 1922: Hungary is admitted to League of Nations. [category: Events]
• 1923: Bertha Wilson, Canadian jurist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1923: Peter Smithson, English architect (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1923: Queen Anne of Romania [category: Births]
• 1924: J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1924: F. H. Bradley, English philosopher (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Dorothy Wedderburn, English academic (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1925: Harvey Haddix, American baseball player (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1926: Bob Toski, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1926: Bud Greenspan, American director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1926: Joe Kubert, American writer and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1927: The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air. [category: Events]
• 1928: Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel. [category: Events]
• 1929: Bert Worner, Australian footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1929: Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1929: Teddi King, American singer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1931: Geli Raubal, Austrian niece of Adolf Hitler (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria. [category: Events]
• 1932: Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Soviet astronaut (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1933: Bob Bennett, American politician [category: Births]
• 1933: Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1933: Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1933: Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov, Russian opera singer [category: Births]
• 1933: Robert Blake, American actor [category: Births]
• 1933: Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey coach [category: Births]
• 1934: The USSR is admitted to League of Nations. [category: Events]
• 1935: John Spencer, English snooker player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1935: Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1936: Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Big Tom and The Mainliners) [category: Births]
• 1937: Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1939: Frankie Avalon, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1939: Fred Willard, American comedian, actor, and author [category: Births]
• 1939: Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman [category: Births]
• 1939: Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal [category: Births]
• 1939: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: The Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as Lord Haw-Haw begins transmitting. [category: Events]
• 1939: World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania. [category: Events]
• 1941: Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1941: Fred Karno, English comedian and producer (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Alex Stepney, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1942: Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews. [category: Events]
• 1943: World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór. [category: Events]
• 1944: Charles L. Veach, American astronaut (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1944: Michael Franks, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1944: Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1944: Satan's Angel, American dancer [category: Births]
• 1944: Robert G. Cole, American soldier, recipient of the Medal of Honor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Junyō Maru, 5,600 killed. [category: Events]
• 1945: P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1945: General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo. [category: Events]
• 1946: Benjamín Brea, Venezuelan musician and composer [category: Births]
• 1946: Billy Drago, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1946: Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1946: Otis Sistrunk, American football player [category: Births]
• 1947: Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic [category: Births]
• 1947: Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team [category: Births]
• 1947: Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer [category: Births]
• 1947: The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency were established in the United States under the National Security Act. [category: Events]
• 1947: The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States armed forces. [category: Events]
• 1948: Christopher Skase, Australian businessman (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1948: Ken Brett, American baseball player (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1948: Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author [category: Births]
• 1948: Rodger Beckman, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1948: Communist Madiun uprising in Dutch Indies. [category: Events]
• 1948: Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the US Senate without completing another senator's term, when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten. [category: Events]
• 1948: Operation Polo is terminated after Indian Army accepts the surrender of Nizam's Army. [category: Events]
• 1949: Jim McCrery, American lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Kerry Livgren, American musician and songwriter (Kansas, AD, and Proto-Kaw) [category: Births]
• 1949: Mo Mowlam, English politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1949: Peter Shilton, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1949: Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright [category: Births]
• 1950: Chris Heister, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1950: Shabana Azmi, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon [category: Births]
• 1951: Darryl Stingley, American football player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1951: Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Ramones) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1951: Marc Surer, Swiss race car driver [category: Births]
• 1951: Tony Scott, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1951: Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Rick Pitino, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1952: Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Betsy Boze, American academic [category: Births]
• 1953: Carl Jackson, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1953: John McGlinn, American conductor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1953: Charles de Tornaco, Belgian race car driver (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1954: Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1954: Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist and author [category: Births]
• 1954: Takao Doi, Japanese astronaut [category: Births]
• 1954: Tommy Tuberville, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1954: Johannes Drost, Dutch swimmer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1955: Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter (Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Off!) [category: Births]
• 1956: Chris Hedges, American journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1956: Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1956: Tim McInnerny, English actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Adélard Godbout, Canadian politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Emily Remler, American guitarist (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1958: Don Geronimo, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1958: Joan Walsh, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1958: John Aldridge, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1958: Linda Lusardi, English actress and model [category: Births]
• 1958: Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian illustrator (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Ian Arkwright, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1959: Mark Romanek, American director [category: Births]
• 1959: Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Benjamin Péret, French author (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit. [category: Events]
• 1960: Karim Rashid, Egyptian-Canadian designer [category: Births]
• 1960: Stephen Flaherty, American composer [category: Births]
• 1960: Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1961: James Gandolfini, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Lori and George Schappell, American conjoined twins [category: Births]
• 1961: Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jayhawks and Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers) [category: Births]
• 1961: Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1962: Aden Ridgeway, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1962: Boris Said, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1962: Joanne Catherall, English singer (The Human League) [category: Births]
• 1962: John Fashanu, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: John Mann, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Spirit of the West) [category: Births]
• 1962: Therese Neumann, German mystic and stigmatic (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1963: Jim Pocklington, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1963: John Powell, English composer [category: Births]
• 1964: Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1964: Jens Henschel, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1964: Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1964: Clive Bell, English critic (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Seán O'Casey, Irish author (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Constantine II of Greece marries Danish princess Anne-Marie. [category: Events]
• 1964: North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1966: Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: Ricky Bell, American singer (New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe) [category: Births]
• 1967: Tara FitzGerald, English actress [category: Births]
• 1967: John Cockcroft, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Upendra, Indian actor, singer, director, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1968: Franchot Tone, American actor (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Cappadonna, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan and Theodore Unit) [category: Births]
• 1970: Aisha Tyler, American comedian, actress, and author [category: Births]
• 1970: Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1970: Darren Gough, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1970: Mike Compton, American football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Blue Flame and The Isley Brothers)(b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Anna Netrebko, Russian soprano [category: Births]
• 1971: Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and activist, founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation [category: Births]
• 1971: Michael Patrick Walker, American composer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1972: Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Low Millions) [category: Births]
• 1972: Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1972: David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1973: Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy AmiYumi) [category: Births]
• 1973: James Marsden, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Mark Shuttleworth, South African-English businessman, founded Canonical Ltd. [category: Births]
• 1973: Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1974: Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian, scriptwriter, and singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Damon Jones, American football player [category: Births]
• 1974: Prodigy, American rapper and producer (Mobb Deep) [category: Births]
• 1974: Sol Campbell, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Travis Schuldt, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Xzibit, American rapper and actor (Likwit Crew) [category: Births]
• 1974: Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people. [category: Events]
• 1975: Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter [category: Births]
• 1975: Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1975: Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter [category: Births]
• 1975: Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List. [category: Events]
• 1976: Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player [category: Births]
• 1976: Kikki Daire, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Kieran West, English rower [category: Births]
• 1977: Li Tie, Chinese footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Voyager I takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together. [category: Events]
• 1978: Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Alison Lohman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Simon Trpčeski, Macedonian pianist [category: Births]
• 1979: Vinay Rai, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Avi Strool, Israeli footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Chris Tarrant, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Jonathan Biss, American pianist [category: Births]
• 1980: Mickey Higham, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1980: Katherine Anne Porter, American novelist (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (including 1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station. [category: Events]
• 1981: JeA, South Korean singer (Brown Eyed Girls) [category: Births]
• 1981: Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France. [category: Events]
• 1982: Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Christian militia begin killing six-hundred Palestinians in Lebanon. [category: Events]
• 1983: Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Anthony Gonzalez, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Jack Carpenter, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic. [category: Events]
• 1986: Keeley Hazell, English model and actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Pat Phoenix, English actress (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Jerzy Kukuczka becomes the second mountaineer to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders. [category: Events]
• 1988: Annette Obrestad, Norwegian poker player [category: Births]
• 1988: Asher Book, American singer, dancer, and actor (V Factory) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1989: Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player [category: Births]
• 1990: Lewis Holtby, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1991: Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities. [category: Events]
• 1992: Amber Liu, American-South Korean singer and dancer (f(x)) [category: Births]
• 1992: An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing 9 replacement workers. [category: Events]
• 1993: Patrick Schwarzenegger, American model and actor [category: Births]
• 1995: Oleh Tverdokhlib, Ukrainian hurdler (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: United States media magnate Ted Turner donates USD 1 billion to the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1998: Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: ICANN is formed. [category: Events]
• 2001: Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks. [category: Events]
• 2002: Bob Hayes, American football player (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (Ekatarina Velika) (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Bob Mitchell, English politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Emil Fackenheim, German philosopher and rabbi (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Norman Cantor, Canadian historian (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Russ Meyer, American director (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Michael Park, English race car driver (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Edward J. King, American politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player (Tigertailz) (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some called the Saffron Revolution. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2008: Mauricio Kagel, German-Argentine composer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: The 72 year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast. [category: Events]
• 2011: Jamey Rodemeyer, American activist (b. 1997) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Betty Kaunda, Zambian wife of Kenneth Kaunda, 1st First Lady of Zambia (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Brian Woolnough, English journalist (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Deputed Testamony, American race horse (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Haim Hefer, Israeli songwriter and poet (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jack Kralick, American baseball player (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jim Jordan, Canadian politician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jorge Manicera, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Leo Goeke, American tenor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Michael Hurll, English television producer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Michel Joseph Kuehn, French bishop (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Santiago Carrillo, Spanish politician (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Wu Shaozu, Chinese general and politician (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constantius (Theban Legion) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of National Music (Azerbaijan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eustorgius I [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Joseph of Cupertino [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Methodius of Olympus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day or Dieciocho, the date of the first Government Junta after the Chilean independence on February 12, 1818 (Chile) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Richardis [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: September 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Water Monitoring Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]