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September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years ). There are 104 days remaining.
Events
96 - Nerva elevated as Roman Emperor after Domitian was stabbed to death.323 - Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis , establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire .1454 - In battle of Chojnice , Polish army is defeated by Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War 1739 - Treaty of Belgrade signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire 1759 - British capture Quebec City 1810 - First Government Junta in Chile . Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it was in fact the first step towards independence from Spain , and it is commemorated as such.1850 - The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act .1851 - The New-York Daily Times, which will become The New York Times ,1872 - King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway1873 - The Panic of 1873 begins1895 - Daniel David Palmer makes the first chiropractic adjustment .1906 - Typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10000 persons in Hong Kong 1914 - The Battle of Aisne ends1927 - Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air1931 - Mukden Incident . After that, Japan occupied Manchuria .1932 - Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the H in the Hollywood sign, forever turning the sign into a symbol for the paradox of the American film industry.1942 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized1943 - The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór 1947 - The United States Department of Defense begins operation (formerly known as National Military Establishment ).1975 - Patty Hearst arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List 1985 - Steve Jobs resigns from Apple Computer 1989 - Hurricane Hugo hits Puerto Rico , killing six1990 - Liechtenstein becomes member of the UN 1992 - The existence of the National Reconnaissance Office , operating since 1960 , is declassified.1997 - Ted Turner donates $1 billion to the United Nations 1997 - Voters in Wales vote yes (50.3%) on a referendum on Welsh autonomy 1998 - ICANN is formed2003 - Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in the U.S.2003 - The Local Government Act 2003 , repealing Section 28 , receives Royal Assent .
Births 53 - Trajan , Roman emperor (d. 117 )1709 - Samuel Johnson , essayist, critic, poet (d. 1784 )1718 - Nikita Ivanovich Panin , Russian statesman (d. 1783 )1733 - George Read , US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)1765 - Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846 )1772 - Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer1779 - Joseph Story , Mass, 19th Supreme Court justice (1812-45)1819 - Leon Foucault , physicist (d. 1868 )1857 - John Hessin Clarke , associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1945)1870 - Clark Wissler , anthropologist (American Indian)1876 - James Scullin , ninth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953 )1889 - Doris Blackburn , Australian politician (d. 1970 )1890 - Vladimir Ambros, composer1895 - John Diefenbaker , thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979 )1901 - Harold Clurman, producer/director (Deadline at Dawn)1905 - Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson , actor (d. 1977 )1905 - Greta Garbo , actress (d. 1990 ) 1905 - Agnes de Mille , dancer, choreographer (d. 1993 ) 1907 - Leon Askin , actor1916 - Rossano Brazzi, actor (d. 1994 )1917 - June Foray , voice over actress1918 - John Berger , politician1920 - Jack Warden , actor1923 - Peter Smithson , architect (d. 2003 )1925 - Harvey Haddix , baseball pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th)1926 - Bud Greenspan , documentary film producer, director1932 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov , cosmonaut (d. 2002 )1928 - Adam Walacinski, composer1928 - Phyllis Kirk , Syracuse NY, actress (Thin Man, Red Button's Show) 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers , pop music singer, composer1933 - Robert Blake , actor 1933 - Manfred Niehaus, composer 1937 - Norman Dinnerstein, composer1939 - Fred Willard , Ohio, comedian (Fernwood 2 Night, Real People)1939 - Kate (Katherine Jane) Westbrook, English painter, singer (jazz , cabaret ), instrumentalist 1940 - Frankie Avalon , musician1944 - Michael Franks, rocker1950 - Anna Deavere Smith, conceptual artist1950 - Shabana Azmi , Indian Actress 1950 - Darryl Sittler , NHL hockey player (mainly Toronto Maple Leafs ) 1952 - Dee Dee Ramone , musician (d. 2002 )1952 - Rick Pitino , basketball coach 1954 - Murtaza Bhutto, politician1959 - Ryne Sandberg , Spokane WA, infielder (Chic Cubs)1960 - Kim Wilde , Chiswick England, vocalist1961 - James Gandolfini , actor1963 - James Cameron born1964 - Holly Robinson, actress1968 - Toni Kukoc , Croatian basketball player1971 - Lance Armstrong , cycling champion1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith , model, actress 1974 - Ticha Penicheiro , WNBA basketball player1975 - Anthony McPartlin , English television presenter
Deaths 31 - Sejanus , Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed96 - Roman emperor Domitian 993 - Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle1137 - Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered1180 - Louis VII , King of France, dies1261 - Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies1426 - Hubert Huybrecht van Eyck , painter, dies1721 - Matthew Prior , poet/diplomat, dies1783 - Leonhard Euler , mathematician1792 - Gottlieb August Spangenberg1827 - Robert Pollok , poet, dies1831 - Peter Hansel, composer, dies at 601860 - Joseph Locke , railway builder and civil engineer 1905 - George MacDonald , sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie), dies at 801924 - Francis Herbert Bradley , British philosopher (neo-idealism), dies1939 - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz 1949 - Frank Morgan , actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 591952 - Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Dreamy), dies1964 - Sean O'Casey , playwright1967 - John Cockcroft , British , physicist (b. 1897 )1970 - Jimi Hendrix , rock musician1973 - Nora Nicholson, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), dies at 801980 - Katherine Anne Porter , novelist1994 - Franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer, dies at 441994 - Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis player 1996 - Spiro Agnew 2002 - Bob Hayes , American athlete2003 - Emil Fackenheim , Holocaust survivor, philosopher2004 - Norman Cantor , historian
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