September 18
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September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 96 – Nerva becomes Roman Emperor, after the murder of Domitian.
- 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands in present-day Costa Rica on his final voyage.
- 1793 – The first cornerstone for the US Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
- 1810 – The process towards Chilean independence begins with the formation of the first government junta.
- 1870 – The Old Faithful Geyser at Yellowstone is first observed by Henry D. Washburn.
- 1872 – Oscar II of Sweden and Norway becomes King.
- 1906 – A Typhoon and Tsunami kill around 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
- 1919 – Women in the Netherlands gain the right to vote.
- 1939 – The Polish government under Ignacy Moscicki flees to Romania.
- 1947 – The U.S. Air Force is formed as a group split from the U.S. Army.
- 1947 – The CIA is founded.
- 1952 – Charlie Chaplin leaves the United States and is barred, by J. Edgar Hoover, from ever entering the country again.
- 1961 – UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold is killed in a plane crash in what is now the border region between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on his way to the war-torn Katanga region.
- 1962 – Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago join the UN.
- 1970 – American guitarist Jimi Hendrix dies in London, aged 27.
- 1974 – Hurricane Fifi kills thousands of people in Honduras.
- 1975 – Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst is arrested.
- 1988 – Saw Maung seizes power in Burma, overthrowing Maung Maung Kha.
- 1990 – Liechtenstein joins the UN.
- 1998 – The ferry Princess of the Orient sinks in heavy wind, in the Philippines, killing 180 people.
- 2005 – Afghanistan holds its first election after the Taliban was overthrown.
- 2005 – The SPD-Green Party coalition government loses its majority in the German Bundestag in the German election. Angela Merkel of the CDU becomes Germany's first female chancellor two months later, leading a grand coalition.
- 2006 – Right wing protesters riot outside the Hungarian television building in Budapest, after the release of an audio tape in which Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany admits lying during the 2006 election campaign.
Births [change]
- 53 – Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)
- 1434 – Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)
- 1684 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer (d. 1748)
- 1709 – Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784)
- 1750 – Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (d. 1791)
- 1752 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (d. 1833)
- 1765 – Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
- 1786 – Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (d. 1848)
- 1819 – Leon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)
- 1846 – Richard With, Norwegian businessman, politician and captain, founder of Hurtigruten (d. 1930)
- 1859 – John Bates, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
- 1876 – James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)
- 1888 – Grey Owl, English-Canadian conservationist (d. 1938)
- 1895 – Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2009)
- 1895 – John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)
- 1900 – Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, first Prime Minister of Mauritius and Governor-General of Mauritius (d. 1985)
- 1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
- 1907 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist (d. 1991)
- 1914 – Jack Cardiff, British film director (d. 2009)
- 1923 – Queen Anne of Romania, last queen of Romania
- 1939 – Frankie Avalon, American musician
- 1939 – Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal
- 1949 – Mo Mowlam, British politician (d. 2005)
- 1949 – Peter Shilton, English footballer
- 1952 – Dee Dee Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2002)
- 1954 – Takao Doi, Japanese astronaut
- 1961 – James Gandolfini, American actor
- 1970 – Darren Gough, English cricketer
- 1971 – Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian opera singer
- 1971 – Jada Pinkett-Smith, American actress and model
- 1971 – Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
- 1973 – Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur
- 1974 – Sol Campbell, English footballer
- 1974 – Xzibit, American rapper
- 1979 – Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Andrea Caracciolo, Italian footballer
- 1981 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and model
- 1983 – Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
- 1988 – Annette Obrestad, Norwegian poker player
- 1990 – Lewis Holtby, German footballer
Deaths [change]
- 96 – Domitian, Roman Emperor (b. 51)
- 1180 – King Louis VII of France (b. 1120)
- 1598 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536)
- 1783 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (b. 1707)
- 1872 – King Charles XV of Sweden/IV of Norway (b. 1826)
- 1891 – Jose Manuel Balmaceda, President of Chile (b. 1840)
- 1904 – Herbert von Bismarck, son of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1849)
- 1911 – Pyotr Stolypin, Russian politician (b. 1862)
- 1924 – Francis Herbert Bradley, English mathematician (b. 1846)
- 1961 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish United Nations Secretary-General and distinguished economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1905)
- 1967 – John Cockcroft, British physicist (b. 1897)
- 1970 – Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. 1942)
- 1987 – Americo Tomas, Portuguese President (b. 1894)
- 1994 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (b. 1954)
- 2002 – Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
- 2008 – Mauricio Kagel, Argentine composer (b. 1931)
- 2009 – Irving Kristol, American columnist and journalist (b. 1920)
Observances [change]
- Independence Day (Chile)
