September 18

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
• 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 - United States Congress passes Fugitive Slave Act[?]
• 1851 - New York Times begins publishing
• 1873 - The Panic of 1873 begins
• 1895 - Daniel David Palmer makes the first chiropractic adjustment
• 1914 - The Battle of Aisne[?] ends
• 1927 - Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air
• 1928 - Mickey Mouse premieres in Steamboat Willie
• 1942 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized
• 1943 - The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibor
• 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
• 1997 - Ted Turner donates $1 billion to the United Nations
• 1998 - ICANN is formed

Births

• 53 - Trajan, Roman emperor
• 1709 - Samuel Johnson, essayist, critic, poet
• 1819 - Leon Foucault, physicist (+ 1868)
• 1895 - John Diefenbaker, thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada (+ 1979)
• 1905 - Greta Garbo, actress (+ 1990)
• 1905 - Agnes de Mille[?], dancer, choreographer (+ 1993)
• 1905 - Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, actor (+ 1977)
• 1908 - Satchel Paige, Baseball Hall of Famer[?] (+ 1965)
• 1916 - Rossano Brazzi[?], actor (+ 1994)
• 1917 - June Foray, voice over actress
• 1920 - Jack Warden[?], actor
• 1926 - Bud Greenspan[?], documentary film producer, director
• 1932 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut
• 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, country music singer, composer
• 1938 - Robert Blake, actor
• 1940 - Frankie Avalon[?], musician
• 1950 - Anna Deavere Smith[?], conceptual artist
• 1952 - Dee Dee Ramone, musician (+ 2002)
• 1952 - Rick Pitino[?], basketball coach
• 1959 - Ryne Sandberg[?], baseball star
• 1961 - James Gandolfini[?], actor
• 1964 - Holly Robinson[?], actress
• 1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, model, actress
• 1971 - Lance Armstrong, cycling champion
• 1974 - Ticha Penicheiro, WNBA basketball player

Deaths

• 1961 - Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations
• 1964 - Sean O'Casey[?], playwright
• 1968 - Franchot Tone, actor
• 1970 - Jimi Hendrix, rock musician
• 1980 - Katherine Anne Porter[?], novelist
• 1994 - Vitas Gerulaitis[?], tennis player

Holidays

• In ancient Greece, the fifth day of the Eleusinian mysteries.
• Chile: Independence Day (see Events)

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries