September, 18th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 18, 2005:
Swedish Church elections take place.

Thursday 18, 2003:
The UK's Local Government Act 2003, repealing Section 28, receives Royal Assent.

Friday 18, 1998:
ICANN is formed.

Thursday 18, 1997:
1997 - Voters in Wales vote yes (50.3%) on a referendum on Welsh autonomy.

Friday 18, 1992:
Nine formerly pro-Albanian marxist-leninist parties hold a conference in Strassburg, Germany.

Tuesday 18, 1990:
Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.

Monday 18, 1989:
Hurricane Hugo hits Puerto Rico, killing six.

Wednesday 18, 1985:
Steve Jobs resigns from Apple Computer.

Saturday 18, 1976:
Mao Tse Tung's funeral takes place in Beijing.

Thursday 18, 1975:
Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.

Thursday 18, 1947:
1947 - The United States Air Force is created seperate from the United States Army.

Saturday 18, 1943:
The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór.

Friday 18, 1942:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized.

Sunday 18, 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.

Friday 18, 1931:
Mukden Incident, a.k.a "9.18 Incident". After that, Japan occupied Manchuria.

Sunday 18, 1927:
Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.

Friday 18, 1914:
The Battle of Aisne ends.

Tuesday 18, 1906:
A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.

Wednesday 18, 1895:
Daniel David Palmer makes the first chiropractic adjustment.

Thursday 18, 1873:
The Panic of 1873 begins.

Wednesday 18, 1872:
King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.

Thursday 18, 1851:
The New-York Daily Times, which will become The New York Times, begins publishing.

Wednesday 18, 1850:
The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act.

Tuesday 18, 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.

Tuesday 18, 1759:
The British capture Quebec City.

Friday 18, 1739:
The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.

Monday 18, 1454:
In the Battle of Chojnice, Polish army is defeated by Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.

Tuesday 18, 323:
Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.

Tuesday 18, 96:
Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is stabbed to death.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/18-september/on-this-day.html


People born on September 18

1979:
Alison Lohman, American actress (b: September 18, 1979) (Biography of Alison Lohman)

1974:
Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player (b: September 18, 1974) (Biography of Ticha Penicheiro)

1973:
Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur (b: September 18, 1973) (Biography of Mark Shuttleworth)

1971:
Lance Armstrong, American cyclist (b: September 18, 1971) (Biography of Lance Armstrong)
Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress (b: September 18, 1971) (Biography of Jada Pinkett Smith)

1970:
Darren Gough, English cricketer (b: September 18, 1970) (Biography of Darren Gough)

1968:
Toni Kukoc, Croatian basketball player (b: September 18, 1968) (Biography of Toni Kukoc)

1964:
Holly Robinson, American actress (b: September 18, 1964) (Biography of Holly Robinson)

1963:
Rob Brettle, English historian (b: September 18, 1963) (Biography of Rob Brettle)

1961:
James Gandolfini, American actor (b: September 18, 1961) (Biography of James Gandolfini)

1959:
Ryne Sandberg, baseball player (b: September 18, 1959) (Biography of Ryne Sandberg)

1958:
John Aldridge, English footballer (b: September 18, 1958) (Biography of John Aldridge)

1954:
Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b: September 18, 1954) (Biography of Murtaza Bhutto)

1952:
Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (b: September 18, 1952 ; d: June 5, 2002) (Biography of Dee Dee Ramone)
Rick Pitino, American basketball coach (b: September 18, 1952) (Biography of Rick Pitino)

1951:
Benjamin Carson, American neurosurgeon (b: September 18, 1951) (Biography of Benjamin Carson)

1950:
Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright (b: September 18, 1950) (Biography of Anna Deavere Smith)
Shabana Azmi, Indian actress (b: September 18, 1950) (Biography of Shabana Azmi)
Darryl Sittler, Canadian hockey player (b: September 18, 1950) (Biography of Darryl Sittler)

1949:
Mo Mowlam, British politician (b: September 18, 1949 ; d: August 19, 2005) (Biography of Mo Mowlam)
Peter Shilton, English footballer (b: September 18, 1949) (Biography of Peter Shilton)

1944:
Michael Franks, American musician (b: September 18, 1944) (Biography of Michael Franks)

1940:
Frankie Avalon, American musician (b: September 18, 1940) (Biography of Frankie Avalon)

1939:
Fred Willard, American comedian (b: September 18, 1939) (Biography of Fred Willard)

1933:
Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer (b: September 18, 1933) (Biography of Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer))
Robert Blake, American actor (b: September 18, 1933) (Biography of Robert Blake (actor))

1932:
Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut (b: September 18, 1932 ; d: October 18, 2002) (Biography of Nikolai Rukavishnikov)

1928:
Phyllis Kirk, American actress (b: September 18, 1928) (Biography of Phyllis Kirk)

1926:
Bud Greenspan, American film producer and director (b: September 18, 1926) (Biography of Bud Greenspan)

1925:
Harvey Haddix, baseball player (b: September 18, 1925) (Biography of Harvey Haddix)

1923:
Peter Smithson, English architect (b: September 18, 1923 ; d: March 3, 2003) (Biography of Peter Smithson)

1922:
Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer (b: September 18, 1922) (Biography of Ray Steadman-Allen)

1920:
Jack Warden, American actor (b: September 18, 1920) (Biography of Jack Warden)

1918:
John Berger, English politician (b: September 18, 1918) (Biography of John Berger)

1917:
June Foray, American voice actress (b: September 18, 1917) (Biography of June Foray)

1916:
Rossano Brazzi, Italian singer and actor (b: September 18, 1916) (Biography of Rossano Brazzi)
John Jacob Rhodes, Jr., American politician and lawyer (b: September 18, 1916) (Biography of John Jacob Rhodes)

1907:
Leon Askin, Austrian actor (b: September 18, 1907) (Biography of Leon Askin)

1905:
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, American actor (b: September 18, 1905 ; d: February 28, 1977) (Biography of Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson)
Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (b: September 18, 1905 ; d: April 15, 1990) (Biography of Greta Garbo)
Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (b: September 18, 1905) (Biography of Agnes de Mille)

1901:
Harold Clurman, American producer and director (b: September 18, 1901) (Biography of Harold Clurman)

1895:
John Diefenbaker, thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada (b: September 18, 1895 ; d: August 16, 1979) (Biography of John Diefenbaker)

1889:
Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b: September 18, 1889 ; d: December 12, 1970) (Biography of Doris Blackburn)

1876:
James Scullin, ninth Prime Minister of Australia (b: September 18, 1876 ; d: January 28, 1953) (Biography of James Scullin)

1870:
Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (b: September 18, 1870) (Biography of Clark Wissler)

1857:
John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b: September 18, 1857 ; d: March 22, 1945) (Biography of John Hessin Clarke)

1819:
Leon Foucault, French physicist (b: September 18, 1819 ; d: February 11, 1868) (Biography of Léon Foucault)

1779:
Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b: September 18, 1779) (Biography of Joseph Story)

1765:
Pope Gregory XVI (b: September 18, 1765 ; d: June 1, 1846) (Biography of Pope Gregory XVI)

1733:
George Read, American judge and signer of the Declaration of Independence (b: September 18, 1733) (Biography of George Read)

1718:
Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (b: September 18, 1718 ; d: March 31, 1783) (Biography of Nikita Ivanovich Panin)

1709:
Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b: September 18, 1709 ; d: December 13, 1784) (Biography of Samuel Johnson)

1684:
Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist, and composer (b: September 18, 1684 ; d: March 23, 1748) (Biography of Johann Gottfried Walther)

1643:
Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (b: September 18, 1643 ; d: March 17, 1715) (Biography of Gilbert Burnet)

1587:
Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (b: September 18, 1587) (Biography of Francesca Caccini)

1505:
Maria of Austria, queen of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (b: September 18, 1505 ; d: October 18, 1558) (Biography of Maria of Austria)

53:
Trajan, Roman Emperor (b: September 18, 53 ; d: August 9, 117) (Biography of Trajan)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/18-september/births.html