Historical Events In September - 18

1895  Booker T Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address on this day in history.   

1895  On September - 18 d.D. Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes first chiropractor   

1895  On this day in history booker T Washington delivera "Atlanta Compromise" address   

1895  On this day in history john G Diefenbaker, Neustadt Ontario, 13th Canadian PM (C) (1957-63)   

1896  On September - 18 armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies   

1897  On this day in history gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of NYC," premieres in NYC   

1897  John Mens, writer (People Without Money) on September - 18.   

1898  On this day in history lord Kitcheners ships reach Fashoda Sudan   

1901  Harold Clurman, producer/director (Deadline at Dawn) on this day in history.   

1903  On September - 18 phillie's Chick Fraser no-hits Chic Cubs, 10-0   

1903  On this day in history isidor Vorobchievici, composer, dies at 67   

1904  On this day in history herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto, dies   

1905  The birth of Greta Garbo, Swedish born film actress on September - 18.   

1905  Electric tramline opens in Rotterdam on September - 18.   

1905  Agnes De Mille, NYC, choreographer (Oklahoma) on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history george MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie), dies at 80   

1906  A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong on September - 18.   

1906  Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli) [OS=Sept 5] on September - 18.   

1907  On this day in history edwin M McMillan, US, physicist/discoverer plutonium (Nobel prize)   

1908  Cleve Indian Bob "Dusty" Rhoades no-hits Boston, 2-1 on September - 18.   

1908  Viktor A Ambartsoemjan, Russian astronomer (Stalin Prize 1946, 50) on September - 18.   

1909  Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det on September - 18.   

1910  25,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam for general male/female suffrage on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history henri A Cornelis, gov-general Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi   

1911  On September - 18 britain's first twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown   

1911  On this day in history britain's 1st twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown   

1911  On this day in history russian Premier Peter Stolypin (1906-11), shot and murdered at the Kiev Opera House aged 49   

1914  On September - 18 battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I   

1914  On this day in history jack Cardiff, British film director   

1915  On this day in history boston Braves trounce St Louis Cardinals 20-1   

1915  On this day in history hetta Empson, artist   

1916  On this day in history john J Rhodes, (Rep-R-Az)   

1917  Alan Ande Anderson, opera director on this day in history.   

1918  On September - 18 australians attack on the Hindenburg Line   

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0053  On this day in history birth of trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)   

1344  On this day in history birth of marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404)   

1434  On September - 18 birth of eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)   

1574  Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet was born on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history birth of francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)   

1636  Pietro Sanmartini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

1684  On September - 18 birth of johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer   

0031  On this day in history death of sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed   

0096  Domitian, Roman emperor, dies on September - 18.   

0887  Death of Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle) on this day in history.   

0993  On this day in history arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle   

1137  On September - 18 death of erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered   

1180  Louis VII, King of France, dies on this day in history.   

1261  Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies on September - 18.   

1426  On this day in history hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies