Historical Events In September - 18

1938  Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers 2-0 on September - 18.  

1939  Polish govt of Moscicki flees to Romania on September - 18.  

1939  On September - 18 bob Whittaker, (Rep-R-KS, 1979- )  

1940  19 German aircrafts shot down above England on this day in history.  

1940  On September - 18 frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus)  

1941  Clive Burton, neuropathologist on September - 18.  

1942  On September - 18 canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service  

1943  Most of the 2,000 deported Minsk Jews are killed in Sobibor on September - 18.  

1943  On this day in history cardinals clinch NL pennant  

1944  On this day in history british submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed  

1944  On September - 18 anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, killed in Arnhem  

1945  1000 whites walk out of Gary Ind schools to protest integration on September - 18.  

1948  On September - 18 ralph J Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator in Palestine  

1949  Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59 on September - 18.  

1951  John Douglas Cockcroft, physicist, dies on September - 18.  

1952  On September - 18 hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Dreamy), dies  

1957  On this day in history "Wagon Train" premiers  

1959  Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit on September - 18.  

1960  A J Evans, cricketer (only England Test v Aus 1921), dies on this day in history.  

1961  On September - 18 dag Hammarskjoeld, UN Sect Gen, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56  

1962  On this day in history rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN  

1962  On September - 18 therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64  

1964  On this day in history sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (The Plough and the Stars), dies at 84  

1965  On this day in history "Get Smart" premiers  

1966  On September - 18 fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85  

1967  On September - 18 intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Aust) in 21st America's Cup  

1968  On this day in history franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63  

1969  On September - 18 rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66  

1970  Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Haze), dies of an overdose at 27 on this day in history.  

1973  On September - 18 nora Nicholson, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), dies at 80  

1974  Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die on September - 18.  

1974  Edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1975  Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF on September - 18.  

1975  Pamela Brown, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett, Night Digger), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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0053  On September - 18 birth of trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)  

1344  Marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404) was born on September - 18.  

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 September - 18 birth of francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)  

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

1676  On September - 18 birth of eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)  

1684  Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer was born on September - 18.  

0031  Death of Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed on September - 18.  

0096  On September - 18 domitian, Roman emperor, dies  

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

0993  Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1137  Death of Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered on September - 18.  

1180  Louis VII, King of France, dies on September - 18.  

1261  On this day in history koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1426  Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies on this day in history.