Page 6: Historical Events In September - 18
Friday, 12 December 2025
1938 Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers 2-0 on this day in history. 

1939 On September - 18 polish govt of Moscicki flees to Romania 

1939 Bob Whittaker, (Rep-R-KS, 1979- ) on this day in history. 

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

1940 On this day in history frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus) 

1941 Clive Burton, neuropathologist on September - 18. 

1942 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service on September - 18. 

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 British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed on this day in history. 

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 On September - 18 frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59 

1951 On September - 18 john Douglas Cockcroft, physicist, dies 

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

1957 On September - 18 "Wagon Train" premiers 

1959 Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit on this day in history. 

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

1961 Dag Hammarskjoeld, UN Sect Gen, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56 on this day in history. 

1962 Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN on September - 18. 

1962 Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64 on this day in history. 

1964 Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (The Plough and the Stars), dies at 84 on September - 18. 

1965 "Get Smart" premiers on this day in history. 

1966 Fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history. 

1967 On this day in history intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Aust) in 21st America's Cup 

1968 Franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63 on this day in history. 

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 September - 18. 

1973 On this day in history nora Nicholson, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), dies at 80 

1974 On this day in history hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die 

1974 On September - 18 edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74 

1975 On September - 18 heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF 

1975 On this day in history pamela Brown, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett, Night Digger), dies at 58 

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