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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1941  On this day in history clive Burton, neuropathologist  

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

1943  On this day in history most of the 2,000 deported Minsk Jews are killed in Sobibor.  

1943  On September - 18 cardinals clinch NL pennant  

1944  British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed on September - 18.  

1944  Anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, killed in Arnhem on this day in history.  

1945  1000 whites walk out of Gary Ind schools to protest integration on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1951  John Douglas Cockcroft, physicist, dies on this day in history.  

1952  Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Dreamy), dies on September - 18.  

1957  "Wagon Train" premiers on this day in history.  

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 September - 18.  

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

1962  On September - 18 rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to the UN  

1962  Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64 on September - 18.  

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

1965  "Get Smart" premiers on September - 18.  

1966  On this day in history fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85  

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

1968  On September - 18 franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63  

1969  Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1970  On this day in history jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Haze), dies of an overdose at 27  

1973  Nora Nicholson, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), dies at 80 on September - 18.  

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  Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF on this day in history.  

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

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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 this day in history.  

1434  On this day in history birth of eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)  

1574  Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet was born on September - 18.  

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

1636  On September - 18 birth of pietro Sanmartini, composer  

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

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer  

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

0096  On this day in history domitian, Roman emperor, dies  

0887  On this day in history death of pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle)  

0993  On September - 18 arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle  

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

1180  On September - 18 louis VII, King of France, dies  

1261  On September - 18 koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1426  On September - 18 hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies