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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 96|96]] &ndash; Emperor [[Domitian]] is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. [[Nerva]] is then proclaimed as his successor.<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Alston|title=Aspects of Roman History AD 14–117|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBCGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA142|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-78782-1|page=142}}</ref>
* [[324]] &ndash; [[Constantine the Great]] decisively defeats Licinius in the [[Battle of Chrysopolis]], establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.<ref>{{cite book|author=Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland|title=The Roman Imperial Coinage: Constantine and Licinius: A.D. 313–337, by P. M. Bruun|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-irTAAAAMAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Spink|page=25|isbn=9780900696855}}</ref>
*[[1048]] &ndash; [[Battle of Kapetron]] between a combined Byzantine-Georgian army and a [[Seljuq Empire|Seljuq]] army.<ref>{{cite book | last=Beihammer | first=Alexander Daniel | title=Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia, ca. 1040–1130 | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-351-98386-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HyYlDwAAQBAJ | pages=77–79}}</ref>
*[[1066]] &ndash; Norwegian king [[Harald Hardrada]] lands with [[Tostig Godwinson]] at the mouth of the Humber River and begins his invasion of England.<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Child|author2=David Taylor|title=Understanding History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2acYjrx3rEC&pg=PA75|year=1991|publisher=Heinemann|isbn=978-0-435-31210-7|page=75}}</ref>
*[[1180]] &ndash; [[Philip Augustus]] becomes king of France at the age of fifteen.<ref>{{citation |first=Lambert Blackwell |last=Larking |title=Charter of Philip Augustus, King of France 1180, From the Surrenden Collection |journal=Archaeologia Cantiana |volume=4 |url=https://kentarchaeology.org.uk/node/9399 |year=1861|publisher=Kent Archaeological Society |page=129}} {{open access}}</ref>
*[[1454]] &ndash; [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)|Thirteen Years' War]]: In the [[Battle of Chojnice (1454)|Battle of Chojnice]], the Polish army is defeated by the [[Teutonic Order|Teutonic knights]].
*[[1544]] &ndash; The expedition of [[Juan Bautista Pastene]] makes landfall in [[San Pedro Bay (Chile)|San Pedro Bay]], [[Zona Sur|southern Chile]], claiming the territory for Spain.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Juan Bautista Pastene: Primer almirande del mar chileno|journal=[[Revista de Marina]]|url=https://revistamarina.cl/revistas/1994/6/barria.pdf|last=Barría González|first=Juan|year=1994|access-date=2021-03-07|archive-date=2022-10-09|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://revistamarina.cl/revistas/1994/6/barria.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1618]] &ndash; The twelfth [[baktun]] in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[George I of Great Britain|George I]] arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1.
*[[1739]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Belgrade]] is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[French and Indian War]]: The [[Articles of Capitulation of Quebec]] are signed.
*[[1793]] &ndash; The first cornerstone of the [[United States Capitol]] is laid by George Washington.
*[[1809]] &ndash; The [[Royal Opera House]] in London opens.
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Government Junta of Chile (1810)|First Government Junta]] in Chile. Though supposed to rule only during the [[Peninsular War]] in Spain, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Fire of Moscow (1812)|The 1812 Fire of Moscow]] dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the [[Petrovsky Palace]] to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Tiffany & Co.]] (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by [[Charles Lewis Tiffany]] and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
*[[1838]] &ndash; The [[Anti-Corn Law League]] is established by [[Richard Cobden]].
*[[1850]] &ndash; The U.S. Congress passes the [[Fugitive Slave Act of 1850]].
*[[1851]] &ndash; First publication of ''The New-York Daily Times'', which later becomes ''[[The New York Times]]''.
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Second Opium War]]: [[Battle of Zhangjiawan]]: Now heading towards [[Beijing]] after having recently occupied [[Tianjin]], the allied [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Anglo]]-[[Second French Empire|French]] force engages and defeats a larger [[Qing dynasty|Qing Chinese]] army at [[Battle of Zhangjiawan|Zhangjiawan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Knollys |first=Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/incidentsinchina00granrich/page/106/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Incidents in the China War of 1860 |publisher=William Blackwood and Sons |year=1875 |location=Edinburgh |pages=107–109 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; The [[Confederate States]] celebrate for the first and only time a [[Thanksgiving Day]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/pdf/TG_Presidential_Thanksgiving_Proclamations_1862_1869.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-12-18 |archive-date=2018-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125191350/http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/pdf/TG_Presidential_Thanksgiving_Proclamations_1862_1869.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Chickamauga]] begins between Confederate and Union forces. It involves the second highest amount of casualties for any [[American Civil War]] battle apart from [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]].<ref name="dates">The [http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/ga004.htm NPS battle description] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111005219/http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/ga004.htm |date=January 11, 2006 }} by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission and Kennedy, p. 227, cite September 18–20.</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[John Bell Hood]] begins the [[Franklin–Nashville Campaign]] in an unsuccessful attempt to draw [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] back out of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref>Welcher, Frank J. ''The Union Army, 1861&ndash;1865 Organization and Operations''. Vol. 2, ''The Western Theater''. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993. {{ISBN|0-253-36454-X}}, p. 583.</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; The U.S. bank [[Jay Cooke & Company]] declares bankruptcy, contributing to the [[Panic of 1873]].
*[[1879]] &ndash; The [[Blackpool Illuminations]] are switched on for the first time.<ref>{{cite book |last=Parsons |first=R. H. |title=The Early Days of the Power Station Industry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ghREBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA7 |access-date=17 September 2018 |date=2015 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107475045 |page=7 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; The [[Pacific Stock Exchange]] opens.
*[[1898]] &ndash; The [[Fashoda Incident]] triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Winston Churchill|author2=Clementine Churchill|title=Speaking for Themselves: The Personal Letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill|publisher=Doubleday|year=1998|page=502}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; The [[1906 Hong Kong typhoon]] kills an estimated 10,000 people.<ref>{{cite book | last = Longshore | first = David | title = Encyclopedia of hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones | publisher = Facts on File | location = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 9781438118796 | page=95}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[Government of Ireland Act 1914|Irish Home Rule Act]] becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
*  1919   &ndash; [[Fritz Pollard]] becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
*[[1922]] &ndash; The [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|Kingdom of Hungary]] is admitted to the [[League of Nations]].
*[[1927]] &ndash; The [[Columbia Broadcasting System]] goes on the air.
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Juan de la Cierva]] makes the first [[Autogyro]] crossing of the English Channel.
*[[1931]] &ndash; Imperial Japan instigates the [[Mukden incident]] as a pretext to [[Japanese invasion of Manchuria|invade and occupy Manchuria]].
*[[1934]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] is admitted to the [[League of Nations]].
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The Polish government of [[Ignacy Mościcki]] flees to Romania.
*  1939   &ndash; World War II: The radio show ''[[Germany Calling]]'' begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of [[History of the Jews in Denmark#The Nazi era|Danish Jews]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The British submarine {{HMS|Tradewind|P329|6}} torpedoes ''[[Jun'yō Maru]]'', killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[Operation Market Garden]] results in the liberation of [[Eindhoven]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/thema/Bevrijding%20Eindhoven|title=Bevrijding Eindhoven|website=Netwerk Oorlogsbronnen|quote=[[File:Symbol Translate.svg|15px|alt=]] '''Translated''': The liberation of Eindhoven took place on September 18, 1944.|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stichting18september.nl/de-bevrijding-van-eindhoven/|title=De bevrijding van Eindhoven|website=Stichting 18 September|quote=[[File:Symbol Translate.svg|15px|alt=]] '''Translated''': On September 18, 1944, Allied armies entered Eindhoven, liberating one of the first cities in the Netherlands from German occupation.|language=nl}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Arracourt]] begins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/b067783.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405074304/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/b067783.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=April 5, 2019|title=Arracourt - September 1944| author=Richard H. Barnes|publisher=US Army Command and General Staff College|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref> 
*[[1945]] &ndash; General [[Douglas MacArthur]] moves his general headquarters from Manila to Tokyo.
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[National Security Act of 1947|National Security Act]] reorganizes the United States government's military and intelligence services.
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Operation Polo]] is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
*  1948   &ndash; [[Margaret Chase Smith]] of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
*[[1954]] &ndash; Finnish president [[J. K. Paasikivi]] becomes the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Order of Lenin]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/3001358| title = John H. Hodgson: ''The Paasikivi Line''| jstor = 3001358}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Paasikivi Tukholmassa: J. K. Paasikiven toiminta Suomen lähettiläänä Tukholmassa 1936–39 | pages=155–156 | publisher=Otava | year=1978 | author=Max Jakobson | location=Helsinki | isbn=951-1-05126-1 | language = fi}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Fidel Castro]] arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
*[[1961]] &ndash; U.N. Secretary-General [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] dies in an [[1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash|air crash]] while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Burundi]], [[Jamaica]], [[Rwanda]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago]] are admitted to the United Nations.
*  1962   &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 213 (1962)|Aeroflot Flight 213]] crashes into a mountain near [[Chersky Airport]], killing 32 people.<ref name="asn">{{cite web |title=Tuesday 18 September 1962 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620918-1 |accessdate=31 October 2019 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[Wedding of Constantine II and Princess Anne-Marie|wedding of Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark]] takes place in Athens.<ref>{{cite news |title=Greek King Takes Danish Bride; Athens Is Exuberant Over Young Ruler and Anne-Marie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/19/archives/greek-king-takes-danish-bride-athens-is-exuberant-over-young-ruler.html |access-date=11 September 2024 |work=New York Times |date=19 September 1964}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[The Bahamas]], [[East Germany]] and [[West Germany]] are admitted to the United Nations.
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Fifi]] strikes Honduras with 110&nbsp;mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Voyager I]] takes the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Soyuz 38]] carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the [[Salyut 6]] space station.
*[[1981]] &ndash; The ''Assemblée Nationale'' votes to abolish [[capital punishment in France]].
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Joe Kittinger]] completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[8888 Uprising]] in Myanmar comes to an end.
*  1988   &ndash; General [[Henri Namphy]], president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a [[September 1988 Haitian coup d'état|coup d'état]] led by General [[Prosper Avril]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/09/19/new-general-installed-following-haitian-coup/1f3f9585-55e9-4e30-bea4-457a07ccd64d/|title=New General Installed Following Haitian Coup|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|author=Julia Preston|date=19 September 1988|accessdate=24 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Liechtenstein]] becomes a member of the United Nations.
*[[1992]] &ndash; An explosion rocks [[Giant Mine]] at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada.
*[[1997]] &ndash; United States media magnate [[Ted Turner]] donates US$1&nbsp;billion to the United Nations.
*  1997   &ndash; The [[Ottawa Treaty|Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention]] is adopted. 
*[[2001]] &ndash; First mailing of [[anthrax]] letters from [[Trenton, New Jersey]] in the [[2001 anthrax attacks]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the [[Saffron Revolution]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; The [[2011 Sikkim earthquake]] is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
*[[2014]] &ndash; Scotland [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|votes against]] independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
*[[2015]] &ndash; Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan [[2015 Camp Badaber attack|attack]] on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.
*[[2016]] &ndash; The [[2016 Uri attack]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir, India]] by terrorist group [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]] results in the deaths of nineteen Indian Army soldiers and all four attackers.

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 53]] &ndash; [[Trajan]], Roman emperor (d. 117)<ref>{{cite book|author=Julian Bennett|title=Trajan: Optimus Princeps|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vXuFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT43|date= 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-134-70913-7|pages=43}}</ref>
* [[524]] &ndash; [[Kan Bahlam I]], ruler of [[Palenque]] (d. 583)
*[[1091]] &ndash; [[Andronikos Komnenos (son of Alexios I)|Andronikos Komnenos]], Byzantine prince and general (d. 1130/31)
*[[1344]] &ndash; [[Marie of France, Duchess of Bar]] (d. 1404)
*[[1434]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress]] (d. 1467)
*[[1501]] &ndash; [[Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford]] (d. 1563)
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Haydar Mirza Safavi]], Safavid prince (d. 1576)
*[[1587]] &ndash; [[Francesca Caccini]], Italian singer-songwriter and [[lute]] player (d. 1640)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jane M. Bowers|author2=Judith Tick|title=Women Making Music: The Western Art Tradition, 1150–1950|url=https://archive.org/details/womenmakingmusic00bowe|url-access=registration|year=1987|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-01470-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/womenmakingmusic00bowe/page/123 123]}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] &ndash; [[Zhang Xianzhong]], Chinese rebel leader (d. 1647)
*[[1643]] &ndash; [[Gilbert Burnet]], Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (d. 1715)<ref>{{cite book|author=Trevor Royle|title=Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDJdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA49|date=1984|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=978-1-349-07587-4|page=49}}</ref>
*[[1676]] &ndash; [[Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg]] (d. 1733)
*[[1684]] &ndash; [[Johann Gottfried Walther]], German organist and composer (d. 1748)
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Samuel Johnson]], English lexicographer and poet (d. 1784)<ref>{{cite book|author=James Boswell|title=The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mJsEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9|year=1837|publisher=G. Dearborn|page=9}}</ref>
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Ignaz Holzbauer]], Austrian composer and educator (d. 1783)
*[[1733]] &ndash; [[George Read (U.S. statesman)|George Read]], American lawyer and politician, 3rd [[List of Governors of Delaware|Governor of Delaware]] (d. 1798)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa]], Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1791)<ref>{{cite book|author=Russell P. Sebold|title=Tomas de Iriarte|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AKYLVT0DR4AC&pg=PA15|year=1961|publisher=Ardent Media|pages=15}}</ref>
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Adrien-Marie Legendre]], French mathematician and theorist (d. 1833)<ref>{{cite book|author=Henk C.A. van Tilborg|title=Fundamentals of Cryptology: A Professional Reference and Interactive Tutorial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T8JzF0qKPFMC&pg=PA446|date=1999|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-7923-8675-9|pages=446}}</ref>
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory XVI]] (d. 1846)
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[Joseph Story]], American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1845)
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Christian VIII of Denmark]] (d. 1848)<ref>{{cite book|author1=George Hooker Colton|author2=James Davenport Whelpley|title=The American Whig Review ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vd5PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA323|year=1848|publisher=Wiley and Putnam|pages=323}}</ref>
*  1786   &ndash; [[Justinus Kerner]], German poet and author (d. 1862)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Herschel Vespasian Johnson]], American lawyer and politician, 41st [[Governor of Georgia]] (d. 1880)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Léon Foucault]], French physicist and academic (d. 1868)<ref>{{cite book|title=American Literary Gazette and Publishers Circular|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bvko8iqV-NkC&pg=RA3-PA2|year=1867|publisher=G. W. Childs|page=3}}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos]], Portuguese archbishop (d. 1880)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Anton Mauve]], Dutch painter and educator (d. 1888)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Sillevis|author2=Anne Tabak|title=The Hague School Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HThHAQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Antique Collectors Club Limited|isbn=978-90-400-9037-0|page=287}}</ref>
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Cassius Marcellus Coolidge]], American artist (d. 1934)<ref>{{cite book|first=Gardner|last= Fredrickson|title=Poker Dogs: The Life and Work of C. M. Coolidge| year=2006|publisher=Writers' Collective|isbn=978-1594110382}}</ref>
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Richard With]], Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded [[Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab]] (d. 1930)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Francis Grierson]], English-American pianist and composer (d. 1927)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[John Hessin Clarke]], American lawyer and judge (d. 1945)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Kate Booth]], English [[Salvation Army]] officer (d. 1955)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[John L. Bates]], American lawyer and politician, 41st [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1946)
*  1859   &ndash; [[Lincoln Loy McCandless]], American businessman and politician (d. 1940)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Alberto Franchetti]], Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1942)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Clark Wissler]], American anthropologist, author, and educator (d. 1947)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Carl Friedberg]], German-Italian pianist and educator (d. 1955)
*  1872   &ndash; [[Adolf Schmal]], Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Tomás Burgos]], Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[James Scullin]], Australian journalist and politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1953)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[James O. Richardson]], American admiral (d. 1974)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners]], English composer, painter, and author (d. 1950)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Uzeyir Hajibeyov]], Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (d. 1948)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Powel Crosley Jr.]], American entrepreneur (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite book|title=Crosley: Two Brothers and a Business Empire that Transformed the Nation|isbn=978-1-57860-291-9|author=Banks, Michael A.|author2=David Stern|author3=and Rusty McClure|publisher=Clerisy Press|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|year=2006|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/crosleytwobrothe00mccl}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Grey Owl]], English-Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 1938)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Toni Wolff]], Swiss psychologist and author (d. 1953)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Doris Blackburn]], Australian activist and politician (d. 1970)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Leslie Morshead]], Australian general, businessman, and educator (d. 1959)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Rafael Pérez y Pérez]], Spanish author (d. 1984)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Arthur Benjamin]], Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
*  1893   &ndash; [[William March]], American soldier and author (d. 1954)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Fay Compton]], English actress (d. 1978)<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Billington|title=Stage and Screen Lives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5DBaAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-860407-5|page=67}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Jean Batmale]], French footballer and manager (d. 1973)
*  1895   &ndash; [[John Diefenbaker]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. 1979)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Walter Koch (astrologer)|Walter Koch]], German astrologer and author (d. 1970)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Tomoji Tanabe]], Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Pablo Sorozábal]], Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1988)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Willis Laurence James]], American violinist and educator (d. 1966)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Seewoosagur Ramgoolam]], Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Mauritius]] (d. 1985)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Harold Clurman]], American director and producer (d. 1980)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Bun Cook]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)
*  1904   &ndash; [[José de Rivera]], American soldier and sculptor (d. 1985)
*  1904   &ndash; [[David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles]], English businessman and politician, [[Secretary of State for Education]] (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Charles Roger Dod|author2=Robert Phipps Dod|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2GWIAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|page=126}}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Eddie "Rochester" Anderson]], American actor (d. 1977)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Agnes de Mille]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Greta Garbo]], Swedish-American actress (d. 1990)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Sven Broman|author2=Greta Garbo|title=Conversations with Greta Garbo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TfiYWR_yeEgC|year=1992|publisher=G.K. Hall|isbn=978-0-8161-5586-6|page=42}}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Kaka Hathrasi]], Indian poet and author (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite book|author=Badlu Ram Gupta|title=The Aggarwals: A Socio-economic Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rc0tAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=S. Chand|page=85|isbn=9780883867150}}</ref>
*  1906   &ndash; [[Maurice Maillot]], French actor (d. 1968) 
*  1906   &ndash; [[Julio Rosales]], Filipino cardinal (d. 1983)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exMsAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-1094-1|page=158}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Leon Askin]], Austrian actor (d. 2005)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Edwin McMillan]], American physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1991)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Victor Ambartsumian]], Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1996)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Josef Tal]], Israeli pianist and composer (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite book|author=Darryl Lyman|title=Great Jews in Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQkwAQAAIAAJ|year=1986|publisher=J. David Publishers|isbn=978-0-8246-0315-1|page=311}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Syd Howe]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[María de la Cruz]], Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Jack Cardiff]], English director, cinematographer, and photographer (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite book|author=James Monaco|title=The Encyclopedia of Film|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaoffi00mona|url-access=registration|year=1991|publisher=Perigee Books|isbn=978-0-399-51604-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaoffi00mona/page/96 96]}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Rossano Brazzi]], Italian actor (d. 1994)<ref>{{cite book|author=Robyn Karney|title=The Movie Stars Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKGeUPmWIlkC|year=1984|publisher=Crescent Books|isbn=978-0-517-43736-0|page=160}}</ref>
*  1916   &ndash; [[John Jacob Rhodes]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[June Foray]], American actress and voice artist (d. 2017)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Phil Taylor (footballer, born 1917)|Phil Taylor]], English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Francis Parker Yockey]], American lawyer and philosopher (d. 1960)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke|title=Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xaiaM77s6N4C&pg=PA75|date= 2003|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-3155-0|pages=75}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Johnny Mantz]], American race car driver (d. 1972)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Henry Wittenberg]], American wrestler (d. 2010)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Wittenberg |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/60801 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=22 March 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Tommy Hunter (fiddler)|Tommy Hunter]], American fiddler (d. 1993)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Jack Warden]], American actor (d. 2006)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Hank Bagby]], American saxophonist (d. 1993)<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPS7-12L "California Death Index, 1940–1997"]. [[FamilySearch]]. Retrieved April 9, 2021.</ref>
*  1922   &ndash; [[Grayson Hall]], American actress (d. 1985)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Ray Steadman-Allen]], English composer (d. 2014)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Queen Anne of Romania]] (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOJwAAAAIAAJ&q=historical+order | title=Monarchs-in-Waiting | publisher=Dodd, Mead & Co. | author= Walter Curley | author-link= Walter Curley | year=1973 | location=Cornwall, NY | page= 77 | isbn=0-396-06840-5}}</ref>
*  1923   &ndash; [[Al Quie]], American politician, 35th [[Governor of Minnesota]] (d. 2023)<ref name="startribune1">{{cite web | url=https://www.startribune.com/former-minnesota-gov-al-quie-dies-at-age-99/600298294/ | author=Emma Nelson | date=August 19, 2023 | website=Minneapolis Star Tribune | title=Former Minnesota Governor Al Quie Dies at Age 99}}</ref>
*  1923   &ndash; [[Peter Smithson]], English architect, co-designed [[Robin Hood Gardens]] (d. 2003)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Bertha Wilson]], Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th [[List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada|Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada]] (d. 2007)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[J. D. Tippit]], American police officer (d. 1963)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Eloísa Mafalda]], Brazilian actress (d. 2018)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Harvey Haddix]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Dorothy Wedderburn]], English economist and academic (d. 2012)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Bud Greenspan]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 18: Anna Deavere Smith, James Marsden |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/18/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-18-Anna-Deavere-Smith-James-Marsden/3751663430988/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=16 September 2023 |date=18 September 2022}}</ref>
*  1926   &ndash; [[Joe Kubert]], American author and illustrator, founded [[The Kubert School]] (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Graphic Artists|url=https://archive.org/details/contemporarygrap00horn|url-access=registration|year=1986|publisher=Gale Research Company|isbn=978-0-8103-2189-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/contemporarygrap00horn/page/164 164]}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Phyllis Kirk]], American actress (d. 2006)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden]], English politician (d. 2018)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Teddi King]], American singer (d. 1977)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Nancy Littlefield]], American director and producer (d. 2007)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[John Tolos]], Greek-Canadian wrestler (d. 2009)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Julio Grondona]], Argentinian businessman (d. 2014)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Nikolay Rukavishnikov]], Russian physicist and astronaut (d. 2002)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Bob Bennett (politician)|Bob Bennett]], American soldier and politician (d. 2016)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Robert Blake (actor)|Robert Blake]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2023)<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*  1933   &ndash; [[Scotty Bowman]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1933   &ndash; [[Mark di Suvero]], Italian-American sculptor
*  1933   &ndash; [[Leonid Kharitonov (singer)|Leonid Kharitonov]], Russian actor and singer (d. 2017)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Christopher Ricks]], English scholar and critic
*  1933   &ndash; [[Charles Roach]], Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2012)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Fred Willard]], American actor and comedian (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/arts/television/fred-willard-dead.amp.html|title=Fred Willard, Who Played Characters 'Gloriously Out of Their Depth,' Dies at 86|website=The New York Times|author=Anita Gates|date=16 May 2020 |access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Peter Clarke (cartoonist)|Peter Clarke]], English cartoonist (d. 2012)
*  1935   &ndash; [[John Spencer (snooker player)|John Spencer]], English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2006)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Big Tom]], Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Ralph Backstrom]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach  (d. 2021)<ref name="NHL obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/canadiens-ralph-backstrom-dies-at-83/c-321195750|title=Backstrom dies at 83, won Stanley Cup six times with Canadiens|last=Stubbs|first=Dave|date=February 7, 2021|publisher=NHL.com|access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>
*  1937   &ndash; [[Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri]], South African politician (d. 2009)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sabinetlaw.co.za/dr-ivy-matsepe-casaburri|title=Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri|website=www.sabinetlaw.co.za|language=en|access-date=2018-02-19|archive-date=2018-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918193948/http://www.sabinetlaw.co.za/dr-ivy-matsepe-casaburri|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Billy Robinson]], English-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2014)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Gerry Harvey]], Australian businessman, co-founded [[Harvey Norman]]
*  1939   &ndash; [[Jorge Sampaio]], Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th [[President of Portugal]] (d. 2021)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Jan Camiel Willems]], Belgian mathematician and theorist (d. 2013)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Frankie Avalon]], American singer and actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 18, 2022 includes celebrities Jason Sudeikis, Jada Pinkett Smith |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-18-2022-includes-celebrities-jason-sudeikis-jada-pinkett-smith.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=16 September 2023 |date=18 September 2022}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Şenes Erzik]], Turkish businessman
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]], American singer-songwriter
*  1944   &ndash; [[Rocío Jurado]], Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Charles L. Veach]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[P. F. Sloan]], American singer-songwriter and producer  (d. 2015)
*  1945   &ndash; [[John McAfee]], British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded [[McAfee]] (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite news |first=Glenn |last=Rifkin |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-mcafee-dead/2021/06/23/912f66ce-9ac8-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html |title=John McAfee, software entrepreneur with outlaw persona, dies in prison at 75 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 23, 2021 |access-date=June 24, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Benjamín Brea]], Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (d. 2014)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Nicholas Clay]], English actor (d. 2000)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Kelvin Coe]], Australian ballet dancer (d. 1992)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Meredith Oakes]], Australian-English playwright, translator, and educator
*  1946   &ndash; [[Gailard Sartain]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Everett |first1=Dianna |url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=SA030 |title=Sartan, Gailard Lee, Jr. (1946– ). |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society |access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Russ Abbot]], English comedian, actor, and singer
*  1947   &ndash; [[Drew Gilpin Faust]], American historian and academic
*  1947   &ndash; [[Giancarlo Minardi]], Italian businessman, founded the [[Minardi|Minardi Racing Team]] 
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Lynn Abbey]], American computer programmer and author
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Beth Grant]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*  1949   &ndash; [[Kerry Livgren]], American guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*  1949   &ndash; [[Mo Mowlam]], English academic and politician, [[Minister for the Cabinet Office]] (d. 2005)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Peter Shilton]], English footballer and manager
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Siobhan Davies]], English dancer and choreographer
*  1950   &ndash; [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], Indian actor (d. 2009)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Chris Heister]], Swedish politician, [[Governor of Stockholm County]]
*  1950   &ndash; [[Darryl Sittler]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1950   &ndash; [[Anna Deavere Smith]], American actress and playwright<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Ben Carson]], American neurosurgeon, author, and politician<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Dee Dee Ramone]], American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2002)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Tony Scott (baseball)|Tony Scott]], American baseball player and coach
*  1951   &ndash; [[Darryl Stingley]], American football player and scout (d. 2007)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Marc Surer]], Swiss racing driver and sportscaster
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos]], Greek politician
*  1952   &ndash; [[Rick Pitino]], American basketball player and coach<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Carl Jackson]], American singer-songwriter and producer
*  1953   &ndash; [[John McGlinn]], American conductor and historian (d. 2009)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Murtaza Bhutto]], Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Takao Doi]], Japanese engineer and astronaut<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=John |title=Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East |date=2019 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783030045340 |page=63}}</ref>
*  1954   &ndash; [[Dennis Johnson]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2007)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Steven Pinker]], Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
*  1954   &ndash; [[Tommy Tuberville]], American football player, coach, and Senator
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Paul Butler (bishop)|Paul Butler]], English bishop
*  1955   &ndash; [[Keith Morris]], American singer-songwriter 
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Chris Hedges]], American journalist and author<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Peter Šťastný]], Slovak ice hockey player and politician
*  1956   &ndash; [[Anant Gadgil]], Indian politician<ref>{{cite book |last1=Joshi |first1=P.K. |title=Gadgil Kulavruttanta |trans-title=The Gadgil Family Genealogy Almanac |date=1989 |location=[[Pune]] |language=mr |pages=217}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[John Aldridge]], English-Irish footballer and manager
*  1958   &ndash; [[Jeff Bostic]], American football player and commentator<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Bostic |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/6860 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1958   &ndash; [[Winston Davis]], Vincentian cricketer
*  1958   &ndash; [[Malcolm Press]], English ecologist and academic
*  1958   &ndash; [[Derek Pringle]], Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Ian Arkwright]], English footballer
*  1959   &ndash; [[Mark Romanek]], American director and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*  1959   &ndash; [[Ryne Sandberg]], American baseball player, coach, and manager<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Stephen Flaherty]], American composer
*  1960   &ndash; [[Carolyn Harris (politician)|Carolyn Harris]], British politician
*  1960   &ndash; [[Ian Lucas]], English lawyer and politician
*  1960   &ndash; [[Blue Panther]], Mexican wrestler
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[James Gandolfini]], American actor and producer (d. 2013)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1961   &ndash; [[Konstantin Kakanias]], Greek-American painter and illustrator
*  1961   &ndash; [[Mark Olson (musician)|Mark Olson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref>  
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Joanne Catherall]], English singer<ref name="AP"></ref>  
*  1962   &ndash; [[John Fashanu]], English footballer and manager
*  1962   &ndash; [[John Mann (musician)|John Mann]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2019)
*  1962   &ndash; [[Aden Ridgeway]], Australian public servant and politician
*  1962   &ndash; [[Boris Said]], American race car driver
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Jens Henschel]], German footballer
*  1964   &ndash; [[Marco Masini]], Italian singer-songwriter
*  1964   &ndash; [[Holly Robinson Peete]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1964   &ndash; [[Steffen Peters]], German-American equestrian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steffen Peters |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12560 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=19 March 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Tom Chorske]], American ice hockey player and sportscaster
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Tara Fitzgerald]], English actress
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Toni Kukoč]], Croatian basketball player 
*  1968   &ndash; [[Upendra Rao]], Indian actor, director, and politician
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Brad Beven]], Australian triathlete
*  1969   &ndash; [[Cappadonna]], American rapper
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Darren Gough]], English cricketer
*  1970   &ndash; [[Aisha Tyler]], American actress, television host, and author<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Lance Armstrong]], American cyclist<ref>{{cite web |title=Lance Armstrong, Biography, Tour de France, Doping, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lance-Armstrong |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Anna Netrebko]], Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
*  1971   &ndash; [[Jada Pinkett Smith]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Jada Pinkett Smith Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Jada-Pinkett-Smith |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Brigitte Becue]], Belgian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Brigitte Becue – Olympic Swimming {{!}} Belgium |url=https://www.olympic.org/brigitte-becue |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=18 September 2020 |language=en |date=16 June 2016}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Adam Cohen (musician)|Adam Cohen]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1972   &ndash; [[David Jefferies]], English motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
*  1972   &ndash; [[Iain Stewart (politician)|Iain Stewart]], Scottish accountant and politician
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Paul Brousseau]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1973   &ndash; [[Mário Jardel]], Brazilian footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Aitor Karanka]], Spanish footballer and manager
*  1973   &ndash; [[James Marsden]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*  1973   &ndash; [[Louise Sauvage]], Australian wheelchair racer<ref>{{cite web |title=Louise Sauvage OAM |url=http://www.nswis.com.au/Athletes/Featured_Athletes/Louise_Sauvage_OAM.aspx |publisher=New South Wales Institute of Sport |access-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912090512/http://www.nswis.com.au/Athletes/Featured_Athletes/Louise_Sauvage_OAM.aspx |archive-date=12 September 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Mark Shuttleworth]], South African-English businessman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp4/taxi4/shuttleworth.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020204004443/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp4/taxi4/shuttleworth.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2002|title=International Space Station: Soyuz 3 Taxi Flight Crew: Mark Richard Shuttleworth|access-date=2 September 2012|date=4 April 2004}}</ref> 
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Sol Campbell]], English footballer and politician
*  1974   &ndash; [[Damon Jones (American football)|Damon Jones]], American football player and coach
*  1974   &ndash; [[Ticha Penicheiro]], Portuguese-American basketball player and agent
*  1974   &ndash; [[Emily Rutherfurd]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Travis Schuldt]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Xzibit]], American rapper, actor, and television host<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Kanstantsin Lukashyk]], Belarusian target shooter
*  1975   &ndash; [[Jason Sudeikis]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*  1975   &ndash; [[Guillermo Vargas]], Costa Rican photographer and painter
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Sophina Brown]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*  1976   &ndash; [[Gabriel Gervais]], Canadian soccer player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Barrett Foa]], American actor, singer, and dancer<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*  1977   &ndash; [[Kieran West]], English rower 
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Billy Eichner]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*  1978   &ndash; [[Iain Lees-Galloway]], New Zealand politician<ref>{{cite web|title=Iain Lees-Galloway|url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/a/9/1/50MP169721-Lees-Galloway-Iain.htm|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|access-date=11 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319202341/http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/a/9/1/50MP169721-Lees-Galloway-Iain.htm|archive-date=19 March 2013}}</ref> 
*  1978   &ndash; [[Augustine Simo]], Cameroonian footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Daniel Aranzubia]], Spanish footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Robert Lynn Pruett|Robert Pruett]], American criminal (d. 2017) 
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Mickey Higham]], English rugby league player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Avi Strool]], Israeli footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Petri Virtanen]], Finnish basketball player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Elke Hanel-Torsch]], Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Mag. Elke Hanel-Torsch |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/30696 |publisher=[[Austrian Parliament]] |access-date=24 October 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}</ref> 
*  1981   &ndash; [[Lasse Kukkonen]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lasse Kukkonen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/lasse-kukkonen-8470743 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Jennifer Tisdale]], American actress and singer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Kristaps Valters]], Latvian basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=LOZ|title=Valters, Kristaps|website=euroleague.net|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Han Ye-seul]], South Korean actress
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Peter Budaj]], Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Budaj |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/peter-budaj-8469514 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Alessandro Cibocchi]], Italian footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Arvydas Eitutavičius]], Lithuanian basketball player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Leono]], Mexican wrestler
*  1982   &ndash; [[Alfredo Talavera]], Mexican footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=175546/index.html|title=Alfredo Talavera|website=FIFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906120032/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=175546/index.html|access-date=March 8, 2021|archive-date=2015-09-06}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Anthony Gonzalez (politician)|Anthony Gonzalez]], American football player and politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=G000588|title=Gonzalez, Anthony|website=Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Travis Outlaw]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Travis Outlaw |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2566/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Dizzee Rascal]], British hip hop musician<ref>{{cite tweet |user=dizzeerascal |number=517249697866850304 |date=1 October 2014 | title=Thanks for all the birthday shouts. My birthday was sept 18th I turned 30 but I'm happy to except any money u wanna send! Serious lol ;-)}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Mirza Teletović]], Bosnian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mirza Teletovic |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203141/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Seiko Oomori]], Japanese singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|title=大森靖子|url=https://tower.jp/artist/2053095|access-date=11 December 2020|website=[[Tower Records Japan]]|language=ja}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Serge Ibaka]], Congolese-Spanish basketball player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Lewis Holtby]], German footballer
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Patrick Schwarzenegger]], American-Austrian actor and model<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Viktor Hovland]], Norwegian professional golfer <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pgatour.com/player/46717/viktor-hovland/bio |title=Viktor Hovland|website=PGA Tour|access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Christian Pulisic]], American soccer player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63643/Christian_Pulisic.html|title=Christian Pulisic|website=National Football Teams|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Conor Timmins]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conor Timmins |url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/player/conor-timmins-8479982 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]]}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Aidan Gallagher]], American actor and musician<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Jackson Robert Scott]], American actor<ref name="UPI"/>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 96|96]] &ndash; [[Domitian]], Roman emperor (b. AD 51)
*[[AD 411|411]] &ndash; [[Constantine III (Western Roman emperor)|Constantine III]], Roman usurper 
* [[869]] &ndash; [[Wenilo (archbishop of Rouen)|Wenilo]], Frankish archbishop
* [[887]] &ndash; [[Pietro I Candiano]], doge of Venice (b. 842)
* [[893]] &ndash; [[Zhang Xiong]], Chinese warlord 
* [[958]] &ndash; [[Liu Sheng (Southern Han)|Liu Sheng]], Chinese emperor (b. 920)
*[[1137]] &ndash; [[Eric II of Denmark|Eric II]], king of Denmark
*[[1180]] &ndash; [[Louis VII of France|Louis VII]], king of France (b. 1120)
*[[1261]] &ndash; [[Konrad von Hochstaden]], archbishop of Cologne
*[[1302]] &ndash; [[Eudokia Palaiologina]], empress of Trebizond (b. c. 1265)
*[[1345]] &ndash; [[Andrew, Duke of Calabria]] (b. 1327)
*[[1361]] &ndash; [[Louis V, Duke of Bavaria|Louis V]], duke of Bavaria (b. 1315)
*[[1385]] &ndash; [[Balša II]], ruler of Zeta
*[[1443]] &ndash; [[Lewis of Luxembourg]], archbishop of Rouen 
*[[1598]] &ndash; [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1536)
===1601–1900===
*[[1630]] &ndash; [[Melchior Klesl]], Austrian cardinal (b. 1552)
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. 1604)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles III (or IV) {{!}} duke of Lorraine [1604–1675] |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-III-duke-of-Lorraine-1604-1675 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Matthew Prior]], English poet, politician, and diplomat, [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to France|British Ambassador to France]] (b. 1664)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[André Dacier]], French scholar and academic (b. 1651)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Leonhard Euler]], Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1707)
*  1783   &ndash; [[Benjamin Kennicott]], English theologian and scholar (b. 1718)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[August Gottlieb Spangenberg]], German bishop and theologian (b. 1704)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha]], Ottoman politician, 186th [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (b. 1743)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[William Hazlitt]], English philosopher, painter, and critic (b. 1778)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Karol Kurpiński]], Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Joseph Locke]], English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Joseph K. Mansfield]], American general (b. 1803)<ref>{{cite web|title=Joseph K.F. Mansfield|url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/joseph-kf-mansfield|website=Battlefields.org|access-date=September 3, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Charles XV of Sweden]] (b. 1826)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Dion Boucicault]], Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Hippolyte Fizeau]], French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[George MacDonald]], Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Grigore Tocilescu]], Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Pyotr Stolypin]], Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd [[List of heads of government of Russia|Prime Minister of Russia]] (b. 1862)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Susan La Flesche Picotte]], doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] to earn a medical degree
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[F. H. Bradley]], English philosopher and author (b. 1846)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz]], Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Fred Karno]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Robert G. Cole]], American colonel, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1915)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Volin]], Russian anarchist intellectual (b. 1882)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Avrich |first1=Paul |author-link=Paul Avrich |chapter=V.M. Eikhenbaum (Volin): The Man and His Book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/anarchistportrai00avri/page/125 |title=Anarchist Portraits |title-link=Anarchist Portraits |page=134 |date=1988 |language=en |isbn=978-0-691-04753-9 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |oclc=17727270 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Frank Morgan]], American actor (b. 1890)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Gelett Burgess]], American author and poet (b. 1866)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Frances Alda]], New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Charles de Tornaco]], Belgian racing driver (b. 1927)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Adélard Godbout]], Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th [[List of Quebec premiers|Premier of Quebec]] (b. 1892)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Olaf Gulbransson]], Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Péret]], French poet and journalist (b. 1899)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Dag Hammarskjöld]], Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1905)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Therese Neumann]], [[German mystic]] (b. 1898)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Seán O'Casey]], Irish dramatist and memoirist (b. 1880)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[John Cockcroft]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1897)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Franchot Tone]], American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1905)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Jimi Hendrix]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1942)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Amanat Ali Khan]], Pakistani classical singer (b. 1922)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Fairfield Porter]], American painter and critic (b. 1907)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Paul Bernays]], English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (b. 1888)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Katherine Anne Porter]], American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Américo Tomás]], Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th [[President of Portugal]] (b. 1894)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Alan Watt (diplomat)|Alan Watt]], Australian public servant and diplomat, [[List of Australian Ambassadors to Japan|Australian Ambassador to Japan]] (b. 1901)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]], Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th [[Vice President of India]] (b. 1905)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Witherspoon]], American singer (b. 1920)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Charlie Foxx]], American singer and guitarist ([[Inez and Charlie Foxx]]) (b. 1939)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Ernie Coombs]], American-Canadian television host (b. 1927)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Bob Hayes]], American sprinter and football player (b. 1942)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Mauro Ramos]], Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Margita Stefanović]], Serbian keyboard player (b. 1959)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Emil Fackenheim]], German rabbi and philosopher (b. 1916)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Bob Mitchell (British politician)|Bob Mitchell]], English educator and politician (b. 1927)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Norman Cantor]], Canadian-American historian and educator (b. 1929)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Russ Meyer]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Michael Park (co-driver)|Michael Park]], English racing driver (b. 1966)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Clint C. Wilson, Sr.]], American cartoonist (b. 1914)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Edward J. King]], American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (b. 1925)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Pepsi Tate]], Welsh bass player and producer (b. 1965)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Leo de Berardinis]], Italian actor and director (b. 1940)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Mauricio Kagel]], Argentinian-German composer and educator (b. 1931)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Ron Lancaster]], American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1938)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Suicide of Jamey Rodemeyer|Jamey Rodemeyer]], American teenage [[activist]] (b. 1997)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Santiago Carrillo]], Spanish theorist and politician (b. 1915)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Haim Hefer]], Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (b. 1925)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Jack Kralick]], American baseball player (b. 1935)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Steve Sabol]], American director and producer, co-founded [[NFL Films]] (b. 1942)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Veliyam Bharghavan]], Indian politician (b. 1928)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Lindsay Cooper]], English composer, bassoon and oboe player (b. 1951)<ref name=Fordham>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/24/lindsay-cooper |last=Fordham |first=John |title=Lindsay Cooper obituary |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 September 2013| access-date=1 October 2020}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Arthur Lamothe]], French-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ken Norton]], American boxer (b. 1943)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Marcel Reich-Ranicki]], Polish-German author and critic (b. 1920)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Richard C. Sarafian]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Milan Marcetta]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1936)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Earl Ross]], Canadian racing driver (b. 1941)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Hirofumi Uzawa]], Japanese economist and academic (b. 1928)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Kenny Wheeler]], Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Eduardo Bonvallet]], Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1955)
*  2015   &ndash; [[James R. Houck]], American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1940)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Mario Benjamín Menéndez]], Argentinian general and politician (b. 1930)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Afzal Ahsan Randhawa]], Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (b. 1937)
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]], United States Supreme Court justice (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hodgson |first1=Godfrey |title=Ruth Bader Ginsburg obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/19/ruth-bader-ginsburg-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=20 September 2020 |date=19 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Jolidee Matongo]], South African politician, 97th [[Mayor of Johannesburg]] (b. 1975)<ref>{{cite web|title= Joburg mayor killed in car crash |url= https://www.enca.com/news/joburg-mayor-killed-car-crash |work=enca.com |date=18 September 2021}}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; [[Chris Anker Sørensen]], Danish road bicycle racer (b. 1984) <ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-18|title=Former Danish rider Sorensen dies in road accident|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/former-danish-rider-sorensen-dies-road-accident-2021-09-18/|access-date=2021-09-19|website=Reuters|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Brereton C. Jones]], American politician, 58th [[Governor of Kentucky]] (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/271967/former-ky-governor-airdrie-stud-founder-jones-dies|title = Former KY Governor, Airdrie Stud Founder Jones Dies|magazine = [[The Blood-Horse]]|last = Shulman|first = Lenny|date = September 18, 2023|accessdate = September 18, 2023}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – [[Kesaria Abramidze]], Georgian blogger, actress and model (b. 1987)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trans woman killed in Georgia day after anti-LGBT law passed |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0lnpn019xo |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Nick Gravenites]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=September 26, 2024 |title=Nick Gravenites, Mainstay of the San Francisco Rock Scene, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/arts/music/nick-gravenites-dead.html |access-date=September 28, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Salvatore Schillaci]], Italian footballer (b. 1964)<ref>{{cite web | title=Salvatore Schillaci: Italy's World Cup icon dies aged 59 | website=BBC Sport | date=18 September 2024 | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cqlvrp4nylwo | access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Constantius (Theban Legion)]]
** [[Edward Bouverie Pusey]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]])
** [[Eustorgius I]]
** [[Joseph of Cupertino]]
** [[John Macias|Juan Macias]]
** [[Methodius of Olympus]]
** [[Richardis]]
** [[September 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[National Music Day in Azerbaijan|Day of National Music]] ([[Azerbaijan]])
* [[Ryukyuan languages#Status|Island Language Day]] ([[Okinawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]])
* [[Fiestas Patrias (Chile)|National Day]] or ''Dieciocho'' ([[Chile]])
* [[AIDS.gov#External links|National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day]] ([[United States]])
* [[Navy Day]] ([[Croatia]])
* [[World Water Monitoring Day]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=18}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/18 |title=Historical Events on September 18 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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