18 September
Notable Births
Jackson Robert Scott
b. 2008
American actor (born 2008)
Santiago Castro (footballer, born 2004)
b. 2004
Argentine footballer (born 2004)
Aidan Gallagher
b. 2003
American actor, musician and activist (born 2003)
Hugo Bueno (footballer, born 2002)
b. 2002
Spanish footballer
Christian Pulisic
b. 1998
American soccer player (born 1998)
Viktor Hovland
b. 1997
Norwegian professional golfer (born 1997)
Max Meyer (footballer)
b. 1995
German footballer (born 1995)
Matt Targett
b. 1995
English footballer (born 1995)
Patrick Schwarzenegger
b. 1993
American actor (born 1993)
Lewis Holtby
b. 1990
German footballer (born 1990)
Serge Ibaka
b. 1989
Congolese basketball player (born 1989)
Marwin Hitz
b. 1987
Swiss footballer (born 1987)
Mirza Teletović
b. 1985
Bosnian basketball player (born 1985)
Anthony Gonzalez (politician)
b. 1984
American football player and politician (born 1984)
Travis Outlaw
b. 1984
American basketball player (born 1984)
Dizzee Rascal
b. 1984
British rapper (born 1984)
Peter Budaj
b. 1982
Slovak ice hockey player (born 1982)
Alfredo Talavera
b. 1982
Mexican footballer (born 1982)
Elke Hanel-Torsch
b. 1981
Austrian politician (born 1981)
Lasse Kukkonen
b. 1981
Finnish ice hockey player
Notable Deaths
Kesaria Abramidze
d. 2024
Georgian blogger, actress and model (1987–2024)
Nick Gravenites
d. 2024
American singer-songwriter (1938–2024)
Salvatore Schillaci
d. 2024
Italian footballer (1964–2024)
Brereton C. Jones
d. 2023
American politician (1939–2023)
Jolidee Matongo
d. 2021
South African politician (1975–2021)
Chris Anker Sørensen
d. 2021
Danish road bicycle racer (1984–2021)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
d. 2020
US Supreme Court justice from 1993 to 2020
Eduardo Bonvallet
d. 2015
Chilean footballer (1955-2015)
Mario Benjamín Menéndez
d. 2015
Argentinian military officer (1930–2015)
Hirofumi Uzawa
d. 2014
Japanese economist (1928–2014)
Kenny Wheeler
d. 2014
Canadian composer and musician (1930–2014)
Veliyam Bharghavan
d. 2013
Indian politician
Lindsay Cooper
d. 2013
English bassoon, oboe player and composer (1951–2013)
Ken Norton
d. 2013
American boxer (1943–2013)
Marcel Reich-Ranicki
d. 2013
Polish-born German literary critic (1920–2013)
Santiago Carrillo
d. 2012
Spanish politician (1915–2012)
Haim Hefer
d. 2012
Israeli songwriter and columnist (1925–2012)
Jack Kralick
d. 2012
American baseball player (1935–2012)
Steve Sabol
d. 2012
American filmmaker and founder of NFL Films (1942–2012)
Suicide of Jamey Rodemeyer
d. 2011
Suicide by a bullied American blogger teenager
On This Day in History
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2018
Cannabis is legalized in South Africa, through a ruling of the Constitutional Court.
Cannabis
2017
Toy retail chain Toys "R" Us files for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Canada.
Toys "R" Us
2016
The 2016 Uri attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India by terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed results in the deaths of nineteen Indian Army soldiers and all four attackers.
2016 Uri attack
2015
Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.
2015 Camp Badaber attack
2014
Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
2014 Scottish independence referendum
2011
The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
2011 Sikkim earthquake
2010
Philippe Croizon becomes the first quadruple amputee to swim across the English Channel.
Philippe Croizon
2009
After 72 years on radio and television, CBS Television broadcasts the final episode of Guiding Light, the longest-running soap opera in American history.
CBS
2007
Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
Saffron Revolution
2006
The CW Television Network debuts in the US, following the merger of UPN and The WB.
The CW
2001
First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Anthrax
1997
United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
Ted Turner
1997
The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
Ottawa Treaty
1992
An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada.
Giant Mine
1990
Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
Liechtenstein
1989
An attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled.
1989 Burkina Faso coup attempt
1988
The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
8888 Uprising
1988
General Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.
Henri Namphy
1988
The Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rectors of 388 institutions of higher learning, to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna.
Magna Charta Universitatum
1984
Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
Joseph Kittinger