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Birthday September 18, 1709 Dr Samuel Johnson, Boswell's tour guide, writer |
Birthday September 18, 1733 George Read, lawyer, signer of Declaration of Independence |
Birthday September 18, 1752 Adrien-Marie Lagendre, mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals |
Birthday September 18, 1779 Joseph Story, US Supreme Court justice |
Birthday September 18, 1819 Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, his pendulum proved earth rotates |
Birthday September 18, 1895 John G Diefenbaker, (P-C), 13th Canadian PM (1957-63) |
Birthday September 18, 1905 Claudette Colbert, in Paris France (Lily Chauchoin) |
Birthday September 18, 1905 Greta Garbo, in Stockholm (Ninotchka, Grand Hotel) |
Birthday September 18, 1905 Eddie Anderson, Actor |
Birthday September 18, 1920 Jack Warden, Actor (Verdict, Brian's Song) |
Birthday September 18, 1930 Phyllis Kirk, in NJ |
Birthday September 18, 1932 Nikolai N Rukavishnikov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 10, 16, 33) |
Birthday September 18, 1933 Robert Blake, Actor (Baretta) |
History September 18, 1634 Anne Hutchinson arrives in the New World |
History September 18, 1755 Fort Ticonderoga NY opened |
History September 18, 1776 Washington reports to Congress on Battle of Harlem Heights |
History September 18, 1793 Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building |
History September 18, 1810 Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) |
History September 18, 1846 The struggling Donner Party sends ahead to California for food |
History September 18, 1851 NY Times starts publishing at 2› a copy |
History September 18, 1862 McClellan lets Lee retreat from Antietam |
History September 18, 1882 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as the Local Security Board) |
History September 18, 1917 Aldous Huxley is hired at Eton |
History September 18, 1918 Battle of Epehy |
History September 18, 1927 the Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air |
History September 18, 1938 Even though they lost a double header Yanks clinch pennant #10 |
History September 18, 1945 MacArthur in Tokyo |
History September 18, 1957 Wagon Train premiers |
History September 18, 1959 A serial killer is executed |
History September 18, 1960 Castro arrives in New York |
History September 18, 1961 Bobby Vee earns a #1 hit with Take Good Care Of My Baby |
History September 18, 1961 Hammarskjold dies in plane crash |
History September 18, 1964 North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration |
History September 18, 1965 Get Smart premiers |
History September 18, 1966 Gemini X is launched |
History September 18, 1969 March Against Death to be held in Washington |
History September 18, 1973 Carter files report on UFO sighting |
History September 18, 1974 Doris Day wins lawsuit |
History September 18, 1975 Patty Hearst captured |
History September 18, 1977 US Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of earth & moon together |
History September 18, 1980 Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station |
History September 18, 1981 Canada mall sets parking-lot record |
History September 18, 1984 Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic |
History September 18, 1987 Accidental poisoning in Brazil |
History September 18, 1996 Clemens strikes out 20, again |