September 18th, 1854

Born on September 18th, 1854

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What happened on September 18th?

September 18th, 1950

Korean War: The Korean People's Army retreated from the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter after six weeks of fighting, marking the farthest that the KPA would advance in the war.

September 18th, 2001

Five letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to various media outlets in the United States.

September 18th, 1961

An aircraft crashed near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia, resulting in the deaths of 16 people, including United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld.

September 18th, 1948

The Australian cricket team's Invincibles tour of England concluded; they had played 34 matches, including five Tests, without defeat.

September 18th, 1918

World War I: The Central Powers' defeat at the Battle of Dobro Pole played a role in the Bulgarian withdrawal from the war and led to the subsequent liberation of Vardar Macedonia.

September 18th, 1895

Daniel David Palmer performed the first chiropractic adjustment on janitor William Harvey Lillard.

September 18th, 1879

The Blackpool Illuminations (example pictured) in the English seaside town of Blackpool were switched on for the first time.

September 18th, 1875

The Indianola hurricane dissipated over Mississippi after killing around eight hundred people in Texas.

September 18th, 1873

Panic of 1873: The American bank Jay Cooke & Company declared bankruptcy, setting off a chain reaction of bank failures.

September 18th, 1870

Nathaniel P. Langford of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition first observed a geyser in the Wyoming Territory erupting at regular intervals, naming it Old Faithful (video featured).

September 18th, 1851

The New York Times, the largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, was founded.

September 18th, 1850

The United States Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, decreeing that all escaped slaves be brought back to their masters.

September 18th, 1809

The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (interior pictured), opened in London after the original was destroyed by fire.

September 18th, 1048

Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Byzantine forces defeated their Seljuk opponents in the flanks of the nocturnal Battle of Kapetron, but learned of their Georgian allies' defeat in the centre the next morning.

September 18th, 0324

Constantine the Great decisively defeated Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire and ending the Tetrarchy.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 18th

Same year
Born in 1854

82

Adolf Erman

German Egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937)

*October 31st, 1854, Berlin †June 26th, 1937, Berlin

61

Paul Ehrlich

Jewish-German physician and scientist

*March 14th, 1854, Strzelin †August 20th, 1915, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

46

Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)

*October 16th, 1854, Dublin †November 30th, 1900, Paris

58

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

*April 29th, 1854, Nancy †July 17th, 1912, Paris

86

Paul Sabatier

French chemist

*November 5th, 1854, Carcassonne †August 14th, 1941, Toulouse

67

Benedict XV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922

*November 21st, 1854, Pegli †January 22nd, 1922, Apostolic Palace

83

William C. White

American Seventh-day Adventist minister (1854–1937)

*August 29th, 1854, Rochester †September 1st, 1937, St. Helena

63

Emil von Behring

German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin

*March 15th, 1854, Ławice †March 31st, 1917, Marburg

86

Louis Marie Cordonnier

French architect (1854–1940)

*July 7th, 1854, Haubourdin †November 20th, 1940, Peyrillac-et-Millac

84

Karl Kautsky

Czech-Austrian Marxist theorist (1854–1938)

*October 16th, 1854, Prague †October 17th, 1938, Amsterdam

78

Helen Nicol

Suffragist, temperance campaigner

*May 29th, 1854, Edinburgh †November 22nd, 1932, Dunedin

87

David Emmanuel

Romanian mathematician

*January 31st, 1854, Bucharest †February 4th, 1941, Bucharest

75

Aletta Jacobs

Dutch physician and feminist, editor (1854–1929)

*February 9th, 1854, Sappemeer †August 10th, 1929, Baarn

76

Charles Algernon Parsons

Inventor of the steam turbine (1854-1931)

*June 13th, 1854, London †February 11th, 1931, Kingston

69

Hertha Ayrton

English engineer, mathematician and inventor (1854-1923)

*April 28th, 1854, Portsea Island †August 23rd, 1923, Lancing

51

Alphonse Allais

French writer and humorist

*October 20th, 1854, Honfleur †October 28th, 1905, Paris

52

Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom

Dutch chemist

*October 24th, 1854, Alkmaar †February 2nd, 1907, Amsterdam

24

Pedro Videla

Chilean surgeon (1854-1879)

*August 14th, 1854, Andacollo †May 21st, 1879, Iquique

78

Juan Gualberto Gómez

Afro-Cuban revolutionary leader in the Cuban War of Independence (1854-1933)

*July 12th, 1854, Matanzas Province †March 5th, 1933, Havana

67

Engelbert Humperdinck

German composer (1854–1921)

*September 1st, 1854, Siegburg †September 27th, 1921, Neustrelitz

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1854 is a normal year and no leap year.

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