September 18th, 1881

Born on September 18th, 1881

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 18th?

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 United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld and 15 others on board.

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 deaf janitor 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.

September 18th, 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.

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

Born on September 18th, 1881

73

Eugeni d'Ors

Spanish writer

*September 18th, 1881, Barcelona †September 26th, 1954, Vilanova i la Geltrú

79

Gustav Schwantes

German botanist (1881-1960)

*September 18th, 1881, Bleckede †November 17th, 1960, Hamburg

67

Sydney Anderson

American politician (1881-1948)

*September 18th, 1881, Zumbrota †October 8th, 1948, Minneapolis

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Who's birthday is on September 18th?

84

Greta Garbo

Swedish-American actress (1905–1990)

*September 18th, 1905, Katarina church parish †April 15th, 1990, New York City

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

70

Henry Edwards

British actor, film director (1882-1952)

*September 18th, 1882, Weston-super-Mare †November 2nd, 1952, Chobham

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

74

Peter Shilton

English footballer (born 1949)

*September 18th, 1949, Leicester

52

Lance Armstrong

Cyclist from the United States

*September 18th, 1971, Plano

51

James Gandolfini

American actor (1961–2013)

*September 18th, 1961, Westwood †June 19th, 2013, Rome

72

Ben Carson

United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021

*September 18th, 1951, Detroit

73

Anna Deavere Smith

American actress, playwright and professor

*September 18th, 1950, Baltimore

59

Rachid Taha

Franco-Algerian singer

*September 18th, 1958, Sig †September 12th, 2018, Les Lilas

43

Carolin Hingst

German pole vaulter

*September 18th, 1980, Donauwörth

41

Alfredo Talavera

Mexican association football player

*September 18th, 1982, La Barca

86

Fred Willard

American actor and comedian (1933-2020)

*September 18th, 1933, Cleveland †May 15th, 2020, Los Angeles

86

Vladimir Horowitz

Russian and American pianist

*September 18th, 1903, Kyiv †November 5th, 1989, New York City

43

Adriana Louvier

Mexican actress

*September 18th, 1980, Mexico City

64

Otto Schmidt

Russian and Soviet geophysicist and polar explorer (1891-1956)

*September 18th, 1891, Mogilev †September 7th, 1956, Moscow

83

Bernard Kangro

Estonian writer (1910-1994)

*September 18th, 1910, Antsla Rural Municipality †March 25th, 1994, Lund

88

Agnes de Mille

American dancer and choreographer

*September 18th, 1905, Harlem †October 7th, 1993, New York City

76

Peter Dickel

German organ builder

*September 18th, 1819, Treisbach †June 27th, 1896, Treisbach

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Born in 1881

91

Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)

*October 25th, 1881, Málaga †April 8th, 1973, Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie de Mougins

91

George Alan Thomas

English badminton, chess and tennis player

*June 14th, 1881, Tarabya †July 23rd, 1972, London

88

Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

*August 2nd, 1881, Finchley †February 22nd, 1970, Hammersmith

63

Harry Hillman

American athletics competitor

*September 8th, 1881, Brooklyn †August 9th, 1945, Hanover

49

Anna Pavlova

Russian ballet dancer

*February 12th, 1881, Saint Petersburg †January 23rd, 1931, The Hague

73

Alcide De Gasperi

Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)

*April 3rd, 1881, Pieve Tesino †August 19th, 1954, Borgo Valsugana

81

John XXIII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963 (1881-1963)

*November 25th, 1881, Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII †June 3rd, 1963, Apostolic Palace

73

Alexander Fleming

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)

*August 6th, 1881, Lochfield †March 11th, 1955, London

93

P. G. Wodehouse

English author (1881–1975)

*October 15th, 1881, Guildford †February 14th, 1975, Village of Southampton

64

Béla Bartók

Hungarian composer and pianist

*March 25th, 1881, Sânnicolau Mare †September 26th, 1945, New York City

60

Stefan Zweig

Austrian writer (1881-1942)

*November 28th, 1881, Vienna †February 23rd, 1942, Petrópolis

84

Eleanor Farjeon

English children's writer

*February 13th, 1881, London †June 5th, 1965, Hampstead

77

Roger Martin du Gard

French writer

*March 23rd, 1881, Neuilly-sur-Seine †August 22nd, 1958, Château du Tertre

62

Ulrich von Hassell

German diplomat and resistance fighter against National Socialism (1881–1944)

*November 12th, 1881, Anklam †September 8th, 1944, Plötzensee Prison

76

Clinton Davisson

American physicist (1881-1958)

*October 22nd, 1881, Bloomington †February 1st, 1958, Charlottesville

80

Felix Rütten

German priest, church historian, theologian and historian (1881-1961)

*January 7th, 1881, Kempen †December 18th, 1961, Kempen

76

Irving Langmuir

American chemist and physicist

*January 31st, 1881, Brooklyn †August 16th, 1957, Woods Hole

76

Juan Ramón Jiménez

Spanish poet

*December 23rd, 1881, Moguer †May 29th, 1958, San Juan

77

Cecil B. DeMille

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

*August 12th, 1881, Ashfield †January 21st, 1959, Hollywood

92

Ludwig von Mises

Austrian-American economist

*September 29th, 1881, Lviv †October 10th, 1973, New York City

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Public holidays on September 18th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on September 18th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1881 is a normal year and no leap year.

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