September 18th, 1944

Born on September 18th, 1944

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What happened on September 18th, 1944?

September 18th, 1944

World War II: The Battle of Arracourt begins.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arracourt

What else 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.

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

Born on September 18th, 1944

77

Veronica Carlson

English actress (1944–2022)

*September 18th, 1944, Emley †February 27th, 2022, Bluffton

79

Michael Franks

American recording artist; singer and songwriter

*September 18th, 1944, La Jolla

79

Gunther Emmerlich

German opera singer and show presenter (1944–2023)

*September 18th, 1944, Eisenberg †December 19th, 2023, Villa Maria

79

Isabelo Ramírez

Spanish association football player

*September 18th, 1944, Tharsis

79

Jesús Martínez Álvarez

Mexican politician

*September 18th, 1944, Oaxaca de Juárez

79

Ton Anbeek

Dutch writer and dutch language specialist

*September 18th, 1944, Ede

51

Charles L. Veach

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

*September 18th, 1944, Chicago †October 3rd, 1995, Houston

61

Rocío Jurado

Spanish singer and actress (1943-2006)

*September 18th, 1944, Chipiona †June 1st, 2006, Alcobendas

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Who's birthday is on September 18th?

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

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

74

Peter Shilton

English footballer (born 1949)

*September 18th, 1949, Leicester

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

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

84

Greta Garbo

Swedish-American actress (1905–1990)

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

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

75

John McAfee

British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)

*September 18th, 1945, Cinderford †June 23rd, 2021, Centre Penitenciari Brians 2

59

Rachid Taha

Franco-Algerian singer

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

53

Nicholas Clay

British actor (1946-2000)

*September 18th, 1946, Streatham †May 25th, 2000, London

86

Fred Willard

American actor and comedian (1933-2020)

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

73

Shabana Azmi

Indian actress

*September 18th, 1950, Azamgarh

70

P. F. Sloan

American singer and songwriter (1945–2015)

*September 18th, 1945, New York City †November 15th, 2015, Los Angeles

43

Carolin Hingst

German pole vaulter

*September 18th, 1980, Donauwörth

41

Alfredo Talavera

Mexican association football player

*September 18th, 1982, La Barca

43

Adriana Louvier

Mexican actress

*September 18th, 1980, Mexico City

81

Ernestine Jackson

American actress

*September 18th, 1942, Corpus Christi

50

Mark Shuttleworth

South African entrepreneur; second self-funded visitor to the International Space Station

*September 18th, 1973, Welkom

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Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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