September 18th, 1950

Born on September 18th, 1950

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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, 1950

73

Anna Deavere Smith

American actress, playwright and professor

*September 18th, 1950, Baltimore

73

Shabana Azmi

Indian actress

*September 18th, 1950, Azamgarh

53

Luis Contreras

Hispanic-American character actor (1950-2004)

*September 18th, 1950, Kern County †June 20th, 2004, Burbank

73

Carl Verbraeken

Belgian composer

*September 18th, 1950, Antwerp

59

Vishnuvardhan

Indian actor (1950–2009)

*September 18th, 1950, Mysore †December 30th, 2009, Mysore

73

Empar de Lanuza Hurtado

Spanish writer

*September 18th, 1950, Valencia

73

Darryl Sittler

Canadian ice hockey player

*September 18th, 1950, Kitchener

73

Siobhan Davies

British dancer

*September 18th, 1950, London

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 18th?

74

Peter Shilton

English footballer (born 1949)

*September 18th, 1949, Leicester

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

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

72

Ben Carson

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

*September 18th, 1951, Detroit

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

51

James Gandolfini

American actor (1961–2013)

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

52

Lance Armstrong

Cyclist from the United States

*September 18th, 1971, Plano

59

Rachid Taha

Franco-Algerian singer

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

84

Greta Garbo

Swedish-American actress (1905–1990)

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

72

Javier Barrero

Spanish politician

*September 18th, 1949, Sotillo de la Adrada †May 3rd, 2022, Huelva

74

Beth Grant

American actress

*September 18th, 1949, Gadsden

43

Carolin Hingst

German pole vaulter

*September 18th, 1980, Donauwörth

77

Veronica Carlson

English actress (1944–2022)

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

41

Alfredo Talavera

Mexican association football player

*September 18th, 1982, La Barca

43

Adriana Louvier

Mexican actress

*September 18th, 1980, Mexico City

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

50

Mark Shuttleworth

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

*September 18th, 1973, Welkom

52

Jada Pinkett Smith

American actress (born 1971)

*September 18th, 1971, Baltimore

39

Nina Arianda

American actress

*September 18th, 1984, Manhattan

Same year
Born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

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No: With 365 days 1950 is a normal year and no leap year.

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