What are the important events that happened on September 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 18: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 18 is the 262nd day of the year 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 5, 2016 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 409,488 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectahexacontadigon’ day.
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Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 132 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,367 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 18 Historical Events
- 14 –Tiberius is confirmed as Roman Emperor by the Roman Senate following the natural death of Augustus
- 1812 –The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
- 1906 –A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
- 1914 –The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
- 1914 –World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa.
- 1931 –The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
- 1964 –North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
- 1988 –End of pro-democracy uprisings in Myanmar after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council. Thousands, mostly monks and civilians (primarily students) are killed by the Tatmadaw.
- 1992 –An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing 9 replacement workers.
- 1998 –ICANN is formed.
Who were born on September 18?
- 53 –Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)
- 1733 –George Read, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1798)
- 1888 –Grey Owl, British-born First Nations conservationist (d. 1938)
- 1918 –John Berger, English politician
- 1935 –John Spencer, English snooker player (d. 2006)
- 1944 –Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
- 1962 –John Mann (musician), Canadian rock musician and actor
- 1973 –Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy AmiYumi)
- 1974 –Sol Campbell, English footballer
- 1975 –Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian pistol shooter
Who died on September 18?
- 1663 –St Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (b. 1603)
- 1792 –August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German religious leader (b. 1704)
- 1830 –William Hazlitt, English essayist (b. 1778)
- 1909 –Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folkorist (b. 1850)
- 1931 –Hazrat Babajan, a Baloch Muslim saint (b. c.1806)
- 1959 –Benjamin Péret, French surrealist author (b. 1899)
- 1964 –Clive Bell, English art critic (b. 1881)
- 1986 –Pat Phoenix, English actress (b. 1923)
- 1995 –Oleg Tverdokhleb, Ukrainian athlete (b. 1969)
- 2003 –Emil Fackenheim, German Holocaust survivor and philosopher (b. 1916)
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