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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 5, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,616 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.
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 133 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 4,289 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 18 Historical Events
- 96 –Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
- 1502 –Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage.
- 1851 –First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
- 1870 –Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
- 1919 –Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
- 1922 –Hungary is admitted to League of Nations.
- 1927 –The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
- 1934 –The USSR is admitted to League of Nations.
- 1977 –Voyager I takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
- 2007 –Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some called the Saffron Revolution.
Who were born on September 18?
- 1750 –Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (d. 1791)
- 1875 –Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
- 1935 –John Spencer, English snooker player (d. 2006)
- 1946 –Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (d. 1992)
- 1946 –Otis Sistrunk, American football player
- 1948 –Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
- 1952 –Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
- 1954 –Tommy Tuberville, American football coach
- 1967 –Tara FitzGerald, English actress
- 1984 –Jack Carpenter, American actor
Who died on September 18?
- 1721 –Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (b. 1664)
- 1827 –Robert Pollok, Scottish poet (b. 1789)
- 1911 –Pyotr Stolypin, Russian politician (b. 1862)
- 1944 –Robert G. Cole American Paratrooper of the 101st, 502nd division (b. 1915)
- 1951 –Gelett Burgess, American literary humorist (b. 1866)
- 1952 –Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian operatic soprano (b. 1879)
- 1959 –Benjamin Péret, French surrealist author (b. 1899)
- 1964 –Clive Bell, English art critic (b. 1881)
- 1970 –Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. 1942)
- 2002 –Bob Hayes, American athlete (b. 1942)
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