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 261st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 5, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 488,376 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 ‘dihectahexacontahenagon’ 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 152 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 4,654 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 18 Historical Events
- 96 –Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
- 1635 –Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria declares war on France.
- 1679 –New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1810 –First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.
- 1851 –First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
- 1914 –World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa.
- 1943 –World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
- 1945 –General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
- 1959 –Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
- 1998 –ICANN is formed.
Who were born on September 18?
- 1894 –Fay Compton, English actress (d. 1978)
- 1933 –Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1942 –Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer.
- 1947 –Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian
- 1948 –Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
- 1960 –Karim Rashid, Egyptian/English industrial designer
- 1962 –John Fashanu, English footballer
- 1963 –John Powell, British composer
- 1978 –Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress
- 1979 –Vinay Rai, Indian actor
Who died on September 18?
- 887 –Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle)
- 1783 –Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (b. 1718)
- 1896 –Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (b. 1819)
- 1905 –George MacDonald, Scottish writer and minister (b. 1824)
- 1951 –Gelett Burgess, American literary humorist (b. 1866)
- 1953 –Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927)
- 1959 –Benjamin Péret, French surrealist author (b. 1899)
- 1964 –Sean O'Casey, Irish writer (b. 1880)
- 1970 –Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. 1942)
- 2006 –Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925)
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