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| September 18th, 2053 (September 18 2053) | Birth | Trajan, Roman Emperor (died in 117) | |
| September 18th, 2007 (September 18 2007) | Event | President General Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president | |
| September 18th, 2007 (September 18 2007) | Event | Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution | |
| September 18th, 2007 (September 18 2007) | Death | Pepsi Tate Bassist from the glam-rock band, tigertailz (born in 1965) | |
| September 18th, 2006 (September 18 2006) | Event | Right wing protesters riot the building of the Hungarian Television in Budapest, Hungary, one day after an audio tape was made public, on which Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany admitted he and his party lied during the 2006 general elections. | |
| September 18th, 2006 (September 18 2006) | Death | Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (born in 1925) | |
| September 18th, 2005 (September 18 2005) | Death | Michael Park, British Rally co-driver (born in 1966) | |
| September 18th, 2004 (September 18 2004) | Death | Norman Cantor, Canadian historian (born in 1929) | |
| September 18th, 2004 (September 18 2004) | Death | Russ Meyer, American film director (born in 1922) | |
| September 18th, 2003 (September 18 2003) | Event | Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in the U.S. | |
| September 18th, 2003 (September 18 2003) | Event | The UK s Local Government Act 2003, repealing Section 28, receives Royal Assent. | |
| September 18th, 2003 (September 18 2003) | Death | Emil Fackenheim, German Holocaust survivor and philosopher (born in 1916) | Philo Quotes |
| September 18th, 2003 (September 18 2003) | Death | Bob Mitchell, British politician (born in 1927) | |
| September 18th, 2002 (September 18 2002) | Event | The body of missing schoolgirl Amanda Dowler is found in Yateley heath in Hampshire, ending a six-month search. | |
| September 18th, 2002 (September 18 2002) | Death | Bob Hayes, American athlete (born in 1942) | |
| September 18th, 2002 (September 18 2002) | Death | Mauro Ramos, Brazilian football player (born in 1930) | |
| September 18th, 2001 (September 18 2001) | Event | First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks. | |
| September 18th, 2001 (September 18 2001) | Death | Ernie Coombs, Canadian entertainer (born in 1927) | |
| September 18th, 1998 (September 18 1998) | Event | ICANN is formed. | |
| September 18th, 1997 (September 18 1997) | Event | U.S. media magnate Ted Turner donates USD $1 billion to the United Nations. | Ted Turner Quotes |
| September 18th, 1997 (September 18 1997) | Event | Voters in Wales vote yes (50.3%) on a referendum on Welsh autonomy. | |
| September 18th, 1997 (September 18 1997) | Death | Jimmy Witherspoon, blues singer (born in 1920) | |
| September 18th, 1996 (September 18 1996) | Event | Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated. | |
| September 18th, 1996 (September 18 1996) | Death | Domitian, Roman Emperor (born in 51) | |
| September 18th, 1994 (September 18 1994) | Death | Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (born in 1954) | |
| September 18th, 1992 (September 18 1992) | Event | An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labour dispute, killing 9 replacement workers. | |
| September 18th, 1991 (September 18 1991) | Event | Yugoslavia began a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities. | |
| September 18th, 1990 (September 18 1990) | Event | Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations. | |
| September 18th, 1989 (September 18 1989) | Event | Hurricane Hugo hits Puerto Rico, killing six. | |
| September 18th, 1988 (September 18 1988) | Event | 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) were killed by the Tatmadaw. | |
| September 18th, 1988 (September 18 1988) | Birth | Annette Obrestad, Norwegian poker player | |
| September 18th, 1987 (September 18 1987) | Event | Ronald Reagan announces joint destruction of nuclear warheads by USA and USSR. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| September 18th, 1986 (September 18 1986) | Birth | Keeley Hazell, British model | |
| September 18th, 1986 (September 18 1986) | Death | Pat Phoenix, English actress (born in 1923) | |
| September 18th, 1984 (September 18 1984) | Event | Joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic. | |
| September 18th, 1984 (September 18 1984) | Birth | Anthony Gonzalez, Professional American Football Player | |
| September 18th, 1983 (September 18 1983) | Birth | Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer | |
| September 18th, 1982 (September 18 1982) | Event | Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon. | |
| September 18th, 1981 (September 18 1981) | Event | Assemblee Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France | |
| September 18th, 1981 (September 18 1981) | Birth | Jennifer Tisdale, American Actress & Model | |
| September 18th, 1980 (September 18 1980) | Event | Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station. | |
| September 18th, 1980 (September 18 1980) | Birth | Charles HedgerA British musician for the band Cradle of Filth | |
| September 18th, 1980 (September 18 1980) | Birth | Avi Strool, Israeli footballer | |
| September 18th, 1980 (September 18 1980) | Birth | Chris Tarrant (footballer), Australian football Player | |
| September 18th, 1980 (September 18 1980) | Death | Katherine Anne Porter, American novelist (born in 1890) | |
| September 18th, 1979 (September 18 1979) | Birth | Alison Lohman, American actress | |
| September 18th, 1979 (September 18 1979) | Birth | Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer | |
| September 18th, 1978 (September 18 1978) | Event | Leaders of Israel and Egypt reach a settlement for the Middle East at Camp David. | |
| September 18th, 1978 (September 18 1978) | Birth | Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Spanish actress | |
| September 18th, 1978 (September 18 1978) | Birth | Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer | |
| September 18th, 1977 (September 18 1977) | Event | Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth & Moon together. | |
| September 18th, 1977 (September 18 1977) | Birth | Li Tie, Chinese footballer | |
| September 18th, 1977 (September 18 1977) | Death | Paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (born in 1888) | |
| September 18th, 1976 (September 18 1976) | Event | Mao Zedong s funeral takes place in Beijing. | Mao Zedong Quotes |
| September 18th, 1975 (September 18 1975) | Event | Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List. | |
| September 18th, 1975 (September 18 1975) | Birth | Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian pistol shooter | |
| September 18th, 1975 (September 18 1975) | Birth | Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian | |
| September 18th, 1975 (September 18 1975) | Birth | "Habacuc" Guillermo Vargas, a Costa Rican artist | |
| September 18th, 1974 (September 18 1974) | Event | Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people. | |
| September 18th, 1974 (September 18 1974) | Birth | Sol Campbell, English footballer | |
| September 18th, 1974 (September 18 1974) | Birth | Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player | |
| September 18th, 1974 (September 18 1974) | Birth | Xzibit, American rapper | |
| September 18th, 1973 (September 18 1973) | Event | East and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations. | |
| September 18th, 1973 (September 18 1973) | Birth | Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| September 18th, 1973 (September 18 1973) | Birth | James Marsden, American actor | |
| September 18th, 1973 (September 18 1973) | Birth | Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi) | |
| September 18th, 1973 (September 18 1973) | Birth | Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur | Mark Shuttleworth Quotes |
| September 18th, 1972 (September 18 1972) | Event | First Ugandans expelled by Idi Amin arrive in the UK. | Idi Amin Quotes |
| September 18th, 1972 (September 18 1972) | Birth | Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer | |
| September 18th, 1972 (September 18 1972) | Birth | David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (died in 2003) | |
| September 18th, 1971 (September 18 1971) | Birth | Lance Armstrong, American cyclist | |
| September 18th, 1971 (September 18 1971) | Birth | Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer | |
| September 18th, 1971 (September 18 1971) | Birth | Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress | |
| September 18th, 1971 (September 18 1971) | Birth | Michael Patrick Walker, American composer and lyricist | |
| September 18th, 1970 (September 18 1970) | Event | Jimi Hendrix dies after choking on his own vomit. | Jimi Hendrix Quotes |
| September 18th, 1970 (September 18 1970) | Birth | Darren Gough, English cricketer | |
| September 18th, 1970 (September 18 1970) | Birth | Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (died in 1993) | |
| September 18th, 1970 (September 18 1970) | Birth | Aisha Tyler, American actress and comedian | |
| September 18th, 1970 (September 18 1970) | Death | Jimi Hendrix, American musician (born in 1942) | Jimi Hendrix Quotes |
| September 18th, 1968 (September 18 1968) | Birth | Toni Kukoc, Croatian basketball player | |
| September 18th, 1968 (September 18 1968) | Birth | Cappadonna, American rapper | |
| September 18th, 1967 (September 18 1967) | Event | Esporte Clube Santo Andre, of Brazil, is founded. | |
| September 18th, 1967 (September 18 1967) | Birth | Ricky Bell, American singer (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe) | Devo Quotes |
| September 18th, 1967 (September 18 1967) | Birth | Tara Fitzgerald, English actress | |
| September 18th, 1967 (September 18 1967) | Death | John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1897) | |
| September 18th, 1964 (September 18 1964) | Event | Constantine II of Greece marries Danish princess Anne-Marie. | |
| September 18th, 1964 (September 18 1964) | Event | North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam. | |
| September 18th, 1964 (September 18 1964) | Birth | Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter | |
| September 18th, 1964 (September 18 1964) | Birth | Holly Robinson Peete, American actress | |
| September 18th, 1964 (September 18 1964) | Death | Clive Bell, English art critic (born in 1881) | |
| September 18th, 1964 (September 18 1964) | Death | Sean O Casey, Irish writer (born in 1880) | |
| September 18th, 1963 (September 18 1963) | Birth | Rob Brettle, British historian | |
| September 18th, 1963 (September 18 1963) | Birth | Jim Pocklington, British racing driver | |
| September 18th, 1962 (September 18 1962) | Event | Rwanda, Burundi and Jamaica admitted to the United Nations. | |
| September 18th, 1962 (September 18 1962) | Birth | Joanne Catherall, English singer | |
| September 18th, 1962 (September 18 1962) | Birth | John Fashanu, English footballer | |
| September 18th, 1962 (September 18 1962) | Birth | Boris Said, American race car driver | |
| September 18th, 1961 (September 18 1961) | Event | U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | Dag Hammarskjold Quotes |
| September 18th, 1961 (September 18 1961) | Birth | James Gandolfini, American actor | |
| September 18th, 1961 (September 18 1961) | Death | Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish United Nations Secretary-General and distinguished economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1905) | Dag Hammarskjold Quotes |
| September 18th, 1960 (September 18 1960) | Event | Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations. | Fidel Castro Quotes |
| September 18th, 1960 (September 18 1960) | Birth | Karim Rashid, Egyptian-English industrial designer | |
| September 18th, 1959 (September 18 1959) | Event | Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit. | |
| September 18th, 1959 (September 18 1959) | Birth | Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player | |
| September 18th, 1959 (September 18 1959) | Birth | Ian Arkwright, English footballer | |
| September 18th, 1959 (September 18 1959) | Birth | Mark Romanek, American filmmaker | |
| September 18th, 1959 (September 18 1959) | Death | Benjamin Peret, French surrealist author | |
| September 18th, 1958 (September 18 1958) | Birth | John Aldridge, Irish footballer | |
| September 18th, 1958 (September 18 1958) | Birth | Don Geronimo, Radio personality of the Don & Mike Show | Geronimo Quotes |
| September 18th, 1956 (September 18 1956) | Birth | Peter Stastny, Slovak ice hockey player | |
| September 18th, 1956 (September 18 1956) | Birth | Chris Hedges, American journalist and author | Chris Hedges Quotes |
| September 18th, 1956 (September 18 1956) | Death | Adelard Godbout, premier of Quebec (born in 1892) | |
| September 18th, 1955 (September 18 1955) | Birth | Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (died in 2006) | |
| September 18th, 1954 (September 18 1954) | Birth | Tommy Tuberville, Auburn Head Football Coach | |
| September 18th, 1954 (September 18 1954) | Birth | Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (died in 1996) | |
| September 18th, 1954 (September 18 1954) | Birth | Takao Doi, Japanese astronaut | |
| September 18th, 1954 (September 18 1954) | Birth | Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (died in 2007) | |
| September 18th, 1953 (September 18 1953) | Birth | Betsy Boze nee: Vogel, American Academic | |
| September 18th, 1953 (September 18 1953) | Death | Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (born in 1927) | |
| September 18th, 1952 (September 18 1952) | Birth | Rick Pitino, American basketball coach | |
| September 18th, 1952 (September 18 1952) | Birth | Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (died in 2002) | |
| September 18th, 1951 (September 18 1951) | Birth | Benjamin Carson, American neurosurgeon | |
| September 18th, 1951 (September 18 1951) | Birth | Darryl Stingley, American football player (died in 2007) | |
| September 18th, 1951 (September 18 1951) | Birth | Marc Surer, Swiss motor racing driver | |
| September 18th, 1950 (September 18 1950) | Birth | Shabana Azmi, Indian actress | |
| September 18th, 1950 (September 18 1950) | Birth | Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| September 18th, 1950 (September 18 1950) | Birth | Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright | |
| September 18th, 1949 (September 18 1949) | Birth | Jim McCrery, American politician | |
| September 18th, 1949 (September 18 1949) | Birth | Mo Mowlam, British politician (died in 2005) | |
| September 18th, 1949 (September 18 1949) | Birth | Peter Shilton, English footballer | |
| September 18th, 1949 (September 18 1949) | Birth | Kerry Livgren, American singer (Kansas) | |
| September 18th, 1949 (September 18 1949) | Death | Frank Morgan, American actor (born in 1890) | |
| September 18th, 1948 (September 18 1948) | Event | Communist Madiun uprising in Dutch Indies. | |
| September 18th, 1948 (September 18 1948) | Event | Margaret Chase Smith becomes the first woman elected to the US Senate without completing another senator s term when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten. | Margaret Chase Smith Quotes |
| September 18th, 1948 (September 18 1948) | Event | Ralph Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator for Palestine and Israel. | |
| September 18th, 1948 (September 18 1948) | Birth | Ken Brett, American baseball player (died in 2003) | |
| September 18th, 1947 (September 18 1947) | Event | The United States Air Force becomes an independent service. | |
| September 18th, 1947 (September 18 1947) | Birth | Giancarlo Minardi, Italian motor racing team boss | |
| September 18th, 1946 (September 18 1946) | Birth | Nicholas Clay, English actor (died in 2000) | |
| September 18th, 1946 (September 18 1946) | Birth | Otis Sistrunk, American football player | |
| September 18th, 1945 (September 18 1945) | Event | Gen. Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo. | Douglas MacArthur Quotes |
| September 18th, 1944 (September 18 1944) | Event | World War II: British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru, 5,600 killed. | |
| September 18th, 1944 (September 18 1944) | Birth | Michael Franks, American musician | |
| September 18th, 1944 (September 18 1944) | Birth | Charles L. Veach, American astronaut (died in 1995) | |
| September 18th, 1944 (September 18 1944) | Birth | Rocio Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (died in 2006) | |
| September 18th, 1944 (September 18 1944) | Death | Robert G. Cole American Paratrooper of the 101st, 502nd division (born in 1915) | |
| September 18th, 1943 (September 18 1943) | Event | World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibor. | |
| September 18th, 1943 (September 18 1943) | Event | World War II: Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews. | |
| September 18th, 1942 (September 18 1942) | Event | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized. | |
| September 18th, 1942 (September 18 1942) | Birth | Alex Stepney, English football goalkeeper | |
| September 18th, 1940 (September 18 1940) | Event | World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani. | |
| September 18th, 1939 (September 18 1939) | Event | World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Moscicki flees to Romania. | |
| September 18th, 1939 (September 18 1939) | Event | William Joyce s first Nazi propaganda broadcast. | |
| September 18th, 1939 (September 18 1939) | Birth | Frankie Avalon, American musician | |
| September 18th, 1939 (September 18 1939) | Birth | Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal | |
| September 18th, 1939 (September 18 1939) | Birth | Fred Willard, American comedian | |
| September 18th, 1939 (September 18 1939) | Death | Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer (born in 1885) | |
| September 18th, 1937 (September 18 1937) | Birth | Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| September 18th, 1935 (September 18 1935) | Birth | John Spencer, English former snooker player (died in 2006) | |
| September 18th, 1934 (September 18 1934) | Event | USSR admitted to League of Nations. | |
| September 18th, 1933 (September 18 1933) | Birth | Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey coach | |
| September 18th, 1933 (September 18 1933) | Birth | Robert Blake, American actor | |
| September 18th, 1933 (September 18 1933) | Birth | Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer | |
| September 18th, 1933 (September 18 1933) | Birth | Robert Foster Bennett, American senator (Utah) | |
| September 18th, 1932 (September 18 1932) | Event | Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the Hollywood sign. | |
| September 18th, 1932 (September 18 1932) | Birth | Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Soviet cosmonaut (died in 2002) | |
| September 18th, 1931 (September 18 1931) | Event | The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria. | |
| September 18th, 1931 (September 18 1931) | Death | Hazrat Babajan, a Baloch Muslim saint (born in c. 1806) | |
| September 18th, 1929 (September 18 1929) | Birth | Nancy Littlefield, American film producer (died in 2007) | |
| September 18th, 1928 (September 18 1928) | Event | Juan de la Cierva makes first autogyro crossing of the English Channel. | |
| September 18th, 1927 (September 18 1927) | Event | Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air. | |
| September 18th, 1927 (September 18 1927) | Birth | Phyllis Kirk, American actress (died in 2006) | |
| September 18th, 1926 (September 18 1926) | Birth | Bud Greenspan, American film producer | |
| September 18th, 1926 (September 18 1926) | Birth | Bob Toski, American golfer | |
| September 18th, 1925 (September 18 1925) | Birth | Harvey Haddix, American baseball player (died in 1994) | |
| September 18th, 1924 (September 18 1924) | Death | Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (born in 1846) | Philo Quotes |
| September 18th, 1923 (September 18 1923) | Birth | Peter Smithson, English architect (died in 2003) | |
| September 18th, 1923 (September 18 1923) | Birth | Queen Anne of Romania | |
| September 18th, 1922 (September 18 1922) | Event | Hungary admitted to League of Nations. | |
| September 18th, 1922 (September 18 1922) | Birth | Grayson Hall, American actress (died in 1985) | |
| September 18th, 1922 (September 18 1922) | Birth | Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer | |
| September 18th, 1920 (September 18 1920) | Birth | Jack Warden, American actor (died in 2006) | |
| September 18th, 1919 (September 18 1919) | Event | The Netherlands gives women the right to vote. | |
| September 18th, 1919 (September 18 1919) | Event | Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros. | |
| September 18th, 1918 (September 18 1918) | Birth | John Berger, English politician | |
| September 18th, 1917 (September 18 1917) | Birth | June Foray, American voice actress | |
| September 18th, 1917 (September 18 1917) | Birth | Francis Parker Yockey, author of Imperium (died in 1960) | Francis Parker Yockey Quotes |
| September 18th, 1916 (September 18 1916) | Birth | Rossano Brazzi, Italian singer and actor (died in 1994) | |
| September 18th, 1916 (September 18 1916) | Birth | John Jacob Rhodes, Jr., American politician and lawyer (died in 2003) | |
| September 18th, 1916 (September 18 1916) | Birth | Frank Bell, British educator (died in 1989) | |
| September 18th, 1914 (September 18 1914) | Event | The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I. | |
| September 18th, 1914 (September 18 1914) | Event | World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa. | |
| September 18th, 1914 (September 18 1914) | Birth | Jack Cardiff, British film director | |
| September 18th, 1912 (September 18 1912) | Birth | Kurt Lotz, German business executive, second postwar CEO of Volkswagen (died in 2005) | |
| September 18th, 1911 (September 18 1911) | Event | Russian Premier Peter Stolypin shot at the Kiev Opera House | |
| September 18th, 1911 (September 18 1911) | Birth | Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 1976) | |
| September 18th, 1911 (September 18 1911) | Death | Pyotr Stolypin, Russian politician (born in 1862) | |
| September 18th, 1910 (September 18 1910) | Event | In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage. | |
| September 18th, 1907 (September 18 1907) | Birth | Leon Askin, Austrian actor (died in 2005) | |
| September 18th, 1907 (September 18 1907) | Birth | Edwin McMillan, Nobel laureate (died in 1991) | |
| September 18th, 1906 (September 18 1906) | Event | A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong. | |
| September 18th, 1905 (September 18 1905) | Birth | Eddie Anderson, American actor (died in 1977) | |
| September 18th, 1905 (September 18 1905) | Birth | Agnes de Mille, American choreographer (died in 1993) | |
| September 18th, 1905 (September 18 1905) | Birth | Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (died in 1990) | |
| September 18th, 1905 (September 18 1905) | Death | George MacDonald, Scottish writer and minister (born in 1824) | George MacDonald Quotes |
| September 18th, 1901 (September 18 1901) | Birth | Harold Clurman, American film producer (died in 1980) | |
| September 18th, 1898 (September 18 1898) | Event | Fashoda IncidentLord Kitchener s ships reach Fashoda, Sudan. | |
| September 18th, 1896 (September 18 1896) | Death | Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (born in 1819) | |
| September 18th, 1895 (September 18 1895) | Event | Booker T Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address. | |
| September 18th, 1895 (September 18 1895) | Event | Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment. | |
| September 18th, 1895 (September 18 1895) | Birth | Tomoji Tanabe, the oldest man in the world as of June 2007 | |
| September 18th, 1895 (September 18 1895) | Birth | John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (died in 1979) | |
| September 18th, 1893 (September 18 1893) | Birth | Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (died in 1960) | |
| September 18th, 1893 (September 18 1893) | Birth | William March, American writer (died in 1954) | William March Quotes |
| September 18th, 1891 (September 18 1891) | Death | William Ferrel, American mathematician (born in 1817) | |
| September 18th, 1889 (September 18 1889) | Birth | Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (died in 1970) | |
| September 18th, 1885 (September 18 1885) | Event | Riots break out in Montreal to protest compulsory smallpox vaccination. | |
| September 18th, 1883 (September 18 1883) | Birth | Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, British composer (died in 1950) | |
| September 18th, 1882 (September 18 1882) | Event | Pacific Stock Exchange opens. | |
| September 18th, 1879 (September 18 1879) | Event | Blackpool Illuminations were switched on for the first time. | |
| September 18th, 1876 (September 18 1876) | Birth | James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (died in 1953) | |
| September 18th, 1875 (September 18 1875) | Birth | Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d.1945) | |
| September 18th, 1873 (September 18 1873) | Event | The Panic of 1873 begins. | |
| September 18th, 1872 (September 18 1872) | Event | King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway. | |
| September 18th, 1872 (September 18 1872) | Death | King Charles XV / Carl IV of Sweden and Norway (born in 1826) | |
| September 18th, 1870 (September 18 1870) | Birth | Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (died in 1947) | |
| September 18th, 1863 (September 18 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga. | |
| September 18th, 1863 (September 18 1863) | Birth | Hermann Kutter, Swiss theologian (died in 1931) | |
| September 18th, 1860 (September 18 1860) | Death | Joseph Locke, English railway builder and civil engineer (born in 1805) | |
| September 18th, 1859 (September 18 1859) | Birth | John L. Bates, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1946) | |
| September 18th, 1859 (September 18 1859) | Birth | Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (died in 1940) | |
| September 18th, 1858 (September 18 1858) | Birth | Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (died in 1955) | William Booth Quotes |
| September 18th, 1857 (September 18 1857) | Birth | John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (died in 1945) | |
| September 18th, 1851 (September 18 1851) | Event | The New-York Daily Times, which will become The New York Times, begins publishing. | |
| September 18th, 1850 (September 18 1850) | Event | The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act. | |
| September 18th, 1838 (September 18 1838) | Event | Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden. | |
| September 18th, 1838 (September 18 1838) | Birth | Anton Mauve, Dutch artist (died in 1888) | |
| September 18th, 1837 (September 18 1837) | Event | Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in New York City, New York. The store was called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium". | |
| September 18th, 1837 (September 18 1837) | Birth | Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (died in 1880) | |
| September 18th, 1830 (September 18 1830) | Death | William Hazlitt, English essayist (born in 1778) | |
| September 18th, 1827 (September 18 1827) | Death | Robert Pollok, Scottish poet (born in 1789) | Robert Pollok Quotes |
| September 18th, 1819 (September 18 1819) | Birth | Leon Foucault, French physicist (died in 1868) | |
| September 18th, 1812 (September 18 1812) | Event | Fire of Moscow (1812) fades down after destroying more than three quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from Petrovsky Palace to Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire. | |
| September 18th, 1812 (September 18 1812) | Birth | Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (died in 1880) | John Herschel Quotes |
| September 18th, 1810 (September 18 1810) | Event | First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it was in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and it is commemorated as such. | |
| September 18th, 1809 (September 18 1809) | Event | Royal Opera House in London opens. | |
| September 18th, 1806 (September 18 1806) | Death | Patrick Cotter O Brien, first known eight-foot-tall person (born in 1760) | |
| September 18th, 1793 (September 18 1793) | Event | The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington. | George Washington Quotes |
| September 18th, 1792 (September 18 1792) | Death | August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German religious leader (born in 1704) | |
| September 18th, 1786 (September 18 1786) | Birth | Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (died in 1848) | |
| September 18th, 1786 (September 18 1786) | Birth | Justinus Kerner, German poet (died in 1862) | |
| September 18th, 1783 (September 18 1783) | Death | Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (born in 1707) | |
| September 18th, 1783 (September 18 1783) | Death | Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (born in 1718) | |
| September 18th, 1779 (September 18 1779) | Birth | Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (died in 1845) | |
| September 18th, 1765 (September 18 1765) | Birth | Pope Gregory XVI (died in 1846) | |
| September 18th, 1759 (September 18 1759) | Event | The British capture Quebec City. | |
| September 18th, 1752 (September 18 1752) | Birth | Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (died in 1833) | |
| September 18th, 1750 (September 18 1750) | Birth | Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (died in 1791) | |
| September 18th, 1739 (September 18 1739) | Event | The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire. | |
| September 18th, 1733 (September 18 1733) | Birth | George Read, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (died in 1798) | |
| September 18th, 1722 (September 18 1722) | Death | Andre Dacier, French classical scholar (born in 1651) | |
| September 18th, 1721 (September 18 1721) | Death | Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (born in 1664) | Matthew Prior Quotes |
| September 18th, 1718 (September 18 1718) | Birth | Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (died in 1783) | |
| September 18th, 1718 (September 18 1718) | Birth | Maria Anna of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine (died in 1744) | |
| September 18th, 1709 (September 18 1709) | Birth | Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (died in 1784) | Samuel Johnson Quotes |
| September 18th, 1684 (September 18 1684) | Birth | Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer (died in 1748) | |
| September 18th, 1679 (September 18 1679) | Event | New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. | |
| September 18th, 1676 (September 18 1676) | Birth | Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Wurttemberg (died in 1733) | |
| September 18th, 1675 (September 18 1675) | Death | Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (born in 1604) | |
| September 18th, 1663 (September 18 1663) | Death | St Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (born in 1603) | |
| September 18th, 1643 (September 18 1643) | Birth | Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (died in 1715) | |
| September 18th, 1635 (September 18 1635) | Event | Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France. | |
| September 18th, 1630 (September 18 1630) | Death | Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (born in 1552) | |
| September 18th, 1598 (September 18 1598) | Death | Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (born in 1536) | |
| September 18th, 1587 (September 18 1587) | Birth | Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (died in circa 1640) | |
| September 18th, 1573 (September 18 1573) | Event | Spanish attack on Alkmaar. | |
| September 18th, 1544 (September 18 1544) | Event | Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign peace treaty (Truce of Crepy-en-Laonnois) | |
| September 18th, 1505 (September 18 1505) | Birth | Maria of Austria, wife of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (died in 1558) | |
| September 18th, 1502 (September 18 1502) | Event | Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage. | Christopher Columbus Quotes |
| September 18th, 1454 (September 18 1454) | Event | In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years War. | |
| September 18th, 1434 (September 18 1434) | Birth | Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (died in 1467) | |
| September 18th, 1344 (September 18 1344) | Birth | Marie Valois, Princess of France (died in 1404) | |
| September 18th, 1180 (September 18 1180) | Event | Philip Augustus becomes king of France. | |
| September 18th, 1180 (September 18 1180) | Death | King Louis VII of France (born in 1120) | |
| September 18th, 0887 (September 18 0887) | Death | Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle) | |
| September 18th, 0324 (September 18 0324) | Event | Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine s sole control over the Roman Empire. | |
