September 18
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Art and culture
- 1981 - Memphis Group showcases its first exhibition at the Arc ’74 showroom in Milan.
Births
- 1709 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784)
- 1905 - Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
- 1952 - Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (d. 2002)
Deaths
- 1959 - Benjamin Péret, French surrealist author
- 1961 - Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish United Nations Secretary-General, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1905)
- 1964 - Clive Bell, English art critic (b. 1881)
- 1964 - Sean O'Casey, Irish writer (b. 1880)
- 1967 - John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- 1970 - Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. 1942)
- 1977 - Paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (b. 1888)
- 1980 - Katherine Anne Porter, American novelist
- 1994 - Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (b. 1954)
- 1997 - Jimmy Witherspoon, blues singer (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Ernie Coombs, Canadian entertainer (b. 1927)
- 2002 - Bob Hayes, American athlete (b. 1942)
- 2002 - Mauro Ramos, Brazilian football player (b. 1930)
- 2003 - Emil Fackenheim, German Holocaust survivor and philosopher (b. 1916)
- 2003 - Bob Mitchell, British politician (b. 1927)
- 2004 - Norman Cantor, Canadian historian (b. 1929)
- 2004 - Russ Meyer, American film director (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Michael Park, British Rally co-driver (b. 1966)
Notes
* Symbolist Manifesto * Russ Meyer * Jimi Hendrix * Benjamin Péret * Samuel Johnson * Clive Bell o Benjamin Péret
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