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
- 96 - Domitian, Roman Emperor (b. 51)
- 887 - Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle)
- 1180 - King Louis VII of France (b. 1120)
- 1598 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536)
- 1630 - Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (b. 1552)
- 1663 - St Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (b. 1603)
- 1675 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604)
- 1721 - Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (b. 1664)
- 1722 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (b. 1651)
- 1783 - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (b. 1707)
- 1783 - Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (b. 1718)
- 1792 - August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German religious leader (b. 1704)
- 1827 - Robert Pollok, Scottish poet (b. 1789)
- 1830 - William Hazlitt, English essayist (b. 1778)
- 1860 - Joseph Locke, English railway builder and civil engineer (b. 1805)
- 1872 - King Charles XV / Carl IV of Sweden and Norway (b. 1826)
- 1891 - William Ferrel, American mathematician (b. 1817)
- 1896 - Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (b. 1819)
- 1905 - George MacDonald, Scottish writer and minister (b. 1824)
- 1911 - Pyotr Stolypin, Russian politician (b. 1862)
- 1924 - Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (b. 1846)
- 1939 - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
- 1944 - Robert G. Cole American Paratrooper of the 101st, 502nd division (b. 1915)
- 1949 - Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
- 1953 - Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927)
- 1956 - Adélard Godbout, premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
- 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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