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Acontecimientos
- 96Emperor Domitian is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. Nerva is then proclaimed as his successor.
- 324Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
- 1048Battle of Kapetron between a combined Byzantine-Georgian army and a Seljuq army.
- 1066Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands with Tostig Godwinson at the mouth of the Humber River and begins his invasion of England.
- 1180Philip Augustus becomes king of France at the age of fifteen.
- 1454Thirteen Years' War: In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic knights.
- 1544The expedition of Juan Bautista Pastene makes landfall in San Pedro Bay, southern Chile, claiming the territory for Spain.
- 1618The twelfth baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
- 1739The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
- 1759French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
- 1809The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, opens.
- 1810First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only during the Peninsular War in Spain, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.
- 1837Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
- 1838The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
- 1850The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
- 1860Second Opium War: Battle of Zhangjiawan: Now heading towards Beijing after having recently occupied Tianjin, the allied Anglo-French force engages and defeats a larger Qing Chinese army at Zhangjiawan.
- 1860Wars of Italian Unification: Battle of Castelfidardo: Royal Sardinian Army defeats forces of the Papal States, resulting in the conquest of Umbria and Marche by the Kingdom of Italy.
- 1862The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
- 1863American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga begins between Confederate and Union forces. It involves the second highest amount of casualties for any American Civil War battle apart from Gettysburg.
- 1864American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
- 1867The first provincial election for the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly after Canada's Confederation returns a large majority for the Anti-Confederation Party, led by William Annand, who becomes Premier.
- 1867The fourth and current State Constitution of Maryland is ratified by voters.
- 1870During an expedition to the Wyoming Territory, Henry D. Washburn observes and names the Old Faithful Geyser.
- 1873The U.S. bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
- 1882The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
- 1885Five Chinese people were lynched outside of Pierce City in the Idaho Territory of the United States.
- 1898The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
- 1906The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
- 1910In Washington, D.C., George Owen Squier demonstrated the first system to allow multiplexing of telephone transmissions, sending a message between two laboratories of the U.S. Signal Corps.
- 1914The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
- 1915The Saturday Evening Post publishes the short story "Extricating Young Gussie" by P.G. Wodehouse, featuring the first appearance of Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves.
- 1919Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
- 1919In the Netherlands, a law granting full voting rights to women is granted royal assent by Queen Wilhelmina.
- 1921Rif War: In Ajdir, Spanish Morocco, a secessionist group of Berbers led by Abd el-Krim proclaim the Republic of the Rif, in rebellion against the Sultan of Morocco and the Spanish Army. French and Spanish forces suppress the Republic by May 1926.
- 1922The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
- 1924The U.S. ends its military occupation of the Dominican Republic, after invading in May 1916 to force the Dominican government to pay its debts to European creditors.
- 1926A hurricane devastates Miami, Florida, killing 372 people.
- 1927The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
- 1928Juan de la Cierva makes the first Autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
- 1931Imperial Japan instigates the Mukden incident as a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
- 1932The body of actress Peg Entwistle is discovered by police, two days after her suicide by jumping off of the Hollywoodland sign.
- 1934The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
- 1939World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
- 1939World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
- 1941World War II: The Soviet Union introduces conscription for all males between the ages of 16 and 50.
- 1943World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
- 1944World War II: The British submarine torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
- 1944World War II: Operation Market Garden results in the liberation of Eindhoven.
- 1944World War II: The Battle of Arracourt begins.
- 1945General Douglas MacArthur moves his general headquarters from Manila to Tokyo.
- 1947The National Security Act reorganizes the United States government's military and intelligence services.
- 1948Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
- 1948Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
- 1950Korean War: U.S. Eighth Army and United Nations forces break out of the Pusan Perimeter in southeast Korea.
- 1950TV Tupi Difusora, the first television station to broadcast in Brazil, begins transmissions on Channel 3 in São Paulo.
- 1954Finnish president J. K. Paasikivi becomes the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin.
- 1961United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 1962Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
- 1962Aeroflot Flight 213 crashes into a mountain near Chersky Airport, killing 32 people.
- 1964The wedding of Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark takes place in Athens.
- 1964The first television adaptation of Charles Addams's "The Addams Family" premieres on ABC Television.
- 1974Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
- 1980A fuel leak from a Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile at a USAF base near Damascus, Arkansas, results in an explosion in a missile silo, killing one person and injuring 21 others.
- 1988The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
- 1988General Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.
- 1988The Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rectors of 388 institutions of higher learning, to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna.
- 1989An attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled.
- 1990Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
- 1997The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
- 2001First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
- 2007Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
- 2011The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
- 2013A VIA Rail train crashes into a double-decker bus at a train station in Ottawa, Canada, killing six people and injuring 35 others.
- 2014Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
- 2015Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.
- 2016The 2016 Uri attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India by terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed results in the deaths of nineteen Indian Army soldiers and all four attackers.
Nacimientos
- 524Kan Bahlam I, ruler of Palenque (died 583)
- 1091Andronikos Komnenos, Byzantine prince and general (died 1130/31)
- 1344Marie of France, Duchess of Bar (died 1404)
- 1434Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (died 1467)
- 1501Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (died 1563)
- 1554Haydar Mirza Safavi, Safavid prince (died 1576)
- 1587Francesca Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter and lute player (died 1640)
- 1606Zhang Xianzhong, Chinese rebel leader (died 1647)
- 1643Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (died 1715)
- 1676Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (died 1733)
- 1684Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (died 1748)
- 1709Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer and poet (died 1784)
- 1711Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer and educator (died 1783)
- 1733George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (died 1798)
- 1750Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1791)
- 1752Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (died 1833)
- 1765Pope Gregory XVI (died 1846)
- 1779Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1845)
- 1786Christian VIII of Denmark (died 1848)
- 1786Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (died 1862)
- 1812Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (died 1880)
- 1819Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (died 1868)
- 1837Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (died 1880)
- 1838Anton Mauve, Dutch painter and educator (died 1888)
- 1844Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, American artist (died 1934)
- 1846Richard With, Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (died 1930)
- 1848Francis Grierson, English-American pianist and composer (died 1927)
- 1857John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (died 1945)
- 1858Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (died 1955)
- 1859John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1946)
- 1859Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (died 1940)
- 1860Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator (died 1942)
- 1870Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator (died 1947)
- 1872Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator (died 1955)
- 1872Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (died 1919)
- 1875Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (died 1945)
- 1876James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1953)
- 1878James O. Richardson, American admiral (died 1974)
- 1883Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author (died 1950)
- 1883Andre Morize, professor of French literature at Harvard University (died 1957)
- 1885Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (died 1948)
- 1886Powel Crosley Jr., American entrepreneur (died 1961)
- 1888Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (died 1938)
- 1888Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author (died 1953)
- 1889Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician (died 1970)
- 1889Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator (died 1959)
- 1891Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (died 1984)
- 1893Arthur Benjamin, Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)
- 1893William March, American soldier and author (died 1954)
- 1894Fay Compton, English actress (died 1978)
- 1895Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (died 1973)
- 1895John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1979)
- 1895Walter Koch, German astrologer and author (died 1970)
- 1897Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor (died 1988)
- 1900Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (died 1966)
- 1900Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (died 1985)
- 1901Harold Clurman, American director and producer (died 1980)
- 1904Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1988) las demás fuentes: 18 sep 1903
- 1904David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (died 1999)
- 1905Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor (died 1977)
- 1905Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (died 1993)
- 1905Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (died 1990)
- 1906Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet and author (died 1995)
- 1906Maurice Maillot, French actor (died 1968)
- 1906Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (died 1983)
- 1907Leon Askin, Austrian actor (died 2005)
- 1907Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
- 1908Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1996)
- 1910Josef Tal, Israeli pianist and composer (died 2008)
- 1910Joseph F. Enright, American submarine captain in the United States Navy
- 1911Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1976)
- 1912María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (died 1995)
- 1914Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (died 2009)
- 1916Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (died 1994)
- 1916John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (died 2003)
- 1917June Foray, American actress and voice artist (died 2017)
- 1917Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (died 2012)
- 1917Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (died 1960)
- 1918Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (died 1972)
- 1918Henry Wittenberg, American wrestler (died 2010)
- 1920Jack Warden, American actor (died 2006)
- 1922Hank Bagby, American saxophonist (died 1993)
- 1923Queen Anne of Romania (died 2016)
- 1923Al Quie, American politician, 35th Governor of Minnesota (died 2023)
- 1923Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (died 2007)
- 1924J. D. Tippit, American police officer (died 1963)
- 1924Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress (died 2018)
- 1925Dorothy Wedderburn, English economist and academic (died 2012)
- 1926Bud Greenspan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
- 1926Joe Kubert, American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (died 2012)
- 1927Phyllis Kirk, American actress (died 2006)
- 1927Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, English politician (died 2018)
- 1929Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (died 2007)
- 1930John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (died 2009) fecha discutida
- 1931Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (died 2014)
- 1932Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (died 2002)
- 1933Bob Bennett, American soldier and politician (died 2016)
- 1933Robert Blake, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)
- 1933Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1933Leonid Kharitonov, Russian actor and singer (died 2017)
- 1933Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (died 2012)
- 1933Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
- 1933Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (died 2020)
- 1935Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (died 2012)
- 1935John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (died 2006)
- 1936Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
- 1936Ruth Hesse, German mezzo-soprano (died 2024)
- 1937Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2021)
- 1937Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, South African politician (died 2009)
- 1938Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer (died 2014)
- 1939Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
- 1939Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal (died 2021)
- 1940Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor
- 1942Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman
- 1944Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (died 2006) las demás fuentes: 18 sep 1943
- 1944Charles L. Veach, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1995)
- 1945P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
- 1945John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee (died 2021)
- 1946Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (died 2014)
- 1946Nicholas Clay, English actor (died 2000)
- 1946Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (died 1992)
- 1946Gailard Sartain, American actor (died 2025) las demás fuentes: 18 sep 1943
- 1947Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
- 1947Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
- 1948Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
- 1949Beth Grant, American actress
- 1949Kerry Livgren, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1949Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (died 2005)
- 1949Peter Shilton, English footballer and manager
- 1950Siobhan Davies, English dancer and choreographer
- 1950Vishnuvardhan, Indian actor (died 2009)
- 1950Chris Heister, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County
- 1950Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1950Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
- 1951Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon, author, and politician
- 1951Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2002)
- 1951Marc Surer, Swiss racing driver and sportscaster
- 1952Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
- 1952Rick Pitino, American basketball player and coach
- 1954Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (died 1996)
- 1954Takao Doi, Japanese engineer and astronaut
- 1954Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (died 2007)
- 1954Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
- 1954Tommy Tuberville, American football player, coach, and Senator
- 1955Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter
- 1956Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
- 1956Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician
- 1956Anant Gadgil, Indian politician
- 1958John Aldridge, English-Irish footballer and manager
- 1958Jeff Bostic, American football player and commentator
- 1958Winston Davis, Vincentian cricketer
- 1958Derek Pringle, Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist
- 1959Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter
- 1959Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2025)
- 1960Stephen Flaherty, American composer
- 1960Carolyn Harris, British politician
- 1960Ian Lucas, English lawyer and politician
- 1960Blue Panther, Mexican wrestler
- 1961James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (died 2013)
- 1961Konstantin Kakanias, Greek-American painter and illustrator
- 1961Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1962Joanne Catherall, English singer
- 1962John Fashanu, English footballer
- 1964Jens Henschel, German footballer
- 1964Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter
- 1964Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer
- 1964Steffen Peters, German-American equestrian
- 1966Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1967Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
- 1968Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
- 1968Upendra Rao, Indian actor, director, and politician
- 1969Brad Beven, Australian triathlete
- 1969Cappadonna, American rapper
- 1970Darren Gough, English cricketer
- 1970Aisha Tyler, American actress, television host, and author
- 1971Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
- 1971Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
- 1971Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
- 1972Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
- 1972Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (died 2003)
- 1972Iain Stewart, Scottish accountant and politician
- 1973Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973Mário Jardel, Brazilian footballer
- 1973Aitor Karanka, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1973James Marsden, American actor
- 1973Louise Sauvage, Australian wheelchair racer
- 1973Mark Shuttleworth, South African-English businessman
- 1974Sol Campbell, English footballer and politician
- 1974Damon Jones, American football player and coach
- 1974Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese-American basketball player and agent
- 1974Emily Rutherfurd, American actress
- 1974Travis Schuldt, American actor
- 1974Xzibit, American rapper, actor, and television host
- 1975Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter
- 1975Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian
- 1975Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter
- 1976Sophina Brown, American actress
- 1976Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player
- 1976Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
- 1977Barrett Foa, American actor, singer, and dancer
- 1977Kieran West, English rower
- 1978Billy Eichner, American actor and comedian
- 1978Iain Lees-Galloway, New Zealand politician
- 1978Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
- 1979Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
- 1979Robert Pruett, American criminal (died 2017)
- 1980Mickey Higham, English rugby league player
- 1980Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
- 1980Petri Virtanen, Finnish basketball player
- 1981Elke Hanel-Torsch, Austrian politician
- 1981Lasse Kukkonen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1981Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer
- 1981Kristaps Valters, Latvian basketball player
- 1981Han Ye-seul, South Korean actress
- 1982Peter Budaj, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1982Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
- 1982Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1982Leono, Mexican wrestler
- 1982Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer
- 1984Anthony Gonzalez, American football player and politician
- 1984Travis Outlaw, American basketball player
- 1984Dizzee Rascal, British hip hop musician
- 1985Mirza Teletović, Bosnian basketball player
- 1987Marwin Hitz, Swiss footballer
- 1987Seiko Oomori, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1989Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
- 1990Lewis Holtby, German footballer
- 1993Patrick Schwarzenegger, American-Austrian actor and model
- 1995Max Meyer, German footballer
- 1995Matt Targett, English footballer
- 1997Viktor Hovland, Norwegian professional golfer
- 1998Christian Pulisic, American soccer player
- 1998Conor Timmins, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2002Hugo Bueno, Spanish footballer
- 2003Aidan Gallagher, American actor and musician
- 2004Santiago Castro, Argentine footballer
- 2008Jackson Robert Scott, American actor
Fallecimientos
- 96Domitian, Roman emperor (born AD 51)
- 411Constantine III, Roman usurper
- 869Wenilo, Frankish archbishop
- 887Pietro I Candiano, doge of Venice (born 842)
- 893Zhang Xiong, Chinese warlord
- 958Liu Sheng, Chinese emperor (born 920)
- 1137Eric II, king of Denmark
- 1180Louis VII, king of France (born 1120)
- 1261Konrad von Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne juliano y gregoriano
- 1302Eudokia Palaiologina, empress of Trebizond (born c. 1265)
- 1345Andrew, Duke of Calabria (born 1327)
- 1361Louis V, duke of Bavaria (born 1315)
- 1385Balša II, ruler of Zeta
- 1443Lewis of Luxembourg, archbishop of Rouen
- 1598Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyō (born 1536)
- 1630Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (born 1552)
- 1675Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (born 1604)
- 1721Matthew Prior, English poet, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (born 1664)
- 1722André Dacier, French scholar and academic (born 1651)
- 1783Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (born 1707)
- 1783Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (born 1718)
- 1792August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (born 1704)
- 1812Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1743)
- 1830William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (born 1778)
- 1857Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (born 1785)
- 1860Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (born 1805)
- 1862Joseph K. Mansfield, American general (born 1803)
- 1872Charles XV of Sweden (born 1826)
- 1890Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (born 1820)
- 1896Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (born 1819)
- 1905George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (born 1824)
- 1909Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (born 1850)
- 1911Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (born 1862)
- 1915Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree (born 1865)
- 1922Alfons Grotowski, Polish sanitary engineer (born 1833)
- 1924F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (born 1846)
- 1939Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (born 1885)
- 1941Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (born 1866)
- 1944Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1915)
- 1945Volin, Russian anarchist intellectual (born 1882)
- 1949Frank Morgan, American actor (born 1890)
- 1951Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (born 1866)
- 1952Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (born 1879)
- 1953Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (born 1927)
- 1956Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (born 1892)
- 1958Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1873)
- 1959Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (born 1899)
- 1961Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
- 1962Therese Neumann, German mystic (born 1898)
- 1964Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (born 1880)
- 1967John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
- 1968Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1905)
- 1970Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1942)
- 1974Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (born 1922)
- 1975Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (born 1907)
- 1977Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (born 1888)
- 1980Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (born 1890)
- 1987Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (born 1894)
- 1988Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (born 1901)
- 1992Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (born 1905)
- 1997Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (born 1920)
- 1998Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (born 1939) fecha discutida
- 2001Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (born 1927)
- 2002Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (born 1942)
- 2002Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1930)
- 2002Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (born 1959)
- 2003Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (born 1916)
- 2003Bob Mitchell, English educator and politician (born 1927)
- 2004Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and educator (born 1929)
- 2004Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
- 2005Michael Park, English racing driver (born 1966)
- 2005Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (born 1914)
- 2006Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1925)
- 2007Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (born 1965)
- 2008Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (born 1940)
- 2008Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and educator (born 1931)
- 2008Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1938)
- 2011Jamey Rodemeyer, American teenage activist (born 1997)
- 2012Santiago Carrillo, Spanish theorist and politician (born 1915)
- 2012Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (born 1925)
- 2012Jack Kralick, American baseball player (born 1935)
- 2012Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (born 1942)
- 2013Veliyam Bharghavan, Indian politician (born 1928)
- 2013Lindsay Cooper, English composer, bassoon and oboe player (born 1951)
- 2013Arthur Lamothe, French-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
- 2013Ken Norton, American boxer (born 1943)
- 2013Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (born 1920)
- 2013Richard C. Sarafian, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930)
- 2014Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1936)
- 2014Earl Ross, Canadian racing driver (born 1941)
- 2014Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (born 1928)
- 2014Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (born 1930)
- 2015Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (born 1955)
- 2015James R. Houck, American astrophysicist and academic (born 1940)
- 2015Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (born 1930)
- 2017Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (born 1937)
- 2020Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United States Supreme Court justice (born 1933)
- 2021Jolidee Matongo, South African politician, 97th Mayor of Johannesburg (born 1975)
- 2021Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer (born 1984)
- 2023Brereton C. Jones, American politician, 58th Governor of Kentucky (born 1939)
- 2024Kesaria Abramidze, Georgian blogger, actress and model (born 1987)
- 2024Nick Gravenites, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
- 2024Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer (born 1964)
- 2026Stephanie Cole, English actress (born 1941)
- 2026Richard Harrison, American actor (born 1936)
Celebraciones
- Day of National Music (Azerbaijan)
- Island Language Day (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
- National Day or Dieciocho (Chile)
- National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (United States)
- Navy Day (Croatia)
- World Water Monitoring Day
Santoral
- Ariadne of Phrygia
- Constantius (Theban Legion)
- Edward Bouverie Pusey (Episcopal Church)
- Eustorgius I
- Joseph of Cupertino
- Józef Kut
- Methodius of Olympus
- Richardis
- September 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)