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Today's Anniversary – Thursday, September 18


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Births

* 1979 Alison Lohman American actress who was born in Palm Springs, California.
* 1976 Ronaldo Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Campeonato Brasileiro club Corinthians.
* 1973 Mark Shuttleworth South African entrepreneur.
* 1971 Lance Armstrong American former professional road racing cyclist.
* 1956 Chris Hedges War journalist and the author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002) and What Every Person Should Know about War (2003).
* 1954 Steven Pinker Prominent Canadian-born American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and popular science writer known for his spirited and wide-ranging advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.
* 1945 John McAfee Founder of McAfee Anti-Virus company and self help author.
* 1917 Francis Parker Yockey American philosopher and polemicist, best known for his neo-Spenglerian book Imperium.
* 1905 Greta Garbo Born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish born actress and Hollywood icon.
* 1895 John Diefenbaker 13th Prime Minister of Canada.
* 1893 William March Born William Edward Campbell, was an American soldier and author, most famous for his novels The Bad Seed and Company K His innovative writing style is characterized by a deep compassion and understanding of suffering.
* 1861 Owen Seaman British writer, journalist and poet.
* 1827 John Townsend Trowbridge Popular American author born in Ogden, New York to Windsor Stone Trowbridge and Rebecca Willey.
* 1819 Leon Foucault French physicist best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation.
* 1779 Joseph Story American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1811 to 1845.
* 1755 Martin Joseph Routh President of Magdalen College from 28 April 1792 until his death.
* 1709 Samuel Johnson British author, linguist and lexicographer.

Deaths

† 2010 Jill Johnston American feminist author and cultural critic.
† 2009 Irving Kristol American columnist, journalist, and writer who was dubbed the "godfather of neoconservatism.
† 1980 Katherine Anne Porter Celebrated American journalist, essayist, short story writer and novelist.
† 1970 Jimi Hendrix Born Johnny Allen Hendrix, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
† 1963 Henry D. Moyle Commonly known as Henry D Moyle, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
† 1961 Dag Hammarskjold Swedish diplomat, the second United Nations Secretary-General, and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
† 1956 Adelard Godbout Quebec agriculturalist and politician.
† 1951 Gelett Burgess American artist, art critic, poet, author and humourist.
† 1939 Gwen John Welsh artist noted especially for her portraits of anonymous female sitters.
† 1924 F. H. Bradley British idealist philosopher.
† 1911 Pyotr Stolypin Served as Nicholas II's Chairman of the Council of Ministers and was Prime Minister of Russia from 1906 to 1911.
† 1905 George MacDonald Scottish author and Christian minister best known for his poetry, fairy tales and fantasy novels.
† 1890 Dion Boucicault Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas.
† 1885 John Campbell Shairp Scottish critic and man of letters.
† 1830 William Hazlitt English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism.
† 1783 Leonhard Euler Swiss mathematician and physicist, considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.
† 1744 Lewis Theobald British textual editor and author, was a landmark figure both in the history of Shakespearean editing and in literary satire.
† 1721 Matthew Prior English poet and diplomat.
† 1180 King of France Louis VII King of France from 1137 until his death.
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