18 September Deaths

Published : 18 Sep 2018, 16:05

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September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

AD 96 – Domitian, Roman emperor (b. AD 51)
411 – Constantine III, Roman usurper
869 – Wenilo, Frankish archbishop
887 – Pietro I Candiano, doge of Venice (b. 842)
893 – Zhang Xiong, Chinese warlord
958 – Liu Sheng, Chinese emperor (b. 920)
1137 – Eric II, king of Denmark
1180 – Louis VII, king of France (b. 1120)
1261 – Konrad von Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne
1302 – Eudokia Palaiologina, empress of Trebizond (b. c. 1265)
1345 – Andrew, Duke of Calabria (b. 1327)
1361 – Louis V, duke of Bavaria (b. 1315)
1385 – Balša II, ruler of Zeta
1443 – Lewis of Luxembourg, archbishop of Rouen
1598 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyo (b. 1536)
1630 – Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (b. 1552)
1675 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604)
1721 – Matthew Prior, English poet, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1664)
1722 – André Dacier, French scholar and academic (b. 1651)
1783 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1707)
1783 – Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (b. 1718)
1792 – August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (b. 1704)
1812 – Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1743)
1830 – William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (b. 1778)
1857 – Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
1860 – Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
1872 – Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
1890 – Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
1896 – Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
1905 – George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
1909 – Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)
1911 – Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862)
1915 – Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree
1924 – F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (b. 1846)
1939 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
1941 – Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
1944 – Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)
1949 – Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
1951 – Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)
1952 – Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
1953 – Charles de Tornaco, Belgian race car driver (b. 1927)
1956 – Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
1958 – Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)
1959 – Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (b. 1899)
1961 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
1962 – Therese Neumann, German mystic (b. 1898)
1964 – Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (b. 1881)
1964 – Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (b. 1880)
1967 – John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1968 – Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1905)
1970 – Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1942)
1974 – Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (b. 1922)
1975 – Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (b. 1907)
1977 – Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (b. 1888)
1980 – Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890)
1987 – Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
1988 – Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (b. 1901)
1992 – Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (b. 1905)
1997 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (b. 1920)
1998 – Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (b. 1939)
1998 – Kathleen Collins, African-American filmmaker and playwright (b. 1942)
2001 – Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (b. 1927)
2002 – Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (b. 1942)
2002 – Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
2002 – Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (b. 1959)
2003 – Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (b. 1916)
2003 – Bob Mitchell, English educator and politician (b. 1927)
2004 – Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and educator (b. 1929)
2004 – Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2005 – Michael Park, English race car driver (b. 1966)
2005 – Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (b. 1914)
2006 – Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925)
2007 – Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (b. 1965)
2008 – Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (b. 1940)
2008 – Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and educator (b. 1931)
2008 – Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1938)
2012 – Santiago Carrillo, Spanish theorist and politician (b. 1915)
2012 – Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (b. 1925)
2012 – Jack Kralick, American baseball player (b. 1935)
2012 – Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1942)
2013 – Veliyam Bharghavan, Indian politician (b. 1928)
2013 – Lindsay Cooper, English bassoon player and composer (b. 1951)
2013 – Arthur Lamothe, French-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2013 – Ken Norton, American boxer (b. 1943)
2013 – Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (b. 1920)
2013 – Richard C. Sarafian, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2014 – Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1936)
2014 – Earl Ross, Canadian race car driver (b. 1941)
2014 – Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (b. 1928)
2014 – Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
2015 – Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1955)
2015 – James R. Houck, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1940)
2015 – Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1930)
2015 – Marcin Wrona, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1973)
2017 – Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (b. 1937)

Source: wikipedia

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