What happened on September 18 ?

53 - Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)

1505 - Maria of Austria, wife of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1558)

1587 - Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)

1643 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1715)

1684 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer (d. 1748)

1709 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784)

1718 - Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (d. 1783)

1733 - George Read, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1798)

1750 - Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (d. 1791)

1752 - Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (d. 1833)

1765 - Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)

1779 - Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1845)

1786 - Justinus Kerner, German poet, medical writer (d. 1862)

1812 - Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (d. 1880)

1819 - Leon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)

1838 - Anton Mauve, Dutch artist (d. 1888)

1857 - John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1945)

1858 - Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1955)

1863 - Hermann Kutter, Swiss theologian (d. 1931)

1870 - Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (d. 1947)

1876 - James Scullin, ninth Prime Minister of Australia (d.1953)

1883 - Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, British composer (d. 1950)

1889 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970)

1893 - Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (d. 1960)

1895 - John Diefenbaker, thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)

1901 - Harold Clurman, American producer and director (d. 1980)

1905 - Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)

1905 - Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)

1905 - Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)

1907 - Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)

1907 - Edwin McMillan, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

1911 - Syd Howe, Canadian hockey player (d. 1976)

1916 - Rossano Brazzi, Italian singer and actor (d. 1994)

1916 - John Jacob Rhodes, Jr., American politician and lawyer (d. 2003)

1917 - June Foray, American voice actress

1917 - Francis Parker Yockey, political philosopher and author of Imperium

1918 - John Berger, English politician

1920 - Jack Warden, American actor

1922 - Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer

1923 - Peter Smithson, English architect (d. 2003)

1925 - Harvey Haddix, baseball player

1926 - Bud Greenspan, American film producer and director

1927 - Bob Toski, American golfer

1928 - Phyllis Kirk, American actress

1932 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut (d. 2002)

1933 - Scotty Bowman, Canadian hockey coach

1933 - Robert Blake, American actor

1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer

1933 - Robert Foster Bennett, American senator (Utah)

1939 - Frankie Avalon, American musician

1939 - Fred Willard, American comedian

1944 - Michael Franks, American musician

1944 - Charles L. Veach, American astronaut

1946 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)

1948 - Ken Brett, baseball player (d. 2003)

1949 - Jim McCrery, American politician

1949 - Mo Mowlam, British politician (d. 2005)

1949 - Peter Shilton, English footballer

1949 - Kerry Livgren, American singer (Kansas)

1950 - Shabana Azmi, Indian actress

1950 - Darryl Sittler, Canadian hockey player

1950 - Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright

1951 - Benjamin Carson, American neurosurgeon

1952 - Rick Pitino, American basketball coach

1952 - Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (d. 2002)

1954 - Takao Doi, Japanese astronaut

1954 - Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)

1956 - Peter Stastny, Slovak ice hockey player

1958 - John Aldridge, Irish footballer

1959 - Ryne Sandberg, baseball player

1959 - Ian Arkwright, English footballer

1961 - James Gandolfini, American actor

1962 - Joanne Catherall, English singer

1963 - Rob Brettle, English historian

1964 - Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter

1964 - Holly Robinson, American actress

1967 - Tara Fitzgerald, English actress

1967 - Ricky Bell, American singer

1968 - Toni Kuko?, Croatian basketball player

1970 - Darren Gough, English cricketer

1971 - Lance Armstrong, American cyclist

1971 - Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer

1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress

1973 - James Marsden, American actor

1973 - Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi)

1973 - Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur

1974 - Sol Campbell, English footballer

1974 - Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player

1975 - Anthony McPartlin, English television presenter

1977 - Li Tie, Chinese footballer

1979 - Alison Lohman, American actress

1986 - Keeley Hazell, British model