September 18th

September 18 is the 262nd day of the year.  There are 104 days remaining until the end of the year.

1437 Farmer uprising in Transylvania results in bloodless revolt

1793 President Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building ... sorry, this is not what I expected

1837 Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is opened for breakfast ... WARNING: Do NOT Google “Tiffany & Young”

1870 Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to Yellowstone---ooh, a 3-way!

1873 Government bond agent Jay Cooke and Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St and a 23 year depression of the US economy

1925 Big Bill Tilden wins 6th straight US tennis championship. More accurately, he won his 6th consecutive championship.

1965 "Get Smart" premieres

1975 Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.

1988 Coup in Haiti. I could only find a picture of a coupe in Haiti.

1990 500 pound Hershey Kiss is displayed in Times Square. Here is a 350-400 pound chocolate kiss that is displayed in a high school yearbook.

2007 Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Burma, starting what some called the Saffron Revolution although it looks more like paprika.

2009 The 72 year run of the soap opera, "The Guiding Light," ends as its final episode is broadcast.

1905 Greta Garbo [Gustafsson], bisexual Swedish icon 

1933 Robert Blake [Michael James Vincenzo Gubitosi], US actor (Our Gang, Baretta)/acquitted murderer 

1937 [Robert] Rod Roddy, maybe gay US actor/radio & tv announcer 

1939 Frankie Avalon, US singer/actor/teen idol 

1946 Nicolas Clay, English actor 

1951 Dee Dee Ramone [Douglas Glenn Colvin], bisexual US musician 

1961 Justin Fashanu, gay English soccer player 

1971 Lance Armstrong [Gunderson], disgraced US cyclist/cancer survivor 

1973 James Marsden, US actor 

1975 Charlie Finn, maybe gay US actor 

1976 Jalil Lespert, French actor 

1978 Daniel Miagany, gay US model 

1981 Aitor Luna, maybe gay Spanish actor 

1986 Billy Marquart, US model 

1961 Dag Hammarskjöld, gay Swedish United Nations Secretary-General and distinguished economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, gets peace without working for it

1970 Jimi Hendrix, US rock guitar legend (Purple Haze), goes all along the watchtower

2007 Pepsi Tate [Huw Justin Smith], Welsh bassist (tigertailz), should’ve had a Dr. Pepper