TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Monday, Sept. 18,
the 261st day of 2017. There are 104 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On September 18, 1947, the National Security Act, which created a National Military Establishment and the position of Secretary of Defense, went into effect.
In A.D. 14,
the Roman Senate officially confirmed Tiberius as the second emperor of the Roman Empire, succeeding the late Augustus.
In 1793,
President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol.
In 1810,
Chile made its initial declaration of independence from Spain with the forming of a national junta.
In 1927,
the Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System, later CBS, made its on-air debut with a basic network of 16 radio stations.
In 1931,
an explosion in the Chinese city of Mukden damaged a section of Japanese-owned railway track; Japan, blaming Chinese nationalists, invaded Manchuria the next day.
In 1959,
during his U.S. tour, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited Wall Street, the Empire State Building and the grave of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, Khrushchev called on all countries to disarm.
In 1961,
United Nations SecretaryGeneral Dag Hammarskjold was killed in a plane crash in northern Rhodesia.
In 1970,
rock star Jimi Hendrix died in London at age 27.
In 1975,
newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
In 1981,
a museum honoring former President Gerald R. Ford was dedicated in Grand Rapids, Mich.
In 1987,
the psychological thriller “Fatal Attraction,” starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close, was released by Paramount Pictures.
In 1990,
the city of Atlanta was named the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Today’s Birthdays:
Singer Jimmie Rodgers and actors Robert Blake and Fred Willard are 84. Actor Eddie Jones is 83. Gospel singer Bobby Jones is 79. Singer Frankie Avalon is 77. Actress Beth Grant and rock musician Kerry Livgren are 68. Actress Anna Deavere Smith is 67. The U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson, is 66. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino is 65. College Football Hall of Famer and retired NFL player Billy Sims is 62. Movie director Mark Romanek and Baseball Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg are 58. Alt-countryrock musician Mark Olson is 56. Singer Joanne Catherall (Human League) is 55. Actress Holly Robinson Peete is 53. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ricky Bell (Bell Biv Devoe and New Edition) is 50. Actress Aisha Tyler is 47. Former racing cyclist Lance Armstrong, opera singer Anna Netrebko and actress Jada Pinkett Smith are 46. Actor James Marsden is 44. Actress Emily Rutherfurd and actor Travis Schuldt are 43. Comedian-actor Jason Sudeikis is 42. Actress Sophina Brown is 41. Actor Barrett Foa and talk show co-host Sara Haines (TV: “The View”) are 40. Actress Alison Lohman is 38. Designer Brandon Maxwell is 33. Actors Brandon and Taylor Porter are 24. Country singer Tae Dye (Maddie and Tae) is 22. Actor C.J. Sanders is 21.