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On Sept. 18, 1947, the National Security Act, which unified the Army, Navy and newly formed Air Force, went into effect.

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On Sept. 18, 1905, Greta Garbo, the Swedish-born American film icon, was born. Following her death on April 15, 1990, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1759	The French surrendered Quebec to the British.
1793	President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol.
1810	Chile declared its independence from Spain.
1850	Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed slaveowners to reclaim slaves who had escaped to other states.
1851	The first edition of The New York Times was published.
1905	Actress Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
1927	The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (later CBS) debuted with a network of 16 radio stations.
1947	The National Security Act, which unified the Army, Navy and newly formed Air Force into a national military establishment, went into effect.
1970	Rock musician Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose at age 27.
1975	Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
1997	Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse agreed to merge to create the world's biggest accounting firm.
1999	Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs became the first player in major league baseball history to hit 60 home runs in a season twice.
2001	Letters postmarked Trenton, N.J., that later tested positive for anthrax were sent to the New York Post and NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw.
2003	Hurricane Isabel plowed into North Carolina's Outer Banks with 100-mph winds and pushed its way up the Eastern Seaboard; the storm claimed 40 lives.
2009	Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in defiance of Iran's Islamic leadership, clashing with police and confronting state-run anti-Israel rallies.
2009	The final episode of the soap opera "Guiding Light" aired on CBS, ending a 72-year run on radio and TV.

Current Birthdays

Actor James Gandolfini ("The Sopranos") turns 50 years old today.

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Comedian-actor Jason Sudeikis ("Saturday Night Live") turns 36 years old today.

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1933	Robert Bennett, Former U.S. senator R-Utah, turns 78
1933	Robert Blake, Actor ("Baretta"), turns 78
1933	Jimmie Rodgers, Singer, turns 78
1939	Fred Willard, Actor, turns 72
1940	Frankie Avalon, Singer, turns 71
1950	Anna Deavere Smith, Actress, turns 61
1952	Rick Pitino, College basketball coach, turns 59
1959	Ryne Sandberg, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 52
1964	Holly Robinson Peete, Actress, turns 47
1970	Aisha Tyler, Actress ("Ghost Whisperer"), turns 41
1971	Jada Pinkett Smith, Actress, turns 40
1973	James Marsden, Actor, turns 38
1979	Alison Lohman, Actress, turns 32

Historic Birthdays

Greta Garbo9/18/1905 - 4/15/1990Swedish-born American film star of silent and talking movies.Go to obituary »

75	Samuel Johnson 9/18/1709 - 12/13/1784 English critic, biographer, essayist and poet
65	Joseph Story 9/18/1779 - 9/10/1845 American associate justice of the U. S. Supreme Court (1811-45)
48	Jean-Bernard Foucault 9/18/1819 - 2/11/1868 French physicist and inventor of the "Foucault pendulum"
87	Sir John Kerr 9/18/1869 - 4/21/1957 English embryologist and pioneer in naval camouflage
83	John Diefenbaker 9/18/1895 - 8/16/1979 Canadian attorney, statesman and prime minister
88	Agnes de Mille 9/18/1905 - 10/7/1993 American dancer and choreographer
83	Edwin McMillan 9/18/1907 - 9/7/1991 American Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist (1951)
83	Raymond Geiger 9/18/1910 - 4/1/1994 American editor of the Farmers' Almanac
78	Rossano Brazzi 9/18/1916 - 12/24/1994 Italian attorney, actor and director