On This Day for September 18 - Mukden seized by Japanese, Samuel Johnson is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. September 18 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Samuel Johnson READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1931 Mukden seized by Japanese READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2014: Scottish voters rejected a referendum that would have made Scotland an independent country. [Test your knowledge of U.K. geography.] 2001: For the second straight day, Typhoon Nari pounded Taiwan with record rainfalls, causing massive flooding and killing 79 people. [Sort fact from fiction in our natural disasters quiz.] 1970: American rock guitarist and singer Jimi Hendrix—who fused American traditions of blues, jazz, rock, and soul with techniques of British avant-garde rock to redefine the electric guitar in his own image—died of an overdose of barbiturates in London. [ Is 27 an especially deadly age for musicians?] 1965: Japanese astronomers Ikeya Kaoru and Seki Tsutomu discovered Comet Ikeya-Seki. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about space objects.] 1961: UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld died in a plane crash that generated much speculation; a 2017 investigation found that "it appears plausible that an external attack or threat may have been a cause of the crash." 1948: A local communist commander seized power in Madiun, Indonesia, as part of a rebellion effort against the Sukarno government in an incident known as the Madiun Affair. [Take our plots and revolutions quiz.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1951 Ben Carson American neurosurgeon and politician 1971 Lance Armstrong American cyclist 1961 James Gandolfini American actor 1905 Greta Garbo Swedish American actress 1709 Samuel Johnson English author 1954 Steven Pinker Canadian-American psychologist SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help