Updated September 17, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Sept. 18, 1947, the National Security Act, which unified the Army, Navy and newly formed Air Force, went into effect.
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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Historic Birthdays
Greta Garbo 9/18/1905 – 4/15/1990 Swedish-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 poet65 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 camouflage83 John Diefenbaker 9/18/1895 – 8/16/1979
Canadian attorney, statesman and prime minister88 Agnes de Mille 9/18/1905 – 10/7/1993
American dancer and choreographer83 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’ Almanac78 Rossano Brazzi 9/18/1916 – 12/24/1994
Italian attorney, actor and director
I just learned of this other “on this day” fact– which surprisingly isn’t included on the official NYT list above! The fact is: On this day in 1851 – the first issue of “The New York Times” was published.