Today in History
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1998 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is founded
Author Esther Dyson became the first chairperson of the now non-profit organization, which was initi
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1973 West Germany adopts the Deutsche Mark
This action replaced the East German Mark and helped complete the economic reunification part of the
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1959 Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth's orbit
The geocentric satellite was launched into Earth's orbit by a Vanguard rocket, built by Glenn L. Ma
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1934 USSR joins the League of Nations
It was expelled just a few years later for its aggressive actions towards Finland.
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1872 Oscar II becomes King of Norway and Sweden
He succeeded his brother Charles XV and IV
Births On This Day,
September, 18
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1976 Ronaldo
Brazilian footballer
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1971 Jada Pinkett Smith
American model, actress
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1961 James Gandolfini
American actor
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1905 Greta Garbo
Swedish actress
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1709 Samuel Johnson
English author, lexicographer
Deaths On This Day,
September, 18
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1970 Jimi Hendrix
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer
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1961 Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish diplomat, economist, author, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laurea
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1830 William Hazlitt
English critic, painter
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1783 Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist
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96 Domitian
Roman Emperor
