Because Xiaolang Did It
September 18th - Facts ...and a lot of roman emperors.
* 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is stabbed to death.
* 323 - Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
* 1437 - Farmer uprising in Transylvania. ((Go peasants!))
* 1977 - US Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth & Moon together.
* 1985 - Steve Jobs resigns from Apple Computer. ((For Jay))
* 2003 - Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in the U.S. ((It evacuated my friends and later flooded my campus. Happy birthday!))
Births
53 - Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)
1765 - Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
1971 - Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress
1973 - James Marsden, American actor
Deaths
96 - Domitian, Roman Emperor (b. 51)
1180 - King Louis VII of France (b. 1120)
1970 - Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. 1942)
* 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is stabbed to death.
* 323 - Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
* 1437 - Farmer uprising in Transylvania. ((Go peasants!))
* 1977 - US Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth & Moon together.
* 1985 - Steve Jobs resigns from Apple Computer. ((For Jay))
* 2003 - Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in the U.S. ((It evacuated my friends and later flooded my campus. Happy birthday!))
Births
53 - Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)
1765 - Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
1971 - Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress
1973 - James Marsden, American actor
Deaths
96 - Domitian, Roman Emperor (b. 51)
1180 - King Louis VII of France (b. 1120)
1970 - Jimi Hendrix, American musician (b. 1942)