Today is Wednesday, September 18, the 262nd day of the yr 2024. There are 104 days left within the yr.

Today in history:

On September 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a distinguished advocate for ladies’s rights who became the court’s second female justice, died in her home in Washington on the age of 87 from complications of pancreatic cancer.

Also on this date:

In 1793, President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol.

The first edition of the New York Times appeared in 1851.

In 1947, the National Security Act got here into force, making a national military establishment and the position of Secretary of Defense.

In 1961, United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld (dahg HAWM'-ahr-shoold) was killed in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).

In 1970, rock star Jimi Hendrix died in London on the age of 27.

In 1975, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was arrested by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after her kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

In 2014, Scottish voters rejected independence in a historic referendum and selected to stay a part of the United Kingdom.

Today's birthdays:

• Hockey Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman is 91.
• Singer Frankie Avalon is 84.
• Actress Anna Deavere Smith is 74.
• Neurosurgeon, creator and politician Ben Carson is 73.
• Basketball Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino is 72.
• Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is 70.
• Hockey Hall of Famer Peter Šťastný is 68.
• Ryne Sandberg, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, is 65.
• Actress Holly Robinson Peete is 60.
• R&B singer Ricky Bell (Bell Biv Devoe, New Edition) is 57.
• Toni Kukoč, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, is 56.
• Actress Aisha Tyler is 54.
• Actress Jada Pinkett Smith is 53.
• Actor James Marsden is 51.
• Rapper and TV presenter Xzibit is 50.
• Comedian and actor Jason Sudeikis is 49.
• Former soccer player Ronaldo is 48.
• TV presenter Sara Haines is 47.
• Actor/comedian Billy Eichner is 46.
• Rapper Dizzee Rascal is 40.
• Country singer Tae Kerr (Maddie and Tae) is 29.
• Football player Christian Pulisic is 26.