Today in History - History - September 18th

96Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.

1997Seve Ballesteros & Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame

1943Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews (unsuccessful)

1846Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning exchange last letters before eloping

1960Mickey Wright wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open

1946Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

2014Emma Watson delivers an address to a standing ovation at UN Headquarters in New York City, helping launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which calls for men to advocate for gender equality

1984Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons

1793US President George Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building

324Chrysopolis Emperor Constantine beats Emperor Licinius

53Trajan, ancient Hispania, XIII Roman Emperor, (Trajan's Forum), (d. 117)

1961James Gandolfini, Westwood New Jersey, American actor (Tony Soprano)

1905Greta Garbo, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille), (d. 1990)

1895John Diefenbaker, Neustadt Ontario, 13th Canadian PM (C) (1957-63)

1933Scotty Bowman, Montreal Quebec, NHL player/coach (Montreal Canadians/Detroit Red Wings)

1950Darryl Sittler, Kitchener Ontario, Canadian ice hockey player

2004Pop star Britney Spears (22) weds rapper-dancer Kevin Federline (26) in Studio City, California

1920Tennis player champion Molla Mallory (36) weds stock broker Franklin Mallory

1907Author Arthur Conan Doyle (48) weds Jean Elizabeth Leckie

1960NBA forward Jerry Lucas (20) weds sophomore Treva Geib

1922Nurse Margaret Sanger (43) weds James Noah Henry Slee in Bloomsbury, London

1955Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara (27) weds Peruvian economist Hilda Gadea (34) in Mexico

2012Steve Sabol, American filmmaker, dies from brain cancer at 69

96Domitian, Roman emperor, assassinated