Steiger, playing Al Capone

Rod Steiger (1925–2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. He is closely associated with the art of method acting, embodying the characters he played, which at times led to clashes with directors and co-stars. He starred with Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront (1954), playing Charley, the mobster brother of Brando's character. He played the title character Sol Nazerman in The Pawnbroker (1964), and an opportunistic Russian politician in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965). Steiger won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mississippi police chief Bill Gillespie opposite Sidney Poitier in the film In the Heat of the Night (1967). During the 1970s, Steiger turned to European productions in his search for more demanding roles. He portrayed Napoleon in Waterloo (1970) and a Mexican bandit in Sergio Leone's Duck, You Sucker! (1971). He ended the decade playing a disturbed priest in The Amityville Horror (1979). ( Full article...)

Tamás Király

• ... that when the Hungarian Arts Fund denied a grant application by Tamás Király (pictured) for a fashion show, he used the rejection letter as a poster?
• ... that HMS Redpole, one of the aptly-named coffin brigs, sank in an action with a pirate vessel in August 1828?
• ... that NBA owners won a binding arbitration that blocked a third NBA–ABA all-star game between the rival basketball leagues?
• ... that the Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan is one of the few surviving madrasas dating from the Mughal Empire, and the oldest continuing school in Delhi, India?
• ... that Scarlett Johansson filed a lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company alleging that the release strategy for Black Widow breached her contract?
• ... that Roman or Trajan lettering was popular for official use in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century?
• ... that the day before William J. McGarry was set to leave for the Pontifical Biblical Institute, he was instead appointed a professor at Weston College?
• ... that the name of the video game mod series Bomba Patch was inspired by éclairs?

Evika Siliņa

• Evika Siliņa (pictured) takes office as Prime Minister of Latvia.
• In Hanoi, Vietnam, a fire at an apartment building kills at least 56 people.
• The FIBA Basketball World Cup concludes with Germany defeating Serbia in the final.
• Storm Daniel causes flooding around the central Mediterranean and the collapse of two dams in Libya, leaving thousands of people dead.

September 18

Interior of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

• AD 96 – Nerva, the first of the " Five Good Emperors" of ancient Rome, came to power following the assassination of his predecessor Domitian.
• 1809 – The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (interior pictured), opened in London after the original was destroyed by fire.
• 1875 – The Indianola hurricane dissipated over Mississippi after killing around eight hundred people in Texas.
• 1961 – An aircraft crashed near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia, resulting in the deaths of United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld and 15 others on board.
• 1981 – While posing as an aristocrat, Belgian serial killer Nestor Pirotte murdered an antiques dealer in Brussels, for which crime he was sentenced to death.