September 18 Birthday
On September 18, 1947, the National Security Act took effect, creating the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Council, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and establishing the Air Force as a separate branch of the military. The act reorganized the military and intelligence apparatus after World War II. The CIA grew from the OSS — the wartime spy agency. The CIA has been involved in coups in Iran (1953), Guatemala (1954), and elsewhere, and its activities have been the subject of decades of controversy. The National Security Act is the foundational law of the national security state. Jimi Hendrix died on September 18, 1970, in a London hotel room. He had taken nine sleeping pills and asphyxiated on his own vomit. He was twenty-seven. He had released three studio albums and one live album. He could play the guitar with his teeth, behind his back, and on the floor. He played "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, making it sound like bombing and screaming. He was left-handed and restrung right-handed guitars. People born on September 18 fall under the zodiac sign of Virgo. The birthstone is Sapphire and the birth flower is Aster. Historical events on September 18 include 1851: New York Times first publishes (originally New-York Daily Times), 1970: Jimi Hendrix dies in London at 27, 1947: National Security Act creates CIA and National Security Council. Famous people born on September 18 include Greta Garbo (1905), Jack Warden (1920), Frankie Avalon (1940).