Christian feast day: Joseph of Cupertino

Name: Christian feast day: Joseph of Cupertino
Start: 2000-09-18
End: 2000-09-18
Location: Histories Today Editorial Team

On September 18, in the year 0, Christian feast day: Joseph of Cupertino. This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of September 18, one of 466 recorded events on this date across all of history.

Joseph of Cupertino, OFM Conv. was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint. According to traditional Franciscan accounts, he was "remarkably unclever", but experienced miraculous levitation and ecstatic visions throughout his life which made him the object of scorn.

Key Facts

This event took place on September 18, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia source last updated on 24 August 2026.

On This Date in History 466

Type	Year	Date	Event
Notable Deaths	2024	Sep 18	Kesaria Abramidze, Georgian blogger, actress and model (born 1987)
Notable Deaths	2024	Sep 18	Nick Gravenites, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
Notable Deaths	2024	Sep 18	Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer (born 1964)
Notable Deaths	2023	Sep 18	Brereton C. Jones, American politician, 58th Governor of Kentucky (born 1939)
Notable Deaths	2021	Sep 18	Jolidee Matongo, South African politician, 97th Mayor of Johannesburg (born 1975)
Notable Deaths	2021	Sep 18	Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer (born 1984)
Notable Deaths	2020	Sep 18	Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United States Supreme Court justice (born 1933)
Historical Events	2018	Sep 18	Cannabis is legalized in South Africa, through a ruling of the Constitutional Court.
Historical Events	2017	Sep 18	Toy retail chain Toys "R" Us files for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Canada.
Notable Deaths	2017	Sep 18	Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (born 1937)
Historical Events	2016	Sep 18	The 2016 Uri attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India by terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed results in the deaths of nineteen…
Historical Events	2015	Sep 18	Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan…
Notable Deaths	2015	Sep 18	Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (born 1955)
Notable Deaths	2015	Sep 18	James R. Houck, American astrophysicist and academic (born 1940)
Notable Deaths	2015	Sep 18	Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (born 1930)
Historical Events	2014	Sep 18	Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
Notable Deaths	2014	Sep 18	Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1936)
Notable Deaths	2014	Sep 18	Earl Ross, Canadian racing driver (born 1941)
Notable Deaths	2014	Sep 18	Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2014	Sep 18	Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (born 1930)
Selected Events	2014	Sep 18	Scotland (flag pictured) voted against independence from the United Kingdom.
Historical Events	2013	Sep 18	A VIA Rail train crashes into a double-decker bus at a train station in Ottawa, Canada, killing six people and…
Notable Deaths	2013	Sep 18	Veliyam Bharghavan, Indian politician (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2013	Sep 18	Lindsay Cooper, English composer, bassoon and oboe player (born 1951)
Notable Deaths	2013	Sep 18	Arthur Lamothe, French-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2013	Sep 18	Ken Norton, American boxer (born 1943)
Notable Deaths	2013	Sep 18	Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (born 1920)
Notable Deaths	2013	Sep 18	Richard C. Sarafian, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930)
Notable Deaths	2012	Sep 18	Santiago Carrillo, Spanish theorist and politician (born 1915)
Notable Deaths	2012	Sep 18	Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (born 1925)
Notable Deaths	2012	Sep 18	Jack Kralick, American baseball player (born 1935)
Notable Deaths	2012	Sep 18	Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (born 1942)
Historical Events	2011	Sep 18	The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
Notable Deaths	2011	Sep 18	Jamey Rodemeyer, American teenage activist (born 1997)
Historical Events	2010	Sep 18	Philippe Croizon becomes the first quadruple amputee to swim across the English Channel.
Historical Events	2009	Sep 18	After 72 years on radio and television, CBS Television broadcasts the final episode of Guiding Light, the…
Notable Births	2008	Sep 18	Jackson Robert Scott, American actor
Notable Deaths	2008	Sep 18	Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (born 1940)
Notable Deaths	2008	Sep 18	Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and educator (born 1931)
Notable Deaths	2008	Sep 18	Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1938)
Historical Events	2007	Sep 18	Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
Notable Deaths	2007	Sep 18	Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (born 1965)
Historical Events	2006	Sep 18	The CW Television Network debuts in the US, following the merger of UPN and The WB.
Notable Deaths	2006	Sep 18	Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1925)
Notable Deaths	2005	Sep 18	Michael Park, English racing driver (born 1966)
Notable Deaths	2005	Sep 18	Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (born 1914)
Notable Births	2004	Sep 18	Santiago Castro, Argentine footballer
Notable Deaths	2004	Sep 18	Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and educator (born 1929)
Notable Deaths	2004	Sep 18	Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
Notable Births	2003	Sep 18	Aidan Gallagher, American actor and musician