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September 2, 2018 - September 8, 2018 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features J.R.R. Tolkien, the Eurofighter Typhoon combat jet, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, a baby boy born to the Imperial family in Japan, the nickname “Uncle Sam”, and Twitter
September 2, 1973: British writer J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the classic fantasy works The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, died aged 81
September 3, 2000: The controversial Eurofighter Typhoon combat jet, being built jointly by Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain, finally began full-scale production
September 4, 1948: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, who had reigned since 1890, abdicated in favour of her daughter, Juliana. They are pictured above in 1913
September 5, 1698: Tsar Peter the Great of Russia imposed a tax on beards as part of a effort to modernise Russian society following western European models
September 6, 2006: Celebrations erupted in Japan as the Imperial family welcomed the first male baby for 41 years. The birth of the new prince averted a looming succession crisis
September 7, 1813: A New York newspaper, referring to the initials U.S. on barrels of beef for the U.S. Army, coined the nickname “Uncle Sam” for the United States
September 8, 2011: Twitter, launched in 2006, said it had over 100 million active users. As of 2018 that is up to more than 330 million users per month, with 500 million tweets sent daily