Examiner Horoscope

Aries
REGARDLESS of intense emotions, avoid doing anything too drastic. Things will look much clearer by tomorrow morning.

Taurus
PEOPLE step in and out of your life and give you the run-around. Nothing seems to go smoothly but things will work out for the best.

Gemini
THIS is big decision time. Prepare to rearrange your life. Don't expect others to fall in with your scheme of things or be disappointed.

Cancer
THERE seems no end in sight for a love story but be assured that you are always promised a happy ending. Someone watches over you.

Leo
ROMANTICALLY, watch out. You have been stepping out of line and your past record is about to catch up. Expect some changes at work.

Virgo
ARE you looking for love or a laugh? Someone is likely to take romance seriously and to avoid confusion, you must clarify your intentions.

Libra
SOMEONE is out-pacing you and running your ragged. Stop trying to keep up. In love, if you don't have the answers, try guess work.

Scorpio
YOU have a wonderful sense of humour that can diffuse even the most difficult situations. Use it and remind others to lighten up.

Sagittarius
ENJOY an easy going twosome that doesn't take any effort. You can't put a price on good company but you have to avoid splashing out.

Capricorn
THIS is a day that is bound to meet your wildest expectations. Your nearest and dearest are full of surprises and life is coming up roses.

Aquarius
SOMEONE comes on strong and you need your wits about you. Fun flirtations could become serious. You become quite the night owl.

Pisces
THIS is a day to keep your nose to the grindstone. If you let up, you could be let down. Now is a good time to start that special project.

SEPTEMBER 18

National Day of Chile. Feast day of St John Massias, St Joseph of Cupertino, St Richardis, St Ferreolus of Limoges, St Ferreolus of Vienne, and St Methodius of Olympus.

1709 Samuel Johnson, poet and lexicographer, was born in England, the son of a bookseller. His dictionary, which took him eight years to compile, contained some eccentric explanations, such as ''Oats: a grain which in England is generally given to horses but in Scotland supports the people.''
1810 Chile revolted and gained independence from Spain.
1851 The New York Times was first published.
1867 The Manchester Martyrs Ambush - leading Fenians Col JJ Kelly and Capt Timothy Deasy were rescued from a prison van in Manchester. However, Police Sergeant Charles Brett was killed when the lock was shot off the prison van, leading to a police hunt which eventually led to the execution of the rescuers.
1905 Greta Garbo, the Swedish shopgirl who became one of the most legendary film stars of all time, was born.
1914 The Irish Home Rule Bill went into effect.
1927 CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System, was inaugurated in the US.
1931 Japan seized Manchuria and set up a puppet state called Manchukuo - it was returned to China in 1945 after World War II.
1939 William Joyce, the Irishman whose upper-class accent earned him the nickname Lord Haw-Haw, made his first Nazi propaganda broadcast from Germany to the UK.
1961 UN secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold was killed when his plane was sabotaged and crashed in the jungle in Northern Rhodesia.
1964 Seán O'Casey, dramatist, died. Among his works were Shadow of a Gunman, The Plough and the Stars.
1970 Rock star Jimi Hendrix died in an ambulance on the way to hospital, apparently suffering from a drug overdose.
1981 France abolished execution by guillotine.

On this day last year
The Ulster Unionist Party expressed its reservations over the slow pace of the peace negotiations in the North.

Birthdays
Ray Alan, ventriloquist, 68; John Aldridge, footballer/manager, 40; Sol Campbell, footballer, 24; Nicholas Clay, actor, 52; John Fashanu, footballer/TV presenter, 35; Mo Mowlam, Northern Ireland Secretary, 49; Peter Shilton, goalkeeper/football manager, 49; John Spencer, snooker player, 63