September 19
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September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). There are 103 days remaining.
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Events
- 1356 - In Battle of Poitiers English defeat French
- 1692 - Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
- 1777 - First Battle of Saratoga/Battle of Freeman's Farm/Battle of Bemis Heights
- 1778 - The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States
- 1796 - George Washington's Farewell Address
- 1862 - Battle of Iuka, Mississippi - Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price
- 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga
- 1893 - Women's suffrage: In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
- 1900 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid commit their first robbery together
- 1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the murder of Charles Lindbergh Junior.
- 1944 - Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union signed. (End of the Continuation War)
- 1945 - Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London
- 1946 - The Council of Europe was founded following a speech given by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
- 1952 - The US bars Charlie Chaplin from reentering the country after a trip to England
- 1955 - Juan Peron is deposed in Argentina
- 1957 - First American underground nuclear bomb test
- 1959 - Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland
- 1963 - Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. founded in Baltimore, MD at Morgan State University. One of the largest African-American Fraternal organizations in the world.
- 1972 – Parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
- 1973 - King Carl XVI Gustaf accedes to the throne of Sweden
- 1976 - A Turkish Boeing 727 hits a mountain in southern Turkey killing 155
- 1978 - Newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater is shot dead after disturbing burglars at a farm. His murder trial is quite a famous case in British legal history.
- 1982 - Scott Fahlman posts the first recorded instance of the emoticon :-) to an online bulletin board
- 1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis gains independence
- 1985 - A strong earthquake hits Mexico City, killing thousands and demolishing about 400 buildings
- 1985 - Tipper Gore, and the rest of the political wives formed the Parents Music Resource Center.
- 1989 - A terrorist bomb explodes a Union de Transportes Aùriens DC-10 Series 30 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger killing 171
- 1989 - Hurricane Hugo landfalls in South Carolina
- 1991 - Ötzi the Iceman was discovered by a couple of German tourists.
- 1994 - The pilot episode of the hit medical drama ER airs in the United States, on NBC. The episode was written by Michael Crichton, the show's creator.
- 1995 - The Washington Post publishes the Unabomber's manifesto.
- 1997 - Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.
Births
- 86 - Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (d. 161)
- 866 - Emperor Leo VI of the Byzantine Empire (d. 912)
- 1377 - Duke Albert IV of Austria
- 1551 - King Henry III of France (d. 1589)
- 1737 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Declaration of Independence Signer, US Senator (d. 1832)
- 1759 - William Kirby, English entomologist (d. 1850)
- 1778 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
- 1811 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881)
- 1828 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880)
- 1894 - John D. Dingell, U.S. Congressman from Michigan (d. 1955)
- 1901 - Joe Pasternak, film producer (d. 1991)
- 1904 - Doctor Bergen Evans, television host (d. 1978)
- 1905 - Leon Jaworski, Watergate scandal special prosecutor (d. 1982)
- 1908 - Mika Waltari, novelist (d. 1979)
- 1909 - Ferry Porsche, automobile pioneer (d. 1998)
- 1910 - Jesse Lasky Jr., screenwriter (d. 1988)
- 1911 - Sir William Golding, English novelist (d. 1993)
- 1912 - Kurt Sanderling, conductor
- 1913 - Frances Farmer, actress (d. 1970)
- 1919 - Mary Midgley, philosopher
- 1920 - Roger Angell, sports writer
- 1922 - Damon Knight, science fiction writer (d. 2002)
- 1922 - Dana Zátopková, athlete
- 1922 - Emil Zátopek, athlete (d. 2000)
- 1926 - Edwin Donald Duke Snider, Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1928 - William Hickey, actor (d. 1997)
- 1928 - Adam West, actor
- 1930 - Antonio Margheriti, film maker
- 1931 - Brook Benton, singer (d. 1988)
- 1931 - Lillian Kuzniakowski, dancer-Royal Winnipeg Ballet
- 1932 - Mike Royko, columnist (d. 1997)
- 1933 - David McCallum, actor
- 1934 - Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles (d. 1967)
- 1935 - Benjamin Hacker, Naval Aviator (d. 2003)
- 1936 - Al Oerter, Olympic Games gold medalist in track and field
- 1937 - Abner Haynes, American football player
- 1940 - Bill Medley, singer
- 1940 - Paul Williams, composer
- 1941 - Mama Cass Elliot, musician (d. 1974)
- 1942 - Freda Payne, singer, actress
- 1943 - Joe Morgan, Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1945 - Randolph Mantooth, actor
- 1947 - Steve Bartlett - former U.S. Congressman and Mayor of Dallas, Texas
- 1948 - Jeremy Irons, actor
- 1949 - Twiggy Lawson, fashion model
- 1950 - Joan Lunden, journalist, television host
- 1952 - Nile Rodgers, musician, composer
- 1956 - Rex Smith, actor
- 1958 - Lita Ford, singer
- 1958 - Kevin Hooks, actor, director
- 1958 - Azumah Nelson, Ghanian royal and world boxing champion
- 1963 - David Seaman, English soccer goalkeeper
- 1964 - Trisha Yearwood, country music singer
- 1965 - Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress
- 1973 - Nick Colgan, legendary goalkeeper
- 1974 - Jimmy Fallon, actor, comedian (Saturday Night Live)
- 1974 - Victoria Silvstedt, Playboy Playmate
Deaths
- 690 - Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 602)
- 1692 - Giles Cory, farmer killed in Salem Witch Trials
- 1710 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)
- 1881 - James Garfield, 20th President of the United States
- 1927 - Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
- 1935 - Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, rocket scientist
- 1938 - Pauline Frederick, stage actress (b. 1883)
- 1942 – Condé Nast, publisher (b. 1873)
- 1949 - Will Cuppy, humorist (b. 1884)
- 1968 - Red Foley, country music singer
- 1968 - Chester Carlson, inventor
- 1969 - Rex Ingram, actor
- 1972 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (b. 1899)
- 1973 - Gram Parsons, musician
- 1985 - Italo Calvino, Italian writer (b. 1923)
- 1990 - Hermes Pan, dancer, choreographer
- 1997 - Rich Mullins, singer
- 2003 - Slim Dusty, Australian country singer
- 2004 - Skeeter Davis, American country singer (b. 1931)
Holidays and observances
- In ancient Greece, the sixth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the procession to Eleusis began at the Kerameikos in Athens.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis - National Day
- Chile - Day of the Glories of the Army
- International Talk Like a Pirate Day
External links
- BBC: On This Day (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/19)
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