September 19

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September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). There are 103 days remaining.

[edit] Events

• 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.
• 1356 - In the Battle of Poitiers, the English defeat the 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 is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
• 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Iuka - Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price at Iuka, Mississippi.
• 1863 - American Civil War: 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, beginning with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
• 1900 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid commit their first robbery together.
• 1928 - Walt Disney releases Steamboat Willie, the best known of the early short films to feature Mickey Mouse.
• 1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh III.
• 1942 - Holocaust in Brody, western Ukraine: Approximately 2,500 Jews of Brody had been deported by German Gestapo to the extermination camp in Belzec.
• 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 is 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.
• 1957 - First U.S. underground nuclear bomb test.
• 1957 - Dalida is the first artist to be awarded a gold record in France for 300 000 sales of "Bambino".
• 1959 - Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland.
• 1972 - A 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.
• 1981 - Simon and Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York City's Central Park.
• 1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
• 1985 - A strong earthquake hits Mexico City and other parts of Mexico, killing thousands and demolishing about 400 buildings.
• 1985 - Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
• 1988 - Greg Louganis suffers a head injury while qualifying for the Seoul Olympics; goes on to win two Gold medals.
• 1989 - A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.
• 1991 - Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by a couple of German tourists.
• 1995 - The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
• 1997 - Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.
• 2001 - Commencement of combat activities in Afghanistan (the date designated by U.S. President George W. Bush in Executive Order 13239 of December 12, 2001).
• 2006 - The Thai military stages a coup, with tanks rolling through the city of Bangkok. Constitution revoked; martial law declared.

[edit] Births

• 86 - Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (d. 161)
• 866 - Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor (d. 912)
• 1377 - Duke Albert IV of Austria (d. 1404)
• 1551 - King Henry III of France (d. 1589)
• 1676 - Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
• 1714 - Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1786)
• 1737 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Senator (d. 1832)
• 1749 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (d. 1822)
• 1754 - John Ross Key, commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key (d. 1821)
• 1759 - William Kirby, English entomologist (d. 1850)
• 1778 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1796 - Hartley Coleridge, English poet (d. 1849)
• 1811 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881)
• 1828 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880)
• 1887 - Lynne Overman, American actor (d. 1943)
• 1888 - J. W. Alexander, American mathematician (d. 1971)
• 1889 - Sadie Delany, American physician and author (d. 1999)
• 1898 - Giuseppe Saragat, president of the Italian Republic (d. 1988)
• 1901 - Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-born film producer (d. 1991)
• 1905 - Leon Jaworski, American Watergate scandal special prosecutor (d. 1982)
• 1907 - Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1998)
• 1908 - Mika Waltari, Finnish novelist (d. 1979)
• 1909 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer (d. 1998)
• 1910 - Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981)
• 1911 - Sir William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
• 1912 - Kurt Sanderling, German conductor
• 1913 - Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970)
• 1915 - Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer and comedian (d. 1973)
• 1919 - Mary Midgley, American philosopher
• 1919 - Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
• 1920 - Roger Angell, American sports writer
• 1921 - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator & writer (d. 1997)
• 1922 - Damon Knight, American writer (d. 2002)
• 1922 - Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (d. 2000)
• 1926 - James Lipton, American actor, writer and host of Inside the Actors Studio
• 1926 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1926 - Duke Snider, baseball player
• 1928 - William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997)
• 1928 - Adam West, American actor
• 1930 - Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker
• 1931 - Brook Benton, American singer (d. 1988)
• 1933 - David McCallum, Scottish actor
• 1933 - Gilles Archambault, Québécois novelist
• 1934 - Brian Epstein, English musical group manager (the Beatles) (d. 1967)
• 1935 - Benjamin Hacker, American naval aviator (d. 2003)
• 1935 - Nick Massi, American singer (The Four Seasons) (d. 2000)
• 1936 - Al Oerter, American athlete
• 1937 - Abner Haynes, American football player
• 1940 - Paul Williams, American composer
• 1940 - Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 - Bill Medley, American singer and songwriter (The Righteous Brothers)
• 1941 - Mama Cass Elliot, American musician (d. 1974)
• 1941 - Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
• 1943 - Joe Morgan, baseball player
• 1945 - Randolph Mantooth, American actor
• 1945 - Freda Payne, American singer and actress
• 1946 - Brian Henton, English racing driver
• 1948 - Jeremy Irons, English actor
• 1949 - Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founder Innocence Project
• 1949 - Twiggy, English model
• 1950 - Joan Lunden, American journalist and television host
• 1951 - Daniel Lanois, Canadian record producer
• 1952 - Nile Rodgers, American musician and composer
• 1955 - Charlie Reliford, baseball umpire
• 1955 - Rex Smith, American singer and actor
• 1955 - Richard Burmer, American composer, sound designer and electronic musician (d. 2006)
• 1956 - Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentine racing driver
• 1958 - Lita Ford, English-born singer (The Runaways)
• 1958 - Kevin Hooks, American actor and director
• 1958 - Azumah Nelson, Ghanian boxer
• 1963 - David Seaman, English footballer
• 1963 - Jarvis Cocker, English musician
• 1964 - Bob Papa, American sportscaster
• 1964 - Trisha Yearwood, American singer
• 1964 - Patrick Marber, British playwright
• 1965 - Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress
• 1965 - Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian
• 1966 - Soledad O'Brien, American journalist
• 1966 - Eric Robert Rudolph, American criminal
• 1967 - Jim Abbott, baseball player
• 1967 - Alexander Karelin, Russian wrestler
• 1969 - Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer
• 1970 - Victor Williams, American actor
• 1970 - Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer
• 1970 - Gilbert Dionne, National Hockey League player
• 1973 - Nick Colgan, Irish footballer
• 1973 - Cristiano Da Matta, Brazilian racing car driver
• 1974 - Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian
• 1974 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
• 1976 - Raja Bell, American basketball player
• 1977 - Ryan Dusick, American drummer (Maroon 5)
• 1978 - Michelle Alves, Brazilian supermodel
• 1978 - Nick Johnson, Baseball player
• 1978 - Nigel Mitchell, Quizmania and Capital Disney presenter
• 1979 - Dannielle Brent, British actress
• 1980 - Tegan and Sara Quin, Canadian singer/songwriters
• 1981 - Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
• 1983 - Joey Devine, baseball player
• 1984 - Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
• 1987 - Danielle Panabaker, American actress
• 1990 - Patrick Breeding, of the boy band B5

[edit] Deaths

• 690 - Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 602)
• 1339 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
• 1356 - Killed at the Battle of Poitiers:
  • Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
  • Walter VI of Brienne, Constable of France (born 1304)
• 1668 - William Waller, English soldier
• 1692 - Giles Corey, American farmer killed in the Salem Witch Trials
• 1693 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (b. 1641)
• 1710 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)
• 1843 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (b. 1792)
• 1881 - James Garfield, 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
• 1893 - Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation (b. 1817)
• 1927 - Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
• 1935 - Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1857)
• 1936 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
• 1938 - Pauline Frederick, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1942 - Condé Nast, American publisher (b. 1873)
• 1949 - Will Cuppy, American humorist (b. 1884)
• 1949 - George Shiels, Irish dramatist (b. 1886)
• 1949 - Nikolaos Skalkottas, Greek composer (b. 1901)
• 1955 - John D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894)
• 1967 - Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter (b. 1884)
• 1967 - Monica Proietti, Canadian criminal (b. 1940)
• 1968 - Chester Carlson, American inventor (b. 1906)
• 1968 - Red Foley, American singer (b. 1910)
• 1969 - Rex Ingram, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1972 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (b. 1899)
• 1973 - Gram Parsons, American musician (b. 1946)
• 1978 - Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and historian (b. 1884)
• 1985 - Italo Calvino, Italian writer (b. 1923)
• 1987 - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
• 1990 - Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)
• 1995 - Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and businessman (b. 1907)
• 1997 - Rich Mullins, American singer (b. 1955)
• 2000 - Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
• 2002 - Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
• 2003 - Slim Dusty, Australian singer (b. 1927)
• 2004 - Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian turned American international civil servant (b. 1919)
• 2004 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931)
• 2004 - Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman, musician, and activist
• 2006 - Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
• 2006 - Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)

[edit] Holidays and observances

• In ancient Greece, the sixth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the procession to Eleusis began at Kerameikos in Athens.
• RC Saints - Saint Januarius.
• Also see September 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
• Church of England - Theodore of Tarsus.
• Chile - Armed Forces Day.
• Japan - Respect for the Aged Day (traditional - beginning in 2003, the holiday is held on the third Monday of September.)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis - Independence Day (from Great Britain, 1983).
• Women's Suffrage Day - New Zealand.
• International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

[edit] External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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