September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 103 days remaining until the end of the year. [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.
- 1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
- 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.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga.
- 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.
- 1870 – Having invaded the Papal States a week earlier, the Italian Army lays siege to Rome, entering the city the next day, after which the Pope described himself as a Prisoner in the Vatican.
- 1881 – President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.
- 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 kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr..
- 1940 – Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance.
- 1942 – Holocaust in Brody, western Ukraine: About 2,500 Brody Jews are deported by the German Gestapo to the extermination camp in Belzec.
- 1944 – Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed. (End of the Continuation War).
- 1945 – Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) is sentenced to death in London.
- 1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
- 1952 – The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
- 1957 – First American underground nuclear bomb test.
- 1959 – Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland.
- 1961 – Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them.
- 1963 – Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. is founded at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1970 – The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom.
- 1972 – A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
- 1973 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
- 1976 – Turkish Airlines Boeing 727 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 155 passengers and crew.
- 1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
- 1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University Bulletin Board System.
- 1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
- 1985 – A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
- 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. He 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 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.
- 2006 – The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
[edit] Births - 86 – Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (d. 161)
- 866 – Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor (d. 912)
- 1377 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404)
- 1551 – King Henry III of France (d. 1589)
- 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 (d. 1868)
- 1774 – Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian hyperpolyglot (d. 1849)
- 1796 – Hartley Coleridge, English poet (d. 1849)
- 1799 – René Caillé, French explorer (d. 1838)
- 1802 – Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer and Regent-President (d. 1894)
- 1803 – Maria Anna of Savoy, Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1884)
- 1811 – Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881)
- 1828 – Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880)
- 1882 – Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (d. 1965)
- 1887 – Lovie Austin, American jazz pianist (d. 1972)
- 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 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, founder of Isshinryu Karate (d. 1975)
- 1908 – Robert Lecourt, French politician and president of the European Court of Justice (d. 2004)
- 1908 – Mika Waltari, Finnish novelist (d. 1979)
- 1909 – Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer (d. 1998)
- 1910 – Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1910 – Jack Dunham, American animator and television producer (d. 2009)
- 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)
- 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 – Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1926 – James Lipton, American actor, writer and host of Inside the Actors Studio
- 1926 – Duke Snider, baseball player
- 1927 – Rosemary Harris, English actress
- 1927 – William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1928 – Adam West, American actor
- 1930 – Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker (d. 2002)
- 1931 – Brook Benton, American singer (d. 1988)
- 1931 – Jean-Claude Carrière, French screenwriter and actor
- 1933 – David McCallum, Scottish actor
- 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 (d. 2007)
- 1937 – Abner Haynes, American football player
- 1940 – Anna Karen, South African-born British actress
- 1940 – Bill Medley, American singer and songwriter (The Righteous Brothers)
- 1940 – Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1940 – Paul Williams, American composer
- 1941 – Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
- 1941 – Mama Cass Elliot, American musician (d. 1974)
- 1942 – Freda Payne, American singer and actress
- 1943 – Joe Morgan, baseball player
- 1944 – Anders Björck, Swedish politician
- 1944 – Jean Succar Kuri, Lebanese-born Mexican businessman
- 1945 – Randolph Mantooth, American actor
- 1946 – Brian Henton, English racing driver
- 1947 – Lol Creme, English musician (10cc, Godley & Creme)
- 1947 – Brian Hill, American basketball head coach
- 1948 – Jeremy Irons, English actor
- 1948 – Mihai Timofti, director, actor, & musician from Moldova-Chisinau
- 1949 – Sally Potter, English film director and screenwriter
- 1949 – Ernie Sabella, American 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 – Bernard de Dryver, Belgian racing driver
- 1952 – Gunnar Hökmark, Swedish politician
- 1952 – Nile Rodgers, American musician and composer
- 1955 – Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (d. 2006)
- 1955 – Rex Smith, American singer and actor
- 1956 – Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentine racing driver
- 1956 – Charlie Reliford, baseball umpire
- 1958 – Kevin Hooks, American actor and director
- 1958 – Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
- 1958 – Lita Ford, American singer
- 1958 – Lucky Ali, Indian singer, Composer and Actor
- 1960 – Loïc Bigois, French engineer
- 1962 – Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian
- 1962 – Ken Rosenthal, American sportswriter
- 1963 – Jarvis Cocker, English musician (Pulp)
- 1963 – David Seaman, English footballer
- 1964 – Patrick Marber, British playwright
- 1964 – Bob Papa, American sportscaster
- 1964 – Kim Richards, American child actress
- 1964 – Trisha Yearwood, American singer
- 1965 – Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress
- 1965 – Sabine Paturel, French singer
- 1965 – Helen Duval, Dutch adult movie actress
- 1966 – Soledad O'Brien, American journalist
- 1966 – Eric Robert Rudolph, American criminal
- 1966 – Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1967 – Jim Abbott, baseball player
- 1967 – Stéphane Crête, Quebec actor
- 1967 – Alexander Karelin, Russian wrestler
- 1969 – Alkinoos Ioannidis, Greek-Cypriot singer and composer
- 1969 – Kostya Tszyu, Russian/Australian boxer
- 1969 – Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer
- 1970 – Dan Bylsma, National Hockey League player
- 1970 – Gilbert Dionne, National Hockey League player
- 1970 – Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer
- 1970 – Victor Williams, American actor
- 1971 – Sanaa Lathan, American actress
- 1972 – Matt Cockbain, Australian rugby player
- 1972 – Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player, theoretician and coach
- 1973 – Nick Colgan, Irish footballer
- 1973 – Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing car driver
- 1973 – Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Australian actor
- 1974 – Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian
- 1974 – Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
- 1976 – Raja Bell, American basketball player
- 1976 – Alison Sweeney, American actress
- 1976 – Jim Ward, American musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
- 1976 – Jessica York, television personality
- 1976 – Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player
- 1977 – Akash Chopra, Indian cricketer
- 1977 – Ryan Dusick, American Musician
- 1978 – Michelle Alves, Brazilian supermodel
- 1978 – Nick Johnson, baseball player
- 1978 – Nigel Mitchell, broadcaster
- 1978 – Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
- 1979 – Dannielle Brent, British actress
- 1979 – Joel Houston, Australian musician and songwriter
- 1979 – Noémie Lenoir, French supermodel and actress
- 1980 – Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player
- 1981 – Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
- 1981 – Rick DiPietro, American ice hockey player
- 1982 – Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
- 1982 – Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
- 1982 – Columbus Short, American actor and choreographer
- 1982 – Nicole Voss, American model
- 1983 – Joey Devine, American baseball player
- 1983 – Charlie Haeger, American baseball player
- 1983 – Matt Wiman, American mixed martial artist
- 1984 – Eamon, American pop singer
- 1984 – Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
- 1985 – Alun-Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player
- 1986 – Gerald Ciolek, German cyclist
- 1986 – Ken Gushi, Japanese racing driver
- 1986 – Mandy Musgrave, American actress
- 1986 – Peter Vack, American voice actor
- 1986 – Ryan Succop, American football player
- 1987 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress
- 1987 – Kenny Britt, American football player
- 1990 – Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress
- 1991 – Demelza Reveley, Australian model
- 1994 – Alex Etel, British actor
[edit] Deaths -
- 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)
- 1812 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, (b. 1744)
- 1843 – Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (b. 1792)
- 1868 – William Sprague, American minister and politician from (b. 1809)
- 1881 – James Garfield, 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
- 1893 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation (b. 1817)
- 1905 – Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845)
- 1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, British writer and founder of the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
- 1924 – Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
- 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)
- 1944 – Guy Gibson, British aviator, awarded Victoria Cross (b. 1918)
- 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)
- 1989 – Willie Steele, American Olympic gold medalist (b. 1923)
- 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)
- 2001 – Rhys Jones, Welsh-Australia archeologist (b. 1941)
- 2002 – Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
- 2002 – Duncan Hallas, prominent member of the Trotskyist movement in Great Britain. (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Slim Dusty, Australian singer (b. 1927)
- 2004 – Eddie Adams, American photographer (b. 1933)
- 2004 – Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-born American civil servant (b. 1919)
- 2004 – Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931)
- 2004 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman, musician, and activist (b. 1908)
- 2006 – Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
- 2006 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)
- 2006 – Chuck Rio, American singer and saxophonist (The Champs) (b. 1929)
- 2006 – Hugh Kawharu, New Zealander Ngāti Whātua Māori chief (b. 1927)
- 2006 – Martha Holmes, American photographer (b. 1923)
- 2009 – Eduard Zimmermann, German broadcaster (b. 1929)
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