September 19
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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.
- 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga.
- 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris begins, which will result on 28 January 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.
- 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 III.
- 1942 - Holocaust in Brody, western Ukraine: About 2,500 Brody Jews are 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 U.S. 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.
- 1970 - The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, UK.
- 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.
- 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; 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 U.S. combat activities in Afghanistan.
- 2006 - The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. Constitution revoked; martial law declared.
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 (d. 1868)
- 1796 - Hartley Coleridge, English poet (d. 1849)
- 1799 - René Caillé, French explorer (d. 1838)
- 1802 - Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer and Regent-President (d. 1894)
- 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 - 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
- 1927 - Rosemary Harris, English actress
- 1927 - William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1928 - Adam West, American actor
- 1930 - Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker
- 1931 - Jean-Claude Carrière, French screenwriter and actor
- 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 (d. 2007)
- 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
- 1944 - Jean Succar Kuri, Lebanese-born Mexican businessman
- 1944 - Anders Björck, Swedish politician
- 1945 - Randolph Mantooth, American actor
- 1945 - Freda Payne, American singer and actress
- 1946 - Brian Henton, English racing driver
- 1947 - Lol Creme, English musician (10cc, Godley & Creme)
- 1948 - Jeremy Irons, English actor
- 1949 - Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founder Innocence Project
- 1949 - Sally Potter, English film director and screenwriter
- 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
- 1952 - Gunnar Hökmark, Swedish politician
- 1952 - Bernard de Dryver, Belgian racing driver
- 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, Ghanaian boxer
- 1960 - Loïc Bigois, French engineer
- 1962 - Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian
- 1963 - Jarvis Cocker, English singer, songwriter and musician (Pulp)
- 1963 - David Seaman, English footballer
- 1964 - Bob Papa, American sportscaster
- 1964 - Trisha Yearwood, American singer
- 1964 - Patrick Marber, British playwright
- 1965 - Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress
- 1966 - Soledad O'Brien, American journalist
- 1966 - Eric Robert Rudolph, American criminal
- 1967 - Jim Abbott, baseball player
- 1967 - Alexander Karelin, Russian wrestler
- 1967 - Stéphane Crête, Quebec actor
- 1969 - Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer
- 1969 - Alkinoos Ioannidis, Greek-Cypriot singer and composer
- 1970 - Victor Williams, American actor
- 1970 - Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer
- 1970 - Gilbert Dionne, National Hockey League player
- 1970 - Dan Bylsma, 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
- 1976 - Alison Sweeney, American actress
- 1976 - Jim Ward, American musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
- 1976 - Jessica York, television personality
- 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
- 1978 - Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
- 1979 - Dannielle Brent, British actress
- 1979 - Noémie Lenoir, French supermodel and actress
- 1980 - Tegan and Sara, Canadian singer/songwriters
- 1981 - Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
- 1981 - Rick Dipietro, American ice hockey goaltender
- 1982 - Nicole Voss, American model
- 1982 - Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
- 1982 - Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
- 1983 - Joey Devine, American baseball player
- 1983 - Charlie Haeger, American baseball player
- 1983 - Matt Wiman, American mixed martial artist
- 1984 - Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
- 1984 - Eamon Doyle, American pop singer
- 1986 - Peter Vack, American voice actor
- 1986 - Gerald Ciolek, German cyclist
- 1986 - Ken Gushi, Japanese racing driver
- 1987 - Danielle Panabaker, American actress
- 1990 - Patrick Breeding, American singer (B5)
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)
- 1905 - Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845)
- 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)
- 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 - Eddie Adams, American photographer, won Pulitzer Prize (b. 1933)
- 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)
- 2006 - Chuck Rio, American singer and saxophonist (The Champs) (b. 1929)
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.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis - Independence Day (from Great Britain, 1983).
- International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
- Goeric of Metz - French bishop and saint
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Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church, the new Liturgical Year (Indiction) also begins. Church of England - Saint Giles. Cameroon - Jour d'Union Nationale Camerounaise. Libya - Revolution Day (1969). New Zealand - National R.A.K.
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- 1590 - Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris.
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- 70 - Titus, General of Rome, sacks Jerusalem. See also: Destruction of Jerusalem.
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- 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Notable naval battle of the Viking Age.
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- 506 - The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
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September 11th, 11th September, and 9/11 (pronounced "Nine-eleven") have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon in the United States of America.
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Events
- 786 - Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi.
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- 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
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- 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
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- 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought.
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Events
- 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
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- 451 - The Battle of Chalons, in North Eastern France.
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International Day of Peace International Day against Alzheimer's disease International Banana Festival Day of the trees in Brazil RC Saints - Matthew the Evangelist The Nativity of the Theotokos in Russia.
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- 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.
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- 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.
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- 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.
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September 19, 2004
- The former president of the People's Republic of China, Jiang Zemin, resigns from his last official post, the Chairmanship of the Central Military Commission, and is replaced by Hu Jintao.
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