September 19

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

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 makes his farewell address.
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.
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 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.
1970 - Grateful Dead at Fillmore East.
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.
1978 - Newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater is shot dead after disturbing burglars at a farm, leading to famous murder trial.
1981 - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York's Central Park.
1982 - Scott Fahlman posts the first recorded instance of the emoticon :-) to an online bulletin board.
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.
1985 - Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
1989 - A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.
1989 - Hurricane Hugo makes landfall in the U.S. state of South Carolina.
1991 - Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by a couple of German tourists.
1994 - The pilot episode of the hit medical drama ER airs in the United States, on NBC, which will become one of the most watched shows of all time.
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 combatant activities in Afghanistan (the date designated by U.S. President George W. Bush in Executive Order 13239 of December 12, 2001).
2003 - Musician Elliott Smith plays his final concert at Redfest in Salt Lake City, Utah, only weeks before his suicide.

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
1811 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881)
1828 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880)
1898 - Giuseppe Saragat, president of the Italian Republic (d. 1988)
1901 - Joe Pasternak, Russian-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)
1919 - Mary Midgley, American philosopher
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 - 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
1934 - Brian Epstein, English musical group manager (the Beatles) (d. 1967)
1935 - Benjamin Hacker, American naval aviator (d. 2003)
1936 - Al Oerter, American athlete
1937 - Abner Haynes, American football player
1940 - Paul Williams, American composer
1940 - Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player
1941 - Mama Cass Elliot, American musician (d. 1974)
1941 - Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
1942 - Freda Payne, American singer and actress
1943 - Joe Morgan, baseball player
1945 - Randolph Mantooth, American actor
1948 - Jeremy Irons, English actor
1949 - Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founder Innocence Project
1949 - Twiggy Lawson, English model
1950 - Joan Lunden, American journalist and television host
1952 - Nile Rodgers, American musician and composer
1955 - Charlie Reliford, baseball umpire
1958 - Lita Ford, English singer
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
1967 - Jim Abbott, baseball player
1967 - Alexander Karelin, Russian wrestler
1969 - Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer
1970 - Victor Williams, American actor
1970 - Yuka Imai, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
1973 - Nick Colgan, Irish footballer
1974 - Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian
1974 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
1976 - Raja Bell, American basketball player
1978 - Michelle Alves, Brazilian supermodel
1978 - Nick Johnson, Baseball player
1979 - Dannielle Brent, British actress
1980 - Tegan and Sara Quin, Canadian singer/songwriters
1983 - Joey Devine, baseball player
1987 - Danielle Panabaker, American actress

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)
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 Serebryakova, Russian painter (b. 1884)
1967 - Monica Proietti, Canadian criminal (b. 1939)
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)
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)
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

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