September 19

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.
*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.
*1926 - The San Siro is inaugurated with a match between AC Milan and Inter.
*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.
* 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.
*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.
*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.

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)
*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)
*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)
*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)
*1948 - Jeremy Irons, English actor
*1948 - Mihai Timofti, Director, actor, musician from Moldova-Chisinau
*1949 - Sally Potter, English film director and screenwriter
* 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
*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 - Trisha Yearwood, American singer
*1965 - Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress
* 1965 - Sabine Paturel, French singer
*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 - 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
*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 - Ryan Dusick, American drummer (Maroon 5)
* 1977 - Akash Chopra, Indian cricketer
*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 - Sara Quin, Canadian singer/songwriter (Tegan and Sara)
* 1980 - Tegan Quin, Canadian singer/songwriter (Tegan and Sara)
*1981 - Scott Baker, American baseball 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
*1986 - Gerald Ciolek, German cyclist
* 1986 - Ken Gushi, Japanese racing driver
* 1986 - Peter Vack, American voice actor
*1987 - Danielle Panabaker, American actress
*1990 - Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress
*1991 - Demelza Reveley, Australian model
*1994 - Alex Etel, British actor

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)
*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)
*2002 - Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
*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
*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)

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

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/19 BBC: On This Day]
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* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Sep&day=19 On This Day in Canada] ----