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What happened in history on this day: September 19?
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- 86 - Birth of Antoninus Pius, 15th Roman emperor (138-161).
- 1356 - During the Battle of Poitiers, King John II the Good of France is captured by the English and taken to London.
- 1610 - Death of Friedrich IV in Heidelberg; elector of Rhineland-Pfalz.
- 1655 - Birth of Jan Luyts Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer.
- 1676 - Timbers from a church burns to the ground, at Jamestown, Virginia colony, during Bacon's Rebellion against Virginia colonial government.
- 1737 - Birth of Charles Carroll signed Declaration of Independence.
- 1777 - Battle of Freeman's Farm (Bemis Heights) or first Battle of Saratoga.
- 1783 - First successful launch of a hot air baloon, carrying a sheep, a duck, and a rooster.
- 1796 - US President George Washington gives his farewell address as president.
- 1802 - Birth of Louis Kossuth in Hungary; President of Hungary (1849).
- 1812 - Death of financier Mayer Amschel von Rothschild.
- 1837 - Birth of James W. Hyatt; US Treasurer.
- 1848 - William Cranch Bond (US) and William Lassell (England) independently discover Hyperion, moon of Saturn.
- 1849 - First commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California.
- 1867 - Birth of Arthur Rackham in England; artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales).
- 1873 - Black Friday: Jay Cooke and Company fails, causing a securities panic.
- 1879 - Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11 feet 2.25 inches at age 17 years and 198 days.
- 1881 - Death of James Garfield in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA from a gunshot wound two months previous; 20th President of the USA.
- 1881 - Chester A Arthur is sworn in as 21st US President.
- 1888 - The first beauty contest is held, the Concours de Beauté, held at Spa in Belgium. Winner is 18-year-old Bertha Soucaret of Guadeloupe.
- 1889 - Birth of Ernest Truex in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actor (Pop - Pete and Gladys, Mr Peepers).
- 1890 - Turkish frigate Ertogrul burns off of Japan, kills 540.
- 1893 - The Electoral Act gives all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
- 1898 - Birth of Giuseppe Saragat; president of Italy (1964-71).
- 1900 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid commit their first robbery together.
- 1901 - Birth of Joseph Pasternak; film producer (Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy).
- 1902 - Birth of James Van Alen; created Simplified Scoring System for tennis.
- 1904 - Birth of Bergen Evans in Ohio, USA; English professor ($64,000 Question).
- 1905 - Birth of Betty Garde in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Aggie - The Real McCoys).
- 1907 - Birth of Lewis F Powell Junior in Virginia, USA; Supreme Court justice (1972-87).
- 1908 - Birth of Mika Waltari; novelist (Egyptian).
- 1910 - Birth of Margaret Lindsay in Dubuque, Iowa, USA; actress (Take a Guess).
- 1911 - Birth of William Golding in England; novelist (Lord of the Flies - Nobel Prize 1983).
- 1914 - Birth of Rogers Morton in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; US Secretary of Interior (1968-75).
- 1919 - Birth of Blanche Thebom in Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA; mezzo-soprano (Amneris - Aida).
- 1922 - Birth of Dana Zatopek in Czechoslavakia; javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1952).
- 1922 - Birth of Emil Zatopek in Czechoslavakia; 5000m/10,000m/marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1952).
- 1926 - Birth of Edwin "Duke" Snider; Brooklyn Dodgers' centerfielder (406 home runs).
- 1926 - Birth of Lurleen Wallace; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Alabama).
- 1928 - Birth of Adam West in Walla Walla, Washington, USA; actor (Batman, Last Precinct).
- 1930 - Birth of Rosemary Harris in Ashby, Suffolk, England; actress (Holocaust).
- 1931 - Birth of Brook Benton in Camden, South Carolina, USA; singer (Frankie and Johnny).
- 1931 - Birth of Ray Danton in New York City, New York, USA; actor/director (The Longest Day, Psychic Killer).
- 1932 - Birth of Mike Royko in Chicago, Illinois, USA; journalist (Chicago Daily News), author (Boss).
- 1933 - Birth of David McCallum in Glasgow, Scotland; actor (Ilyla Kuryakin - Man From UNCLE).
- 1936 - Birth of Al Oerter; American discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1956, 1960, 1964, 1968).
- 1937 - Birth of Boris Onischenko in USSR; épée (Olympic-1976) disqualified-illegal épée.
- 1938 - Britain and France agree to Adolf Hitler's demands, and urge Czechoslovakia to give the Sudeten areas to Germany.
- 1939 - The five Scandinavian countries make a joint declaration of firm neutrality, cooperating to safeguard their economic life, and continuing trade with all States.
- 1939 - The Polish naval base of Gdynia falls to German forces.
- 1939 - Adolf Hitler makes a speech at Danzig, saying Poland's fate is to be determined by Germany and Russia, and that he has accepted the western border, with no war aims against Britain or France.
- 1939 - Soviet forces capture Vilna, Poland.
- 1940 - Birth of Bill Medley in Santa Ana, California, USA; rocker (Righteous Bros - "Up Where We Belong").
- 1940 - Birth of Paul Williams; singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes).
- 1940 - German decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes.
- 1941 - Birth of Jim Fox in England; pentathlete (Olympics-1972).
- 1941 - In the Grand Harbor of Gibraltar, the British naval tanker Denbydale, cargo ship Durham, and tanker Fiona Shell explode from charges attached by midget submarines of the Italian navy.
- 1941 - In the Soviet Union, Kiev falls to German Army Group South forces. 665,000 men are captured, the largest number of prisoners ever captured in one battle, and the largest single military success in history. Kiev was defended for 72 days.
- 1943 - Birth of Christi Haas in Austria; downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1964).
- 1943 - Birth of Mama Cass Elliot in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; singer (The Mamas and the Papas - "Monday Monday").
- 1944 - Finland and the Soviet Union sign an armistice, ending the conflict between their countries.
- 1945 - Birth of David Bromberg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; musician ("Demon in Disguise").
- 1945 - Birth of Freda Payne in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer ("Band of Gold").
- 1945 - Birth of Jane Blalock; LPGA Golfer (Rookie of the Year-1969).
- 1945 - Birth of Randolph Mantooth in Sacramento, California, USA; actor (Emergency, Loving).
- 1945 - Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London, England.
- 1947 - Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of the Year.
- 1948 - Birth of Jeremy Irons in England; actor (French Lieutenant's Woman).
- 1948 - Birth of Nadyezhda Tkachenko in the USSR; pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1980).
- 1949 - Birth of Twiggy Lawson [Leslie Hornby] in England; model/actress (Boyfriend).
- 1950 - Birth of Joan Lunden in Fair Oaks, California, USA; news host (Good Morning America).
- 1950 - Birth of Rudy Ramos in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Wind - High Chaparral).
- 1952 - Birth of Scott Colomby in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Stash - Sons and Daughters, Szysznyk).
- 1956 - First international conference of black writers and artists meets (Sorbonne).
- 1956 - Birth of Rex Smith in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; actor (Solid Gold, Pirates of Penzance).
- 1957 - First underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas, Nevada).
- 1957 - Birth of Richard M Linnehan in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA; US Army Captain/astronaut.
- 1958 - Birth of Kevin Hooks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Sounder, Aaron Loves Angela).
- 1959 - Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland during visit to USA due to security concerns.
- 1960 - NBC premieres The Barbara Stanwyck Theatre TV show, 30-minute dramatic variety.
- 1961 - CBS airs the last Playhouse 90 TV show.
- 1962 - Birth of Tonja Walker; actress (Capitol, General Hospital).
- 1962 - CBS airs the last Checkmate TV show. A total of 70 episodes aired.
- 1962 - CBS airs the last Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV show. A total of 145 episodes aired.
- 1964 - Birth of Kim Richards in Long Island, New York, USA; actress (Nanny and the Professor, James at 15).
- 1965 - Birth of Debbye Turner; Miss America (1990).
- 1965 - The fifth parliamentary elections take place in the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The CDU/CSU gets 47.6% of the vote, the SPD 39.3%, and the FDP 9.5%. The governing coalition consists of the CDU/CSU and the FDP. Ludwig Erhard (CDU) is the chancellor.
- 1966 - Mike Burke is named New York Yankees president.
- 1967 - Martin Block, TV announcer (Chesterfield Supper Club), dies at age 64.
- 1968 - Death of Red Foley AKA Clyde Julian Foley of a heart attack at age 58; country singer/songwriter ("Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy", "Old Shep", "Sugarfoot Rag", "Tennessee Saturday Night", "Peace in the Valley"), TV host (Ozark Jubilee), actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
- 1969 - The ABC TV network airs the last Judd, For the Defense TV show in the USA. 50 episodes airede.
- 1969 - The NBC TV Network airs the first Bracken's World 60-minute TV show in the USA.
- 1969 - CBS airs the last The Wild, Wild West TV show.
- 1970 - The CBS TV network airs the first The Mary Tyler Moore 30-minute comedy TV show in the USA.
- 1972 - A letter bomb in London, England, kills Israeli diplomat Ami Shachori. 51 bombs are mailed to Israeli embassy employees worldwide, with most intercepted.
- 1973 - Prince Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus Bernadotte ascends the throne of Sweden as King Carl XVI Gustaf.
- 1973 - National League refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington DC.
- 1973 - Pirate Radio Free America (off Cape May, New Jersey) goes on the air.
- 1979 - In Italy, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurs, about 110 kilometres northeast of Rome. Five people killed, and extensive damage occurred in the vicinity of Norcia.
- 1980 - The Robert Redford-directed film Ordinary People, based on the novel by Judith Guest, premieres in theaters in the USA.
- 1980 - Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, Arkansas).
- 1981 - Simon and Garfunkel perform The Concert in Central Park, a free concert in New York in front of approximately a half million people.
- 1981 - In New South Wales, the Wran government is re-elected for a third term with an increased majority, reducing the Liberal Party of Australia to just 14 members in the Legislative Assembly.
- 1981 - Satellites China 10 and 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket.
- 1982 - Seattle Mariners' rookie Orlando Mercado becomes third player to hit a grand slam for his first major league hit.
- 1982 - Birth of Nicole Voss; American model.
- 1982 - New Orleans Saints' first road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0.
- 1983 - The syndicated TV game show Wheel of Fortune debuts.
- 1983 - CBS-TV airs the final episode of M*A*S*H, attracting a record viewership.
- 1983 - Saint Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain.
- 1984 - NBC debuts the Highway to Heaven TV show.
- 1985 - Allied Chemical (Allied Corp.) changes its company name to Allied-Signal Incorp.
- 1985 - In Michoacan, Mexico, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs. At least 9,500 people were killed, about 30,000 were injured, more than 100,000 people were left homeless, and severe damage was caused in parts of Mexico City and in several states of central Mexico.
- 1986 - Chicago White Sox player Joe Crowley no-hits California Angels, 7-1.
- 1986 - US Federal health officals announce AZT will be available to AIDS patients.
- 1988 - Israel launches its first satellite, for secret military reconnaissance.
- 1988 - Greg Louganis suffers a head injury while qualifying for the Seoul Olympics and goes on to win two gold medals.
- 1988 - Oren Lee Staley, first president of US National Farmers Organization (1955-79), dies at age 65.
- 1989 - Appeals court restores America's Cup to US after New York Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (New Zealand protested US's use of a catamaran).
- 1989 - Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens.
- 1990 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army tries to assassinate Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry at his home near Stafford, England. Hit by at least nine bullets, he survives.
- 1990 - The CBS TV network debuts the Disney-produced series Lenny.
- 1991 - Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps by a couple of German tourists.
- 1992 - Liberian-registered oil tanker Nagasaki Spirit collides with container ship Ocean Blessing in the Malacca Straits off Indonesia, spilling about 14 million litres of crude oil.
- 1993 - In Poland, a coalition of left parties wins 66 percent of parliament seats.
- 1994 - American troops stage a bloodless invasion of Haiti in order to restore the legitimate elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to power.
- 1994 - NBC airs the first episode of E.R..
- 1996 - The scoreboard at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York, falls to the ice just hours before a National Hockey League game; no one is injured.
- 1997 - Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.
- 1999 - CBS airs the first episode of TV show Judging Amy.
- 2000 - Death of Ann Doran at age 89; actress (Twilight Zone, Cagney and Lacey, Hunter, appeared in estimated 500 movies and 1000 TV shows).
- 2001 - In the light of the New York attack by terrorists the German Bundestag votes full support and solidarity with the USA, including military support.
- 2001 - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announces decision to support US-led intervention against Taliban in Afghanistan, mainly to keep US from allying with India.
- 2002 - Civil war starts in Côte d'Ivoire.
- 2002 - Death of Robert Guéï, military ruler of the Côte d'Ivoire (born 1941).
- 2005 - North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and cooperation.
- 2006 - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand declares a state of emergency in Bangkok as members of the Royal Thai Army stage a coup d'état. The army announces the removal of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from power.
- 2006 - In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the spot at Hanlan Point where Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run is commemorated with a plaque. The historic home run came on September 5, 1914.
- 2007 - Typhoon Wipha hits Fuding, China. Authorities had evacuated over two million people prior to the storm's landfall.
- 2007 - Death of Antoine Ghanem, Lebanese politician (born 1943).
- 2008 - Major League Baseball's instant replay system produces its first reversal when Tampa Bay Rays' Carlos Pena had a two-run double changed to a three-run homer during the fourth inning against the Minnesota Twins. The initial umpire call was based on fan interference, which the video replay showed was not the case.
- 2010 - The oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is finally sealed, after leaking about 4.9 million barrels of oil since April 20.
- 2011 - With 434 dead, the United Nations launches a $357 million appeal for victims of the 2011 Sindh floods in Pakistan.
- 2011 - Death of George Cadle Price, 1st Prime Minister of Belize (born 1919).
- 2017 - A 7.1Mw earthquake strikes central Mexico, killing more than 350, leaving up to 6,000 injured and thousands more homeless.
- 2017 - (to September 20) Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Dominica as a Category 5 hurricane, and Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane. Maria causes at least 112 deaths and damages estimated in excess of US$91.6 billion.
- 2017 - Death of Jake LaMotta, American boxer (born 1922).
- 2017 - Death of Massimo Natili, Italian racing driver (born 1935).
- 2017 - Death of John Nicholson, New Zealand racing driver (born 1941).
- 2020 - A 1634 edition of The Two Noble Kinsmen, the last play by English playwright William Shakespeare, is discovered at the Royal Scots College's library in Salamanca, Spain. It is believed to be the oldest copy of any of his works in the country.
- 2020 - Death of John Turner, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1929).
- 2021 - The 2021 Russian legislative election is held, with the United Russia party winning nearly 50% of the vote.
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