September 19

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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. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Events

335 – Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, emperor Constantine I.

634 – Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.

1356 – Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures the French king, John II.

1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.

1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.

1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.

1796 – George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.

1799 – French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.

1846 – Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.

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: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.

1864 – American Civil War: Third Battle of Winchester: Union troops under General Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley and was not only militarily decisive in that region of Virginia but also played a role in securing Abraham Lincoln's election in 1864.

1868 – La Gloriosa begins in Spain.

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.

1879 – The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.

1881 – U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.

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.

1916 – During the East African Campaign of World War I, colonial armed forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of General Charles Tombeur captured the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.

1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.

1940 – Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance.

1944 – Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed, marking the end of the Continuation War.

1944 – Battle of Hürtgen Forest between United States and Nazi Germany begins.

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 (part of Operation Plumbbob).

1970 – The first Glastonbury Festival is held, at a farm belonging to Michael Eavis.

1970 – Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.

1971 – Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyễn Khánh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.

1973 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.

1976 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.

1976 – Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.

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.

1989 – A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.

1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.

1997 – Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria where 53 people are killed.

2006 – The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.

2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.

2011 – Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all time saves leader with 602.

2016 – In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.

Births

AD 86 – Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (d. 161)

866 – Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (d. 912)

1328 – Joan of Kent (d. 1385)

1377 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404)

1426 – Maria of Cleves, French noble (d. 1487)

1477 – Ferrante d'Este, Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero (d. 1540)

1551 – Henry III of France (d. 1589)

1721 – William Robertson, Scottish historian (d. 1793)

1749 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1822)

1754 – John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (d. 1821)

1759 – William Kirby, English priest and entomologist (d. 1850)

1774 – Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (d. 1849)

1778 – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1868)

1796 – Hartley Coleridge, English poet and author (d. 1849)

1802 – Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor-President of Hungary (d. 1894)

1803 – Maria Anna of Savoy (d. 1884)

1811 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (d. 1881)

1828 – Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1880)

1865 – Frank Eugene, American-German photographer (d. 1936)

1867 – Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (d. 1939)

1871 – Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (d. 1938)

1882 – Christopher Stone, English radio host (d. 1965)

1883 – Mabel Vernon, American educator and activist (d. 1975)

1887 – Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1972)

1887 – Lynne Overman, American actor and singer (d. 1943)

1888 – James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (d. 1971)

1888 – Porter Hall, American actor (d. 1953)

1889 – Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and author (d. 1999)

1894 – Rachel Field, American author and poet (d. 1942)

1898 – Giuseppe Saragat, Italian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Italy (d. 1988)

1900 – Ricardo Cortez, American actor (d. 1977)

1905 – Leon Jaworski, American lawyer, co-founded Fulbright & Jaworski (d. 1982)

1907 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1998)

1908 – Paul Bénichou, French historian, author, and critic (d. 2001)

1908 – Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 2004)

1908 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (d. 1975)

1909 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman (d. 1998)

1910 – Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981)

1910 – Arturo M. Tolentino, Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2004)

1911 – William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)

1912 – Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011)

1913 – Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970)

1913 – Helen Ward, American singer (d. 1998)

1915 – Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer, and producer (d. 1973)

1918 – Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (d. 2006)

1919 – Roger Grenier, French journalist and author

1920 – Roger Angell, American journalist and author

1921 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (d. 1997)

1921 – Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2002)

1922 – Damon Knight, American author and critic (d. 2002)

1922 – Willie Pep, American boxer and referee (d. 2006)

1922 – Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (d. 2000)

1924 – Vern Benson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)

1924 – Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)

1925 – Pete Murray, English radio and television host

1925 – W. Reece Smith, Jr., American lawyer and academic (d. 2013)

1926 – Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1926 – James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1926 – Duke Snider, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011)

1927 – Helen Carter, American singer (d. 1998)

1927 – Rosemary Harris, English actress

1928 – Adam West, American actor and businessman

1929 – Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (d. 2014)

1930 – Muhal Richard Abrams, American pianist, composer, and educator

1930 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (d. 2012)

1930 – Antonio Margheriti, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)

1931 – Derek Gardner, English engineer (d. 2011)

1932 – Mike Royko, American journalist and author (d. 1997)

1932 – Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (d. 2014)

1933 – Gilles Archambault, Canadian journalist and author

1933 – David McCallum, Scottish actor

1934 – Brian Epstein, English talent manager (d. 1967)

1934 – Austin Mitchell, English academic and politician

1935 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (d. 2003)

1936 – Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (d. 2012)

1936 – Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)

1936 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (d. 2007)

1937 – Abner Haynes, American football player

1939 – Bruce Bastin, English musicologist and author

1939 – Louise Botting, English journalist and author

1939 – Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter

1939 – Moshe Weinberg, Israeli wrestling coach (d. 1972)

1940 – Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter

1940 – Zandra Rhodes, English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum

1940 – Sylvia Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1940 – Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1940 – Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor

1941 – Umberto Bossi, Italian politician

1941 – Cass Elliot, American singer (d. 1974)

1941 – Jim Fox, English pentathlete

1941 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (d. 2013)

1942 – Freda Payne, American singer and actress

1943 – André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1943 – Joe Morgan, American baseball player and sportscaster

1943 – Indrek Toome, Estonian businessman and politician

1944 – Anders Björck, Swedish politician, 25th Swedish Minister of Defence

1944 – Edmund Joensen, Faroese politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

1944 – İsmet Özel, Turkish poet and scholar

1945 – Kate Adie, English journalist and author

1945 – Randolph Mantooth, American actor

1946 – Brian Henton, English race car driver

1947 – Henry Bromell, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1947 – Thomas H. Cook, American author and academic

1947 – Brian Hill, American basketball player and coach

1947 – Tanith Lee, English author (d. 2015)

1948 – Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager

1948 – Jeremy Irons, English actor

1949 – Twiggy, English model, actress, and singer

1949 – Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founded the Innocence Project

1950 – Joan Lunden, American television journalist, anchor, and author

1950 – Michael Proctor, English physicist, mathematician, and academic

1951 – Daniel Lanois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1952 – Rhys Chatham, American trumpet player, guitarist, and composer

1952 – Bernard de Dryver, Belgian race car driver

1952 – Henry Kaiser, American guitarist and composer

1952 – Nile Rodgers, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1952 – George Warrington, American businessman (d. 2007)

1953 – Wayne Clark, Australian cricketer

1953 – Sarana VerLin, American singer-songwriter and violinist

1954 – Adam Phillips, Welsh psychotherapist and author

1954 – Eleni Vitali, Greek singer-songwriter

1955 – Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (d. 2006)

1957 – Chris Roupas, American basketball player

1958 – Lita Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1958 – Kevin Hooks, American actor, director, and producer

1960 – Mario Batali, American chef and author

1960 – Loïc Bigois, French aerodynamicist and engineer

1961 – Artur Ekert, Polish-English physicist and academic

1962 – Cheri Oteri, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter

1962 – Ken Rosenthal, American sportscaster

1963 – Jarvis Cocker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1963 – David Seaman, English footballer

1963 – Urmas Tartes, Estonian biologist and photographer

1964 – Patrick Marber, English actor, director, and screenwriter

1964 – Daniel Wincott, British political scientist

1964 – Trisha Yearwood, American singer-songwriter and actress

1965 – Andrew Leeds, Australian rugby player and coach

1965 – Tim Scott, American politician

1965 – Sunita Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

1966 – Soledad O'Brien, American journalist and producer

1966 – Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist

1967 – Jim Abbott, American baseball player

1967 – Aleksandr Karelin, Russian wrestler and politician

1968 – Jimmy Bower, American drummer and songwriter

1968 – Monica Crowley, American talk show host and author

1969 – Candy Dulfer, Dutch saxophonist

1969 – Jacek Frąckiewicz, Polish footballer

1969 – Alkinoos Ioannidis, Cypriot singer-songwriter and guitarist

1969 – Michael Symon, American chef and author

1969 – Kostya Tszyu, Russian-Australian boxer

1969 – Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer-songwriter

1970 – Dan Bylsma, American ice hockey player and coach

1970 – Gilbert Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player

1970 – Antoine Hey, German footballer and manager

1970 – Victor Williams, American actor

1971 – Sanaa Lathan, American actress

1971 – Mike Sadlo, German footballer and manager

1972 – Matt Cockbain, Australian rugby player and coach

1972 – Ryan Girdler, Australian rugby league player

1972 – Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player and coach

1973 – Nick Colgan, Irish footballer and coach

1973 – Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian race car driver

1974 – Jimmy Fallon, American comedian and talk show host

1975 – Marcus Dunstan, American director and screenwriter

1976 – Raja Bell, American basketball player

1976 – Jay Electronica, American rapper and producer

1976 – Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player

1976 – Alison Sweeney, American actress and television host

1977 – Poon Yiu Cheuk, Hong Kong footballer and coach

1977 – Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer

1977 – Tommaso Rocchi, Italian footballer

1977 – Mike Smith, American baseball player

1977 – Emil Sutovsky, Israeli chess player

1978 – Nick Johnson, American baseball player

1978 – Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer

1978 – Nigel Mitchell, English radio and television host

1980 – James Ellison, English motorcycle racer

1980 – Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player

1981 – Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist

1981 – Rick DiPietro, American ice hockey player

1981 – Rika Fujiwara, Japanese tennis player

1982 – Shaun Barker, English footballer

1982 – Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer

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

1984 – Ángel Reyna, Mexican footballer

1984 – Danny Valencia, American baseball player

1984 – Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor

1985 – Gio Gonzalez, American baseball player

1985 – Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player

1985 – Chase Rice, American singer-songwriter

1985 – Renee Young, Canadian journalist

1985 – Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor

1986 – Leon Best, English footballer

1986 – Ryan Succop, American football player

1987 – Kenny Britt, American football player

1987 – Carlos Quintero, Colombian footballer

1989 – Tyreke Evans, American basketball player

1989 – George Springer, American baseball player

1990 – Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress and singer

1990 – Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek footballer

1990 – Evgeny Novikov, Russian race car driver

1990 – Kieran Trippier, English footballer

1992 – Diego Antonio Reyes, Mexican footballer

Deaths

643 – Goeric of Metz, Frankish bishop and saint

656 – Pope Martin I

690 – Theodore of Tarsus, English archbishop and saint (b. 602)

1123 – Emperor Taizu of Jin (b. 1068)

1147 – Igor II of Kiev

1339 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)

1356 – Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)

1356 – Walter VI, Count of Brienne (b. 1304)

1486 – Richard Oldham, English Bishop

1668 – William Waller, English general and politician (b. 1597)

1710 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1644)

1812 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (b. 1744)

1843 – Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1792)

1863 – Hans Christian Heg, Norwegian-American colonel and politician (b. 1829)

1868 – William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)

1881 – James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)

1893 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)

1902 – Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (b. 1867)

1905 – Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-English philanthropist (b. 1845)

1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)

1924 – Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1854)

1927 – Michael Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)

1935 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1857)

1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1860)

1942 – Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)

1944 – Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)

1949 – George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (b. 1886)

1949 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1901)

1955 – John D. Dingell, Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1894)

1965 – Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)

1967 – Zinaida Serebriakova, Ukrainian-French painter (b. 1884)

1968 – Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (b. 1906)

1968 – Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1910)

1972 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)

1975 – Pamela Brown, English actress (b. 1917)

1978 – Étienne Gilson, French historian and philosopher (b. 1884)

1985 – Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (b. 1923)

1987 – Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)

1989 – Willie Steele, American long jumper (b. 1923)

1990 – Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)

1992 – Jacques Pic, French chef (b. 1932)

1995 – Orville Redenbacher, American businessman, founded his own eponymous brand (b. 1907)

1998 – Patricia Hayes, English actress (b. 1909)

2000 – Pastor Coronel, Paraguayan politician (b. 1919)

2000 – Ann Doran, American actress (b. 1911)

2001 – Rhys Jones, Welsh-Australian archaeologist and academic (b. 1941)

2002 – Robert Guéï, Ivorian politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)

2004 – Eddie Adams, American photographer and journalist (b. 1933)

2004 – Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)

2004 – Damayanti Joshi, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1928)

2004 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (b. 1908)

2006 – Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)

2006 – Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1929)

2006 – Martha Holmes, American photographer and journalist (b. 1923)

2006 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (b. 1950)

2009 – Arthur Ferrante, American pianist (b. 1921)

2009 – Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (b. 1915)

2009 – Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist (b. 1929)

2011 – Thomas Capano, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)

2011 – Dolores Hope, American singer (b. 1909)

2012 – Rino Ferrario, Italian footballer (b. 1926)

2012 – Cecil Gordon, American race car driver (b. 1941)

2012 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (b. 1930)

2012 – Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (b. 1946)

2013 – Robert Barnard, English author and critic (b. 1936)

2013 – John Reger, American football player (b. 1931)

2013 – William Ungar, Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (b. 1913)

2013 – John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (b. 1922)

2013 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (b. 1927)

2014 – Audrey Long, American actress (b. 1922)

2015 – Jackie Collins, English novelist (b. 1937)

2015 – Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1966)

2015 – Masajuro Shiokawa, Japanese economist and politician, 63rd Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

Feast of San Gennaro

Goeric of Metz

Januarius (Western Christianity)

Our Lady of La Salette

Theodore of Tarsus (Anglican Communion, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon

September 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Armed Forces Day (Chile)

Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council

Second day of Fiestas Patrias (Chile)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom in 1983.

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

References

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Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and observances

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