September 19

2024 Calendar

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.

Events

Up to 1900

1356 – In the Battle of Poitiers, the English defeat the French, and capture King John II of France.
1676 – Jamestown, Virginia is burned to the ground by forces of Nathaniel Bacon.
1692 – Giles Corey is executed in Salem, Massachusetts after not pleading at the Salem Witch Trials.
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 budget.
1796 – George Washington's Farewell address is printed across the United States in an open letter to the public.
1799 – French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Iuka - Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force under General Sterling Price.
1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga is fought.
1864 – American Civil War: Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia - Union troops under General Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Jubal Early.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris begins, resulting in January 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.
1879 – The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
1881 – President of the United States James Garfield dies aged 49, after being shot by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2. Chester A. Arthur succeeds him to become the 21st President of the United States.
1893 – Women in New Zealand are given the right to vote.

1901 – 2000

1934 – Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, which occurred in 1932.
1944 – World War II: Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
1945 – William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is sentenced to death in London for spreading pro-German propaganda.
1946 – The Council of Europe is founded.
1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival is held in Cannes, France.
1957 – The US carries out its first underground nuclear bomb test.
1959 – Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, on a visit to the United States, is barred from visiting Disneyland, due to security concerns.
1970 – The first Glastonbury Festival is held in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
1972 – A parcel bomb sent to the Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
1973 – Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture as king.
1975 – The TV show Fawlty Towers premieres in the United Kingdom
1976 – A plane crash in Turkey kills 155 people.
1976 – The governing Social Democratic Party loses Sweden's parliamentary election.
1978 – The Solomon Islands join the UN.
1981 – Simon & Garfunkel re-unite for a free concert in New York City's Central Park.
1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :) and :( on the Carnegie Mellon University Board Systems.
1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1985 – 1985 Mexico City earthquake: A magnitude 8 earthquake centred near Acapulco kills thousands, and destroys many buildings, around 400 in Mexico City alone.
1988 – Hurricane Gilbert dissolves over Texas.
1989 – UTA Flight 772: A terrorist bomb explodes on a plane over Niger, killing 171 people.
1991 – German tourists discover Otzi the Iceman near the Austrian-Italian border.
1995 – The New York Times and Washington Post publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
1997 – The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.

From 2001

2006 – The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok, overthrowing Thaksin Shinawatra. The Constitution is revoked, and martial law is instated.
2010 – Deepwater Horizon oil spill: The leaking oil well is sealed, having leaked oil into the Gulf of Mexico since April 20, when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded.
2014 – Alex Salmond announces his intention to resign as First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party after a 55%-45% defeat in the Scottish independence referendum, 2014.
2015 – Rugby union World Cup: Japan, as rank outsiders, pull off one of the biggest surprises in the sport's history, by beating two-time champions South Africa 34-32.
2017 – Hurricane Maria sweeps across the Eastern Caribbean, including the islands of Dominica, Martinique and Guadeloupe.
2017 – 2017 Puebla earthquake: A major earthquake strikes central Mexico, including Mexico City, on the 32nd anniversary of the 1985 earthquake, killing at least 220 people. It is Mexico's second earthquake in less than two weeks.
2022 - Statef funeral of Elizabeth II is hold at Westminster Abbey.

Births

Up to 1900

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)
1683 – Lorenz Heister, German anatomist, surgeon and botanist (d. 1758)
1721 – William Robertson, Scottish historian (d. 1793)
1737 – Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1832)
1749 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French astronomer (d. 1822)
1754 – Louis Claude Richard, French botanist (d. 1821)
1774 – Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian hyperpolyglot (d. 1849)
1778 – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, English politician (d. 1868)
1790 – René Caillé, French explorer (d. 1838)
1796 – Hartley Coleridge, English poet (d. 1849)
1799 – René Caillié, French explorer (d. 1838)
1802 – Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer and regent-President, national hero of Hungary (d. 1894)
1803 – Maria Anna of Savoy, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1884)
1803 – Maria Teresa of Savoy (d. 1879)
1806 – William Dyce, Scottish artist (d. 1864)
1813 – Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, German-American astronomer (d. 1890)
1822 – Joseph R. West, American general and politician (d. 1898)
1826 – Antonio Raimondi, Italian-Peruvian geographer and scientist (d. 1890)
1828 – Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss politician (d. 1880)
1840 – Galen Spencer, American archer (d. 1904)
1853 – Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Portuguese royal (d. 1927)
1862 – Arvid Lindman, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1936)
1864 – Ragna Wettergreen, Norwegian actress (d. 1958)
1869 – Ben Turpin, American silent movie comedian (d. 1940)
1883 – Hjalmar Bergman, Swedish writer and playwright (d. 1931)
1883 – Mabel Vernon, American activist (d. 1975)
1887 – Lovie Austin, American jazz pianist (d. 1972)
1888 – J. W. Alexander, American mathematician (d. 1971)
1889 – Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and writer (d. 1999)
1898 – Giuseppe Saragat, President of Italy (d. 1988)
1900 – Ricardo Cortez, American actor, singer and director (d. 1977)

1901 – 1950

1901 – Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-born movie producer (d. 1991)
1901 – Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Austrian biologist (d. 1972)
1905 – Theodor Blank, German politician (d. 1972)
1908 – Mika Waltari, Finnish writer (d. 1979)
1909 – Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Austrian automobile designer and entrepreneur (d. 1998)
1910 – Margaret Lindsay, English actress (d. 1981)
1911 – William Golding, English writer (d. 1993)
1912 – Kurt Sanderling, German conductor (d. 2011)
1913 – Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970)
1914 – Rogers Morton, American politician (d. 1979)
1915 – Johann Hafstein, Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1980)
1921 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and writer (d. 1997)
1922 – Dana Zátopková, Czech athlete
1922 – Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (d. 2000)
1922 – Damon Knight, American science fiction writer (d. 2002)
1924 – Vern Benson, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1924 – Don Harron, Canadian comedian, actor, writer and composer (d. 2015)
1926 – Carlo Fruttero, Italian writer, journalist and translator (d. 2012)
1926 – Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist
1926 – James Lipton, American actor
1926 – Nini Rosso, Italian jazz trumpeter and composer (d. 1994)
1927 – Harold Brown, American physicist and politician, former United States Secretary of Defense
1927 – William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997)
1928 – Adam West, American actor (d. 2017)
1928 – Wolfram Siebeck, German food critic and journalist (d. 2016)
1929 – Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, British peer (d. 2017)
1929 – Marge Roukema, American politician (d. 2014)
1929 – Luigi Taveri, Swiss motorcycle racer (d. 2018)
1929 – Gertrude Baniszewski, American murderer (d. 1990)
1930 – Antonio Margheriti, Italian movie maker (d. 2002)
1930 – Muhal Richard Abrams, American educator, composer and musician
1931 – Hiroto Muraoka, Japanese footballer (d. 2017)
1931 – Jean-Claude Carrière, French writer and screenwriter
1932 – Mike Royko, American journalist (d. 1997)
1932 – Stefanie Zweig, German writer (d. 2014)
1933 – David McCallum, Scottish actor
1934 – Brian Epstein, English musical group manager (the Beatles) (d. 1967)
1935 – Nick Massi, American musician
1935 – Milan Antal, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1999)
1936 – Al Oerter, American athlete (d. 2007)
1939 – Moshe Weinberg, Israeli weightlifting coach (d. 1972)
1940 – Bill Medley, American singer and songwriter (The Righteous Brothers)
1941 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (d. 2013)
1941 – Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
1941 – Cass Elliot, American singer (d. 1974)
1944 – Edmund Joensen, 9th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1944 – Anders Björck, Swedish politician
1945 – Kate Adie, English journalist
1947 – Tanith Lee, English writer (d. 2015)
1947 – Lol Creme, English musician
1948 – Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager
1948 – Mihai Timofti, Moldovan actor, director and composer
1948 – Jeremy Irons, English actor
1949 – Twiggy, English model
1949 – Sally Potter, English movie director and screenwriter
1949 – Ernie Sabella, American actor
1950 – Michael Proctor, English physicist, mathematician and academic
1950 – Erkki Liikanen, Finnish politician

1951 – 1975

1951 – Ian Hudghton, Scottish politician
1952 – Gunnar Hökmark, Swedish politician
1952 – Nile Rodgers, American musician and composer
1952 – Jackie McNamara Sr., Scottish footballer
1954 – Mark Drakeford, Welsh politician, First Minister of Wales
1954 – Michael Wolff, American jazz pianist, composer, producer and actor
1955 – Rex Smith, American singer and actor
1956 – Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentine racing driver
1958 – Lita Ford, British rock music singer and guitarist
1958 – Kevin Hooks, American actor and director
1960 – Mario Batali, American chef and writer
1960 – Yolanda Saldivar, American murderer
1962 – Cheri Oteri, American actress
1963 – Jarvis Cocker, English musician
1963 – David Seaman, English footballer
1964 – Simon Singh, English journalist, writer and producer
1965 – Sabine Paturel, French singer and actress
1965 – Sunita Williams, American captain, pilot and astronaut
1966 – Heiko Maas, German politician
1966 – Eric Rudolph, American criminal
1967 – Aleksandr Karelin, Russian Greco-Roman wrestler
1970 – Victor Williams, American actor
1972 – Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player
1973 – Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing driver
1974 – Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian
1974 – Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model, actress and singer

From 1976

1977 – Tasha Danvers, British athlete
1978 – Mariano Puerta, Argentine tennis player
1980 – Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player
1980 – Amber Lancaster, American model and actress
1980 – Linda Ikeji, Nigerian blogger, writer, actress and model
1982 – Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
1982 – Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
1982 – Columbus Short, American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer
1982 – Jesse Blaze Snider, American singer-songwriter, writer and illustrator
1983 – Eamon, American singer
1984 – Kavya Madhavan, Indian actress
1984 – Lydia Hearst, American model, actress, blogger and heiress
1984 – Amber Rayne, American pornographic actress (d. 2016)
1985 – Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player
1985 – Song Soong-ki, South Korean actor, model and television host
1985 – Woodrow West, Belizean footballer
1986 – Leon Best, English-Irish footballer
1986 – Lauren Goodger, English model, singer and television personality
1986 – Gerald Ciolek, German cyclist
1987 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress
1987 – Carlos Quintero, Colombian footballer
1988 – Katrina Bowden, American actress
1988 – Faye Reagan, American pornographic actress
1989 – Tyreke Evans, American basketball player
1990 – Sako Fukuda, Japanese singer
1990 – Evgeny Novikov, Russian racing driver
1990 – Kieran Trippier, English footballer
1991 – C. J. McCollum, American basketball player
1992 – Deyver Vega, Costa Rican footballer
1992 – Diego Antonio Reyes, Mexican footballer
1996 – Haruka Kodama, Japanese singer
1996 – Pia Mia, American singer, actress and model

Deaths

Up to 1950

643 – Goeric of Metz, Frankish bishop
690 – Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 602)
1123 – Emperor Taizu of Jin of China (b. 1068)
1339 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
1356 – Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
1356 – Walter I, Count of Brienne (b. 1304)
1692 – Giles Corey, American farmer killed in the Salem Witch Trials (b. 1612)
1693 – Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (b. 1641)
1710 – Ole Romer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)
1781 – Tobias Furneaux, English explorer (b. 1735)
1812 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (b. 1744)
1833 – Mary Jemison, American frontierswoman (b. 1743)
1843 – Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French mathematician, engineer and scientist (b. 1792)
1868 – William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)
1881 – James Garfield, 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
1893 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician (b. 1817)
1902 – Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, writer and critic (b. 1867)
1905 – Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845)
1907 – Jacob Morenga, Namibian uprising leader (b. 1875)
1914 – Charles de Vendeville, French swimmer (b. 1882)
1927 – Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
1935 – Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovskii, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1857)
1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkande, Indian singer (b. 1860)
1938 – Pauline Frederick, American actress (b. 1883)
1949 – Will Cuppy, American humorist (b. 1884)

1951 – 2010

1954 – Miles Franklin, Australian writer (b. 1879)
1967 – Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter (b. 1884)
1968 – Chester Carlson, American physicist (b. 1906)
1968 – Red Foley, American singer (b. 1910)
1969 – Rex Ingram, American actor (b. 1895)
1985 – Italo Calvino, Italian writer (b. 1923)
1987 – Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician and Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
1989 – Willie Steele, American long jumper (b. 1923)
1992 – Jacques Pic, French chef (b. 1932)
1995 – Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and businessman (b. 1907)
2002 – Robert Guéï, leader of Ivory Coast (b. 1941)
2003 – Slim Dusty, Australian singer (b. 1927)
2004 – Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931)
2009 – Eduard Zimmermann, German broadcaster (b. 1929)

From 2011

2011 – Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (b. 1909)
2011 – George Cadle Price, 1st Prime Minister of Belize (b. 1919)
2013 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (Nintendo) (b. 1927)
2013 – Saye Zerbo, Burkina Faso politician (b. 1932)
2013 – John D. Vanderhoof, American politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (b. 1922)
2014 – Avraham Heffner, Israeli filmmaker (b. 1935)
2014 – Elaine Lee, South African-Australian actress (b. 1939)
2014 – U. Srinivas, Indian mandolin player (b. 1969)
2014 – Francisco Feliciano, Filipino composer and conductor (b. 1941)
2014 – Iain MacCormick, Scottish politician (b. 1939)
2014 – Audrey Long, American actress (b. 1922)
2015 – Mishael Cheshin, Israeli judge (b. 1936)
2015 – Masajuro Shiokawa, Japanese politician (b. 1921)
2015 – Jackie Collins, English novelist (b. 1937)
2017 – Bernie Casey, American actor and football player (b. 1939)
2017 – Jake LaMotta, American boxer (b. 1922)
2017 – David Shepherd, British artist (b. 1931)
2017 – Brian Barder, British diplomat (b. 1934)
2017 – Leonid Kharitonov, Russian opera singer (b. 1933)
2017 – José Salcedo, Spanish film editor (b. 1949)
2018 – Jon Burge, American police officer (b. 1947)
2018 – Bunny Carr, Irish television presenter (b. 1927)
2018 – Kondapalli Koteswaramma, Indian Communist revolutionary and writer (b. 1918)
2018 – Marilyn Lloyd, American politician (b. 1929)
2018 – Arthur Mitchell, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1934)
2018 – Denis Norden, English comedy writer and television presenter (b. 1922)
2018 – Gamil Ratib, Egyptian-French actor (b. 1926)
2019 – Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of Tunisia (b. 1936)
2019 – Irina Bogacheva, Russian mezzo-soprano (b. 1939)
2019 – Wim Crouwel, Dutch graphic designer (b. 1928)
2019 – Marco Feingold, Austrian Holocaust survivor (b. 1913)
2019 – Maurice Ferré, American politician (b. 1935)
2019 – Charles Gérard, French actor (b. 1922)
2019 – Bert Hellinger, German psychotherapist (b. 1925)
2019 – Barron Hilton, American businessman (b. 1927)
2019 – Sandie Jones, Irish singer (b. 1951)
2019 – Harold Mabern, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1936)
2019 – María Rivas, Venezuelan Latin jazz singer (b. 1960)
2019 – Levente Riz, Hungarian politician (b. 1974)
2019 – Larry Wallis, English songwriter and guitarist (b. 1949)

Observances

National holiday in Saint Kitts and Nevis, commemorating independence from the United Kingdom in 1983
International Talk like a Pirate Day
Armed Forces Day (Chile)