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.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

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'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 28 January 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.
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 III.
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 German Gestapo to the extermination camp in Belzec.
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 U.S. 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 - The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, UK.
1972 - A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
1973 - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
1976 - A Turkish Boeing 727 hits a mountain in southern Turkey killing 155.
1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
1983 - Wheel of Fortune game show was created by Merv Griffin
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; 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 a couple of 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. Constitution revoked; martial law 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
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
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
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)
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 - Tegan and Sara, Canadian singer/songwriters
1981 - Scott Baker, American baseball player
1981 - Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
1981 - Rick DiPietro, American ice hockey goaltender
1982 - Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
1982 - Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
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 Doyle, 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

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 Michigan (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 (b.1816), British writer who promoted women’s education and founder the Girls' Day School Trust.
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)

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, won Pulitzer Prize (b. 1933)
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
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, paramount chief of the Ngāti Whātua Māori tribe (b. 1927)