On this day in History - Sep. 19

0086 - Antoninus Pius was born (d. 0161). 15th Roman Emperor (0138-0161)
0690 - Theodore of Tarsus dies (b. 0602). Archbishop of Canterbury
0866 - Emperor Leo VI of the Byzantine Empire was born (d. 0912).
1339 - Emperor Go-Daigo dies (b. 1288). Emperor of Japan
1356 - In the Battle of Poitiers English defeat French.
1377 - Duke Albert IV of Austria was born
1551 - King Henry III of France was born (d. 1589).
1668 - William Waller dies. English soldier
1676 - Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg was born (d. 1733).
1692 - Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
1692 - Giles Cory dies. American farmer killed in the Salem Witch Trials
1693 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor dies (b. 1641). Slovenian polymath.
1710 - Ole Rømer dies (b. 1644). Danish astronomer.
1737 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton was born (d. 1832). American signer of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Senator.
1759 - William Kirby was born (d. 1850). English entomologist.
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
1778 - Henry Peter Brougham was born. Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1796 - George Washington makes his farewell address.

1806 - William Dyce was born. Scottish painter.
1811 - Orson Pratt was born (d. 1881). American religious leader
1828 - Fridolin Anderwert was born (d. 1880). Swiss Federal Councilor.
1843 - Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis dies. French mathematicien and engineer

1846 - Cândido de Figueiredo was born. Portuguese lexicographer.

1853 - Nascimento de D. Miguel II de Bragança
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

1871 - Luís Augusto Rebelo da Silva dies. Portuguese politician and historian.
1881 - James Garfield dies of gunshot wound at 49 (b. 1831). 20th President of the United States.

1883 - Ernesto de Albuquerque was born in Lisbon. Film director, cinematographer.
1886 - Eduard von Steinle dies (b. 1810). German painter.

1889 - D. Luís dies. King of Portugal (1861 - 1889).
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, beginning with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
1894 - John D. Dingell was born (d. 1955). U.S. Congressman from Michigan.

1896 - José de Azeredo Perdigão was born. Portuguese lawyer.
1899 - Auguste Scheurer-Kestner dies (b. 1833). French chemist, industrialist and politician.
1900 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid commit their first robbery together.
1901 - Joe Pasternak was born (d. 1991). Russian-born film producer.
1901 - Ludwig von Bertalanffy was born († 1972) . Austrian biologist .

1902 - Émile Zola dies. Franch writer.
1905 - Leon Jaworski was born (d. 1982). American Watergate scandal special prosecutor.
1908 - Mika Waltari was born (d. 1979). Finnish novelist.

1908 - Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony, premiered in Prague.

1908 - José Manuel Cayetano Marroquín Ricaurte dies. President of Colombia (1900-1904)

1909 - Ferry Porsche was born (d. 1998). Austrian automobile pioneer.
1911 - Sir William Golding was born (d. 1993). English novelist (Lord of the Flies). Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983
1912 - Kurt Sanderling was born. German conductor.
1913 - Frances Farmer was born (d. 1970). American actress.
1914 - Lupicínio Rodrigues was born in Porto Alegre (RS) († 1974). Brazilian composer.
1919 - Mary Midgley was born. American philosopher.
1920 - Roger Angell was born. American sports writer.
1921 - Paulo Freire was born († 1997) . Brazilian educator.

1921 - 41st U.S. Mens Tennis: William T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (6-1, 6-3, 6-1)
1922 - Damon Knight was born (d. 2002). American writer.
1922 - Dana Zátopková was born. Czech runner.
1922 - Emil Zátopek was born (d. 2000). Czech athlete.

1925 - 45th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (4-6, 11-9, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3)
1926 - Duke Snider was born. Baseball player.
1926 - Masatoshi Koshiba was born. Japanese physicist.
1927 - Michael Peter Ancher dies (b. 1849). Danish painter.
1928 - William Hickey was born (d. 1997). American actor.
1928 - Adam West was born. American actor
1930 - Antonio Margheriti was born. Italian film maker
1931 - Brook Benton was born (d. 1988). American singer.
1933 - David McCallum was born. Scottish actor
1934 - Brian Epstein was born (d. 1967). English musical group manager (the Beatles).
1934 - Maria Dilnah was born. Brazilian actress.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the murder of Charles Lindbergh Junior.
1935 - Benjamin Hacker was born (d. 2003). American naval pilot.
1935 - Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky dies (b. 1857). Russian rocket scientist.
1936 - Martha Rocha was born in Salvador. Brazilian model and singer. Miss Brasil 1954.
1936 - Al Oerter was born. American athlete.

1936 - José Carmona Gomes Cravinho was born. Portuguese statesman, politician.
1937 - Abner Haynes was born. American football player.
1938 - Pauline Frederick dies (b. 1883). American actress.
1940 - Paul Williams was born. American composer.
1941 - Mama Cass Elliot was born (d. 1974). American musician.
1942 - Freda Payne was born. American singer and actress.
1942 - Condé Nast dies (b. 1873). American publisher.
1943 - Joe Morgan was born. Baseball player.
1944 - Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union signed. (End of the Continuation War)
1945 - Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London
1945 - Randolph Mantooth was born. American actor.
1946 - The Council of Europe is founded following a speech given by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
1948 - Jeremy Irons was born. English actor.

1948 - Rosemary Casals was born. American tennis player.

1948 - 62nd U.S. Womens Tennis: M Osborne du Pont beats A L Brough (4-6, 6-4, 15-13)

1948 - 68th U.S. Mens Tennis: "Pancho" Gonzales beats E Sturgess (6-2 6-3 14-12)
1949 - Twiggy Lawson was born. English model.
1949 - Will Cuppy dies (b. 1884). American humorist.

1949 - La aviadora británica Richarda Morrow Tait se convierte en la primera mujer que da la vuelta al mundo piloteando su propio avión.
1950 - Joan Lunden, American journalist and television host
1952 - Nile Rodgers was born. American musician and composer
1952 - The US bars Charlie Chaplin from reentering the country after a trip to England
1955 - Juan Perón is deposed in Argentina
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".
1958 - Lita Ford was born. English singer
1958 - Kevin Hooks was born American actor and director
1958 - Azumah Nelson was born. Ghanian boxer.
1959 - Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland.
1961 - Bia Seidl was born. Brazilian actress.
1963 - Moisés Gomes was born. Brazilian ilustrator
1963 - David Seaman was born. English footballer
1964 - Trisha Yearwood was born. American singer
1965 - Alexandra Vandernoot was born. Belgian actress

1965 - Debbye Turner was born. Miss America 1990
1967 - Alexander Karelin was born. Russian wrestler.
1968 - Red Foley dies (b. 1910). American singer.
1968 - Chester Carlson dies (b. 1906). American inventor (photocopying).
1969 - Rex Ingram dies (b. 1895). American actor.
1972 - Robert Casadesus dies (b. 1899). French pianist.
1972 - A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
1973 - King Carl XVI Gustaf accedes to the throne of Sweden
1973 - Nick Colgan was born. Irish footballer .
1973 - José Azevedo was born. Portuguese cyclist.
1973 - Gram Parsons dies (b. 1946). American musician.
1974 - Jimmy Fallon was born. American actor and comedian
1974 - Victoria Silvstedt was born. Swedish model. Playmate, Dec, 1996.

1975 - José Batista Pinheiro de Azevedo substitui Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves no cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal

1975 - Indonesia sends troops to Portuguese East Timor
1976 - A Turkish Boeing 727 hits a mountain in southern Turkey killing 155
1978 - Newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater is shot dead after disturbing burglars at a farm, leading to famous murder trial.
1978 - Ilhas Salomão são admitidas como Estado-Membro da ONU

1978 - Étienne Gilson dies. French philosopher.
1982 - Scott Fahlman posts the first recorded instance of the emoticon :-) to an online bulletin board
1982 - Fim das visitas a Sete Quedas (Brasil)

1982 - 34th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Barney Miller, Alan Alda and Carol Kane
1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
1985 - A strong earthquake hits Mexico City and other parts of Mexico, killing thousands and demolishing about 400 buildings.
1985 - Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center.
1985 - Italo Calvino dies (b. 1923). Italian writer.

1987 - Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (Mich), 24, crowned 61st Miss America
1989 - A terrorist bomb explodes a Union de Transportes Aùriens DC-10 Series 30 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171
1989 - Hurricane Hugo makes landfall in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

1990 - Morte de Kodama Kyoishi, aos 94 anos, um dos símbolos da imigração japonesa no Brasil.
1990 - Hermes Pan dies (b. 1958). American dancer and choreographer.
1991 - Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by a couple of German tourists.

1993 - 45th Emmy Awards: Seinfeld, Picket Fences and Ted Danson wins

1993 - Kimberly Clarice Aiken, 18, Miss South Carolina wins 67th Miss America

1993 - Parliamentary election in Poland.
1994 - The pilot episode of the hit medical drama ER airs in the United States, on NBC.

1994 - Francesco Moschino dies. Italian stylist.
1995 - The Washington Post and the New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.

1995 - Freitas do Amaral é eleito presidente da Assembleia-geral da ONU.
1997 - Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.
1997 - Rich Mullins dies (b. 1941). Ruler of Côte d'Ivoire.

2002 - Arnoldo Alemán é destituído da presidência da Nicarágua
2003 - Slim Dusty dies (b. 1927). Australian singer.
2004 - Skeeter Davis dies (b. 1931). American singer.
2004 - Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman, musician, and activist .
In ancient Greece, the sixth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the procession to Eleusis began at the Kerameikos in Athens.
Saint Kitts and Nevis - National Day
Chile - Day of the Glories of the Army
International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Japan - Respect for the Aged Day (beginning in 2003, Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September)