September 19:: Historical Events

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.


• 1961 - Betty and Barney Hill claim to have seen a mysterious craft in the sky that tried to abduct them. This continued into the 20th of September.


• 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 - The current syndicated version of the Wheel of Fortune game show airs for the first time.


• 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.