This day in History
Sep 19, 02:34 PM by Bert
- 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.
- 1934 – Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh III.
- 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 accedes to the throne of Sweden.
- 1976 – A Turkish Boeing 727 hits a mountain in southern Turkey killing 155.
- 1981 – Simon and Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York City’s Central Park.
- 1982 – The first emoticons are posted by Scott Fahlman.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1998 – Cal Ripken Jr voluntarily took himself out of the Baltimore Orioles lineup to end his ML Record of consecutive games played.
- 2001 – Commencement of U.S. combat activities in Afghanistan.
- 2006 – The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. Constitution revoked; martial law declared.
