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This day in history: 19 September

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348 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 19 September.
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2023: Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; this leads to the flight of the Armenian population.

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day (Chile)

Christian feast day: Alonso de Orozco Mena

Christian feast day: Blessed Francisca Cualladó Baixauli

Christian feast day: Emilie de Rodat

Christian feast day: Goeric of Metz

Christian feast day: Januarius (Western Christianity) Feast of San Gennaro

Christian feast day: Maria de Cervelló

Christian feast day: Our Lady of La Salette

Christian feast day: September 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Theodore of Tarsus (Anglican Communion, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon

Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council

Events

2023Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; this leads to the flight of the Armenian population.

2022A strong earthquake kills 2 and injures over 30 in Mexico's state of Michoacán.

2022The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.

2021The Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, erupts. The eruption lasts for almost three months, ending on December 13.

2017The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.

2016In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.

2011Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career saves leader with 602.

2010The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.

2008A Learjet 60 carrying musicians Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein crashes during a rejected takeoff from Colombia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina, killing four of the six people on board. Barker and Goldstein bo

2006The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.

1997The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.

1995The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber Manifesto.

1991Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.

1989A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.

1985A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.

1985Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.

1983Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.

1982Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.

1978The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.

1976Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.

1976Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object.

1970Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.

1970Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.

1960Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty for the control and management of the Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers.

1950Korean War: An attack by North Korean forces was repelled at the Battle of Nam River.

1946The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.

1944World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the second-longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.

1944World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War.

1940World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement.

1939World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.

1926Football stadium San Siro is inaugurated in Milan, Italy

1918The battle of Megiddo begins in which British forces attack the right flank of the Ottoman army during World War I.

1916World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.

1902A stampede at Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, leads to the death of 115 attendees.

1893In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.

1870Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city held out for over four months before surrendering.

1868La Gloriosa begins in Spain.

1864American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.

1863American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.

1862American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.

Born on this day

1999Precious Achiuwa, Nigerian basketball player

1998Nolan Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player

1998Trae Young, American basketball player

1996Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American basketball player (died 2026)

1996Chris Silva, Gabonese basketball player

1996Dejounte Murray, American basketball player

1995Brent Faiyaz, American singer

1995Rachel Sennott, American actress

1993Pi'erre Bourne, American record producer and rapper

1992Diego Antonio Reyes, Mexican footballer

1992Jiro Kuroshio, Japanese wrestler

1992Palmer Luckey, American entrepreneur

1991CJ McCollum, American basketball player

1990Kieran Trippier, English footballer

1990Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress and singer

1990Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek footballer

1990Stephon Gilmore, American football player

1989George Springer, American baseball player

1987Carlos Quintero, Colombian footballer

1986Leon Best, English footballer

1986Sally Pearson, Australian athlete and hurdler

1985Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player

1985Nathanael Liminski, German politician

1985Renee Paquette, Canadian-American television personality

1985Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor

1984Ángel Reyna, Mexican footballer

1984Eva Marie, American wrestler

1983Carl Landry, American basketball player

1983Joni Pitkänen, Finnish ice hockey player

1983Katharina Kucharowits, Austrian politician

1982Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer

1982Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player

1981Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist

1980Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player

1980James Ellison, English motorcycle racer

1980J. R. Bremer, American-Bosnian basketball player

1980Twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin, Canadian indie pop duo

1979Mikael Tellqvist, Swedish ice hockey player

1978Brett Keisel, American football player

1978Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer

Died on this day

2026Nathaniel Waena, Solomon Islands diplomat, 5th Governor-General of Solomon Islands (born 1945)

2026Sandro Mazzola, Italian footballer (born 1942)

2021Dinky Soliman, Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (born 1953)

2021Jimmy Greaves, English footballer (born 1940)

2021John Challis, English actor (born 1942)

2020John Turner, Canadian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1929)

2019Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (born 1936)

2018Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer & choreographer (born 1934)

2018Bernard "Bunny" Carr, Irish TV presenter (born 1927)

2017Leonid Kharitonov, Russian bass-baritone (born 1933)

2015Jackie Collins, English novelist (born 1937)

2015Masajuro Shiokawa, Japanese economist and politician, 63rd Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1921)

2015Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1966)

2014Audrey Long, American actress (born 1922)

2013Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (born 1927)

2013John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (born 1922)

2013John Reger, American football player (born 1931)

2013Robert Barnard, English author and critic (born 1936)

2013William Ungar, Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (born 1913)

2012Earl R. Fox, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard veteran; last active U.S. servicemember to serve in World War II (born 1919)

2012Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (born 1946)

2012Rino Ferrario, Italian footballer (born 1926)

2011Dolores Hope, American singer (born 1909)

2011George Cadle Price, 1st Prime Minister of Belize (born 1919)

2011Thomas Capano, American lawyer and politician, and convicted murderer (born 1949)

2009Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist (born 1929)

2009Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (born 1915)

2008Earl Palmer, American rhythm and blues drummer (born 1924)

2006Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (born 1929)

2006Elizabeth Allen, American actress (born 1929)

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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

Lao Tzu

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