September 19

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September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). There are 103 days remaining.

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

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Events

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 makes his farewell address
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
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.
1900 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid commit their first robbery together
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the murder of Charles Lindbergh Junior.
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 US 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 - Grateful Dead at Fillmore East.
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
1978 - Newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater is shot dead after disturbing burglars at a farm, leading to famous murder trial.
1981 - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York's Central Park
1982 - Scott Fahlman posts the first recorded instance of the emoticon :-) to an online bulletin board
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.
1989 - A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.
1989 - Hurricane Hugo makes landfall in the U.S. state of South Carolina.
1991 - Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by a couple of German tourists.
1994 - The pilot episode of the hit medical drama ER airs in the United States, on NBC.
1995 - The Washington Post and the New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
1997 - Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.