September 19

September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 103 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Events

• 335 – Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, emperor Constantine I.
• 634 – Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.
• 1356 – Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures the French king, John II.
• 1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
• 1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
• 1796 – George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
• 1799 – French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
• 1846 – Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
• 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: 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.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Third Battle of Winchester: Union troops under General Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley and was not only militarily decisive in that region of Virginia but also played a role in securing Abraham Lincoln's election in 1864.
• 1868 – La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
• 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.
• 1870 – Having invaded the Papal States a week earlier, the Italian Army lays siege to Rome, entering the city the next day, after which the Pope described himself as a Prisoner in the Vatican.
• 1879 – The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
• 1881 – U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
• 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.
• 1916 – During the East African Campaign of World War I, colonial armed forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of General Charles Tombeur captured the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
• 1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
• 1940 – Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance.
• 1944 – Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed, marking the end of the Continuation War.
• 1944 – Battle of Hürtgen Forest between United States and Nazi Germany begins.
• 1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
• 1952 – The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
• 1957 – First American underground nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob).
• 1970 – The first Glastonbury Festival is held, at a farm belonging to Michael Eavis.
• 1970 – Kostas 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.
• 1971 – Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyễn Khánh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
• 1973 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
• 1976 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
• 1976 – Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
• 1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
• 1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
• 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.
• 1989 – A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.
• 1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
• 1997 – Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria where 53 people are killed.
• 2006 – The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
• 2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
• 2011 – Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all time saves leader with 602.
• 2016 – In 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.

Births

• 86 – Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (d. 161)
• 866 – Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (d. 912)
• 1328 – Joan of Kent (d. 1385)
• 1377 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404)
• 1551 – Henry III of France (d. 1589)
• 1721 – William Robertson, Scottish historian (d. 1793)
• 1749 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1822)
• 1754 – John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (d. 1821)
• 1759 – William Kirby, English priest and entomologist (d. 1850)
• 1774 – Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (d. 1849)
• 1778 – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1868)
• 1796 – Hartley Coleridge, English poet and author (d. 1849)
• 1802 – Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor-President of Hungary (d. 1894)
• 1803 – Maria Anna of Savoy (d. 1884)
• 1811 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (d. 1881)
• 1828 – Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1880)
• 1865 – Frank Eugene, American-German photographer (d. 1936)
• 1867 – Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (d. 1939)
• 1871 – Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (d. 1938)
• 1882 – Christopher Stone, English radio host (d. 1965)
• 1883 – Mabel Vernon, American educator and activist (d. 1975)
• 1887 – Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1972)
• 1887 – Lynne Overman, American actor and singer (d. 1943)
• 1888 – James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (d. 1971)
• 1888 – Porter Hall, American actor (d. 1953)
• 1889 – Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and author (d. 1999)
• 1894 – Rachel Field, American author and poet (d. 1942)
• 1898 – Giuseppe Saragat, Italian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Italy (d. 1988)
• 1900 – Ricardo Cortez, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1901 – Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American production manager and producer (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Leon Jaworski, American lawyer, co-founded Fulbright & Jaworski (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1998)
• 1908 – Paul Bénichou, French historian, author, and critic (d. 2001)
• 1908 – Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 2004)
• 1908 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (d. 1975)
• 1908 – Alberto Socarras, Cuban-American flute player (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Mika Waltari, Finnish author and academic (d. 1979)
• 1909 – Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Jack Dunham, American animator and producer (d. 2009)
• 1910 – Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981)
• 1911 – William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011)
• 1913 – Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970)
• 1913 – Helen Ward, American singer (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer, and producer (d. 1973)
• 1918 – Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Roger Grenier, French journalist and author
• 1920 – Roger Angell, American journalist and author
• 1921 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (d. 1997)
• 1921 – Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Damon Knight, American author and critic (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Willie Pep, American boxer and referee (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Vern Benson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Pete Murray, English radio and television host
• 1925 – W. Reece Smith, Jr., American lawyer and academic (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1926 – James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1926 – Duke Snider, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Helen Carter, American singer (d. 1998)
• 1927 – Rosemary Harris, English actress
• 1927 – William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997)
• 1928 – Adam West, American actor
• 1929 – Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Muhal Richard Abrams, American pianist, composer, and educator
• 1930 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Antonio Margheriti, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 1931 – Brook Benton, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1988)
• 1931 – Derek Gardner, English engineer (d. 2011)
• 1932 – Mike Royko, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
• 1932 – Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Gilles Archambault, Canadian journalist and author
• 1933 – David McCallum, Scottish-American actor
• 1934 – Brian Epstein, English talent manager (d. 1967)
• 1934 – Austin Mitchell, English academic and politician
• 1935 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (d. 2003)
• 1936 – Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (d. 2007)
• 1937 – Abner Haynes, American football player
• 1939 – Bruce Bastin, English musicologist and author
• 1939 – Louise Botting, English journalist and author
• 1939 – Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1939 – Moshe Weinberg, Israeli wrestling coach (d. 1972)
• 1940 – Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 – Zandra Rhodes, English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum
• 1940 – Sylvia Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1940 – Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1940 – Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1941 – Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
• 1941 – Cass Elliot, American singer (d. 1974)
• 1941 – Jim Fox, English pentathlete
• 1941 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Freda Payne, American singer and actress
• 1943 – André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1943 – Joe Morgan, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1943 – Indrek Toome, Estonian businessman and politician
• 1944 – Anders Björck, Swedish politician, 25th Swedish Minister of Defence
• 1944 – Edmund Joensen, Faroese politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• 1944 – İsmet Özel, Turkish poet and scholar
• 1945 – Kate Adie, English journalist and author
• 1945 – Randolph Mantooth, American actor
• 1946 – Brian Henton, English race car driver
• 1947 – Henry Bromell, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Thomas H. Cook, American author and academic
• 1947 – Brian Hill, American basketball player and coach
• 1947 – Tanith Lee, English author (d. 2015)
• 1948 – Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1948 – Jeremy Irons, English actor
• 1949 – Twiggy, English model, actress, and singer
• 1949 – Sally Potter, English director, screenwriter, and composer
• 1949 – Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founded the Innocence Project
• 1949 – Sayoko Yamaguchi, Japanese model and actress (d. 2007)
• 1950 – Joan Lunden, American television journalist, anchor, and author
• 1950 – Michael Proctor, English physicist, mathematician, and academic
• 1951 – Daniel Lanois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1951 – Darryl Read, English singer-songwriter and drummer (d. 2013)
• 1952 – Rhys Chatham, American trumpet player, guitarist, and composer
• 1952 – Bernard de Dryver, Belgian race car driver
• 1952 – Gunnar Hökmark, Swedish blogger and politician
• 1952 – Henry Kaiser, American guitarist and composer
• 1952 – Nile Rodgers, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1952 – George Warrington, American businessman (d. 2007)
• 1953 – Wayne Clark, Australian cricketer
• 1953 – Sarana VerLin, American singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1954 – Adam Phillips, Welsh psychotherapist and author
• 1954 – Eleni Vitali, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (d. 2006)
• 1955 – Rex Smith, American actor, singer, and guitarist
• 1956 – Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentinian race car driver
• 1956 – Charlie Reliford, American baseball player and umpire
• 1957 – Chris Roupas, American basketball player
• 1958 – Lita Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 – Kevin Hooks, American actor, director, and producer
• 1960 – Mario Batali, American chef and author
• 1960 – Loïc Bigois, French aerodynamicist and engineer
• 1961 – Artur Ekert, Polish-English physicist and academic
• 1962 – Cheri Oteri, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Ken Rosenthal, American sportscaster
• 1963 – Jarvis Cocker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 – David Seaman, English footballer
• 1963 – Urmas Tartes, Estonian biologist and photographer
• 1964 – Patrick Marber, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Daniel Wincott, British political scientist
• 1964 – Trisha Yearwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1965 – Andrew Leeds, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1965 – Sunita Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1966 – Soledad O'Brien, American journalist and producer
• 1966 – Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1967 – Jim Abbott, American baseball player
• 1967 – Aleksandr Karelin, Russian wrestler and politician
• 1968 – Jimmy Bower, American drummer and songwriter
• 1968 – Monica Crowley, American talk show host and author
• 1969 – Candy Dulfer, Dutch saxophonist
• 1969 – Jacek Frąckiewicz, Polish footballer
• 1969 – Alkinoos Ioannidis, Cypriot singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 – Michael Symon, American chef and author
• 1969 – Kostya Tszyu, Russian-Australian boxer
• 1969 – Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Dan Bylsma, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1970 – Gilbert Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Antoine Hey, German footballer and manager
• 1970 – Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese singer
• 1970 – Victor Williams, American actor
• 1971 – Sanaa Lathan, American actress
• 1971 – Mike Sadlo, German footballer and manager
• 1972 – Matt Cockbain, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1972 – Ryan Girdler, Australian rugby league player
• 1972 – Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player and coach
• 1973 – Nick Colgan, Irish footballer and coach
• 1973 – Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian race car driver
• 1974 – Jimmy Fallon, American comedian and talk show host
• 1975 – Marcus Dunstan, American director and screenwriter
• 1976 – Raja Bell, American basketball player
• 1976 – Jay Electronica, American rapper and producer
• 1976 – Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 – Alison Sweeney, American actress and television host
• 1976 – Jim Ward, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 – Poon Yiu Cheuk, Hong Kong footballer and coach
• 1977 – Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer
• 1977 – Tasha Danvers, English hurdler
• 1977 – Fung Ka Ki, Hong Kong footballer and manager
• 1977 – Tommaso Rocchi, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Mike Smith, American baseball player
• 1977 – Emil Sutovsky, Israeli chess player
• 1978 – Nick Johnson, American baseball player
• 1978 – Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
• 1978 – Nigel Mitchell, English radio and television host
• 1978 – Mariano Puerta, Argentinian tennis player
• 1978 – Waylon Reavis, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Joel Houston, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
• 1979 – Noémie Lenoir, French model and actress
• 1980 – James Ellison, English motorcycle racer
• 1980 – Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player
• 1981 – Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
• 1981 – Rick DiPietro, American ice hockey player
• 1981 – Rika Fujiwara, Japanese tennis player
• 1982 – Shaun Barker, English footballer
• 1982 – Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
• 1982 – Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
• 1982 – Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
• 1983 – Joey Devine, American baseball player
• 1983 – Charlie Haeger, American baseball player
• 1983 – Ivica Vrdoljak, Polish footballer
• 1983 – Matt Wiman, American mixed martial artist
• 1984 – Eva Marie, American wrestler and fitness model
• 1984 – Ángel Reyna, Mexican footballer
• 1984 – Danny Valencia, American baseball player
• 1984 – Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
• 1985 – Gio Gonzalez, American baseball player
• 1985 – Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player
• 1985 – Chase Rice, American singer-songwriter
• 1985 – Renee Young, Canadian journalist
• 1985 – Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor
• 1986 – Leon Best, English footballer
• 1986 – Ken Gushi, Japanese race car driver
• 1986 – Ilya Salmanzadeh, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1986 – Ryan Succop, American football player
• 1987 – Kenny Britt, American football player
• 1987 – Carlos Quintero, Colombian footballer
• 1989 – Tyreke Evans, American basketball player
• 1989 – George Springer, American baseball player
• 1990 – Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress and singer
• 1990 – Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek footballer
• 1990 – Evgeny Novikov, Russian race car driver
• 1990 – Kieran Trippier, English footballer
• 1991 – Colin Grafton, American figure skater
• 1991 – Helen Maroulis, American wrestler
• 1991 – Oliver Merkel, German footballer
• 1991 – Demelza Reveley, Australian model
• 1991 – Chloe Esposito, Australian modern pentathlete
• 1992 – Diego Antonio Reyes, Mexican footballer
• 1996 – Haruka Kodama, Japanese idol singer

Deaths

• 643 – Goeric of Metz, Frankish bishop and saint
• 656 – Pope Martin I
• 690 – Theodore of Tarsus, English archbishop and saint (b. 602)
• 1123 – Emperor Taizu of Jin (b. 1068)
• 1339 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
• 1356 – Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
• 1356 – Walter VI, Count of Brienne (b. 1304)
• 1668 – William Waller, English general and politician (b. 1597)
• 1710 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1644)
• 1812 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (b. 1744)
• 1833 – Mary Jemison, American frontierswoman adopted by the Seneca (b. 1743)
• 1843 – Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1792)
• 1863 – Hans Christian Heg, Norwegian-American colonel and politician (b. 1829)
• 1868 – William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)
• 1881 – James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
• 1893 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)
• 1902 – Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (b. 1867)
• 1905 – Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-English philanthropist (b. 1845)
• 1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
• 1924 – Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1854)
• 1927 – Michael Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
• 1935 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1857)
• 1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1860)
• 1942 – Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)
• 1944 – Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)
• 1949 – George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (b. 1886)
• 1949 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1955 – John D. Dingell, Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 1965 – Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
• 1967 – Zinaida Serebriakova, Ukrainian-French painter (b. 1884)
• 1968 – Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (b. 1906)
• 1968 – Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1910)
• 1969 – Rex Ingram, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1972 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
• 1975 – Pamela Brown, English actress (b. 1917)
• 1978 – Étienne Gilson, French historian and philosopher (b. 1884)
• 1985 – Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (b. 1923)
• 1987 – Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
• 1989 – Willie Steele, American long jumper (b. 1923)
• 1990 – Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)
• 1992 – Jacques Pic, French chef (b. 1932)
• 1995 – Orville Redenbacher, American businessman, founded his own eponymous brand (b. 1907)
• 1998 – Patricia Hayes, English actress (b. 1909)
• 1999 – Bruce Jay Nelson, American computer scientists (b. 1952)
• 2000 – Pastor Coronel, Paraguayan politician (b. 1919)
• 2000 – Ann Doran, American actress (b. 1911)
• 2001 – Rhys Jones, Welsh-Australian archaeologist and academic (b. 1941)
• 2002 – Robert Guéï, Ivorian politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
• 2004 – Eddie Adams, American photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
• 2004 – Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Damayanti Joshi, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 2004 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (b. 1908)
• 2006 – Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Martha Holmes, American photographer and journalist (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (b. 1950)
• 2009 – Arthur Ferrante, American pianist (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (b. 1915)
• 2009 – Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist (b. 1929)
• 2011 – Thomas Capano, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
• 2011 – Dolores Hope, American singer (b. 1909)
• 2011 – Johnny Răducanu, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (b. 1989)
• 2012 – Rino Ferrario, Italian footballer (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Cecil Gordon, American race car driver (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Robert Barnard, English author and critic (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Mary Jean Harrold, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Gerrie Mühren, Dutch footballer and scout (b. 1946)
• 2013 – John Reger, American football player (b. 1931)
• 2013 – William Ungar, Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (b. 1913)
• 2013 – John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Avraham Heffner, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Audrey Long, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Jackie Collins, English novelist (b. 1937)
• 2015 – Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1966)
• 2015 – Brian Sewell, English art dealer and critic (b. 1931)
• 2015 – Masajuro Shiokawa, Japanese economist and politician, 63rd Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1921)
• 2015 – Walter Young, American baseball player (b. 1980)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Feast of San Gennaro
  • Goeric of Metz
  • Januarius (Western Christianity)
  • Our Lady of La Salette
  • Theodore of Tarsus (Anglican Communion, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon
  • September 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Armed Forces Day (Chile)
• Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council
• Second day of Fiestas Patrias (Chile)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom in 1983.
• International Talk Like a Pirate Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• Today in Canadian History