September 19

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2021 (Sunday)

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2019 (Thursday)

2018 (Wednesday)

2017 (Tuesday)

2016 (Monday)

2015 (Saturday)

September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 103 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

• 96 – Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.
• 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 King John II.
• 1410 – End of the Siege of Marienburg: The State of the Teutonic Order repulses the joint Polish—Lithuanian forces.

1601–1900

• 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.
• 1852 – Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by 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: 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.
• 1868 – La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
• 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city held out for over four months before surrendering.
• 1893 – In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.

1901–present

• 1902 – A stampede at Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, leads to the death of 115 attendees.
• 1916 – World 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.
• 1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
• 1940 – World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement.
• 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the second-longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
• 1944 – World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War.
• 1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
• 1950 – Korean War: An attack by North Korean forces was repelled at the Battle of Nam River.
• 1960 – Indian 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.
• 1970 – Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
• 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.
• 1976 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, 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.
• 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, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
• 1989 – A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.
• 1991 – Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
• 1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber manifesto.
• 1997 – The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
• 2006 – The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
• 2008 – A 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 both survive.
• 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 career 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.
• 2017 – The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
• 2019 – A drone strike by the United States kills 30 civilian farmers in Afghanistan.
• 2021 – The 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.
• 2022 – The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.

Births

Pre-1600

• AD 86 – Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (d. 161)
• 866 – Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (d. 912)
• 931 – Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 969)
• 1377 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404)
• 1426 – Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, French noble (d. 1487)
• 1477 – Ferrante d'Este, Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero (d. 1540)
• 1551 – Henry III of France (d. 1589)
• 1560 – Thomas Cavendish, English naval explorer, led the third expedition to circumnavigate the globe (d. 1592)

1601–1900

• 1608 – Alfonso Litta, Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop (d. 1679)
• 1638 – Isaac Milles, English minister (d. 1720)
• 1662 – Jean-Paul Bignon, French priest and man of letters (d. 1743)
• 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)
• 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)
• 1824 – William Sellers, American engineer, inventor, and businessperson (d. 1905)
• 1828 – Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1880)
• 1856 – Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (d. 1916)
• 1865 – Frank Eugene, American-German photographer (d. 1936)
• 1867 – Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (d. 1939)
• 1869 – Ben Turpin, American comedian and actor (d. 1940)
• 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–present

• 1905 – Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (d. 1944)
• 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)
• 1909 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981)
• 1910 – Arturo M. Tolentino, Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2004)
• 1911 – William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder (d. 1989)
• 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 (d. 2017)
• 1919 – Amalia Hernández, Mexican choreographer and dancer (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Roger Angell, American journalist, author, and editor (d. 2022)
• 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 – W. Reece Smith, Jr., American lawyer and academic (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Victoria Barbă, Moldovan animated film director (d. 2020)
• 1926 – Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
• 1926 – James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
• 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)
• 1927 – Nick Massi, American singer and bass player (d. 2000)
• 1928 – Adam West, American actor and businessman (d. 2017)
• 1929 – Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Muhal Richard Abrams, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2017)
• 1930 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Antonio Margheriti, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 1931 – Brook Benton, American pop/R&B/rock & roll singer-songwriter (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 actor (d. 2023)
• 1934 – Brian Epstein, English businessman, The Beatles manager (d. 1967)
• 1934 – Austin Mitchell, English journalist, academic and politician (d. 2021)
• 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 (d. 2024)
• 1939 – Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 – Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 – Zandra Rhodes, English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum
• 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 (d. 2023)
• 1941 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Freda Payne, American singer and actress
• 1943 – André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2019)
• 1943 – Joe Morgan, American baseball player (d. 2020)
• 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 – David Bromberg, American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter
• 1945 – Randolph Mantooth, American actor
• 1947 – Henry Bromell, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Lol Creme, English musician, songwriter, and music video director
• 1947 – Tanith Lee, English author (d. 2015)
• 1948 – Jim Ard, American basketball player
• 1948 – Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2024)
• 1948 – Jeremy Irons, English actor
• 1949 – Twiggy, English model, actress, and singer
• 1949 – Ringo Mendoza, Mexican wrestler
• 1949 – Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founded the Innocence Project
• 1949 – Sidney Wicks, American basketball player
• 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
• 1952 – Rhys Chatham, American trumpet player, guitarist, and composer
• 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)
• 1957 – Dan Hampton, American football player
• 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
• 1960 – Yolanda Saldívar, American convicted murderer
• 1961 – Artur Ekert, Polish-British physicist and academic
• 1962 – Randy Myers, American baseball player
• 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 – 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
• 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 – Gilbert Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Antoine Hey, German footballer and manager
• 1970 – Victor Williams, American actor
• 1971 – Sanaa Lathan, American actress
• 1971 – Mike Sadlo, German footballer and manager
• 1972 – Ryan Girdler, Australian rugby league player
• 1972 – Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player and coach
• 1973 – Jacinta Allan, Australian politician, 49th Premier of Victoria
• 1973 – Nick Colgan, Irish footballer and coach
• 1973 – Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing driver
• 1973 – Javier Duarte, Mexican politician
• 1973 – David Zepeda, Mexican actor, model and singer
• 1974 – Jimmy Fallon, American comedian and talk show host
• 1974 – Hidetaka Miyazaki, Japanese video game designer and executive
• 1975 – Marcus Dunstan, American director and screenwriter
• 1976 – Raja Bell, American basketball player
• 1976 – Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 – Alison Sweeney, American actress and television host
• 1976 – Sergey Tsinkevich, Belarusian footballer and referee
• 1977 – Poon Yiu Cheuk, Hong Kong footballer and coach
• 1977 – Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer
• 1977 – Ryan Dusick, American musician and record producer
• 1977 – Tommaso Rocchi, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Mike Smith, American baseball player
• 1977 – Emil Sutovsky, Israeli chess player
• 1978 – Nick Johnson, American baseball player
• 1978 – Brett Keisel, American football player
• 1978 – Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
• 1979 – Mikael Tellqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1980 – J. R. Bremer, American-Bosnian basketball player
• 1980 – James Ellison, English motorcycle racer
• 1980 – Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player
• 1981 – Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
• 1982 – Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
• 1982 – Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
• 1982 – Columbus Short, American actor and choreographer
• 1983 – Eamon, American singer and songwriter
• 1983 – Katharina Kucharowits, Austrian politician
• 1983 – Carl Landry, American basketball player
• 1983 – Joni Pitkänen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1984 – Eva Marie, American wrestler
• 1984 – Ángel Reyna, Mexican footballer
• 1984 – Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
• 1985 – Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player
• 1985 – Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor
• 1985 – Nathanael Liminski, German politician
• 1985 – Renee Paquette, Canadian-American television personality
• 1986 – Leon Best, English footballer
• 1986 – Sally Pearson, Australian athlete
• 1987 – Nicolas Pallois, French footballer
• 1987 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress
• 1987 – Carlos Quintero, Colombian footballer
• 1988 – Katrina Bowden, American actress
• 1989 – George Springer, American baseball player
• 1990 – Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress and singer
• 1990 – Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek footballer
• 1990 – Stephon Gilmore, American football player
• 1990 – Kieran Trippier, English footballer
• 1991 – CJ McCollum, American basketball player
• 1992 – Jiro Kuroshio, Japanese wrestler
• 1992 – Diego Antonio Reyes, Mexican footballer
• 1993 – Pi'erre Bourne, American record producer and rapper
• 1995 – Brent Faiyaz, American singer
• 1995 – Rachel Sennott, American actress
• 1996 – Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American basketball player
• 1996 – Pia Mia, American singer, songwriter, model, and actress
• 1996 – Dejounte Murray, American basketball player
• 1996 – Chris Silva, Gabonese basketball player
• 1998 – Nolan Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1998 – Trae Young, American basketball player
• 1999 – Precious Achiuwa, Nigerian basketball player
• 2001 – Ghina Raihanah, Indonesian advocate, model, and influencer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 643 – Goeric of Metz, Frankish bishop and saint
• 690 – Theodore of Tarsus, English archbishop and saint (b. 602)
• 961 – Helena Lekapene, Byzantine empress
• 979 – Gotofredo I, archbishop of Milan
• 1123 – Emperor Taizu of Jin (b. 1068)
• 1147 – Igor II of Kiev
• 1339 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
• 1356 – Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
• 1356 – Walter VI, Count of Brienne (b. 1304)
• 1580 – Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (b. 1519)
• 1589 – Jean-Antoine de Baïf, French poet (b. 1532)

1601–1900

• 1605 – Edward Lewknor, English politician (b. 1542)
• 1668 – William Waller, English general and politician (b. 1597)
• 1692 – Giles Corey, American farmer and accused wizard (b. c. 1612)
• 1710 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1644)
• 1812 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (b. 1744)
• 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)
• 1873 – Robert Mackenzie, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1811)
• 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)

1901–present

• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 2003 – Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1927)
• 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)
• 2008 – Earl Palmer, American rhythm and blues drummer (b. 1924)
• 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 – George Cadle Price, 1st Prime Minister of Belize (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Rino Ferrario, Italian footballer (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Robert Barnard, English author and critic (b. 1936)
• 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 – 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 – Masajuro Shiokawa, Japanese economist and politician, 63rd Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1921)
• 2017 – Leonid Kharitonov, Russian bass-baritone (b. 1933)
• 2018 – Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer & choreographer (b. 1934)
• 2018 – Bernard "Bunny" Carr, Irish TV presenter (b. 1927)
• 2019 – Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (b. 1936)
• 2020 – John Turner, Canadian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1929)
• 2021 – John Challis, English actor (b. 1942)
• 2021 – Jimmy Greaves, English footballer (b. 1940)
• 2021 – Dinky Soliman, Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (b. 1953)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Alonso de Orozco Mena
  • Emilie de Rodat
  • Goeric of Metz
  • Januarius (Western Christianity)
    • Feast of San Gennaro
  • 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

• "On This Day". BBC.
• The New York Times: On This Day
• "Historical Events on September 19". OnThisDay.com.