September 19

Friday 19, 1997:

Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.

Tuesday 19, 1995:

The Washington Post and the New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.

Monday 19, 1994:

The pilot episode of the hit medical drama ER airs in the United States, on NBC.

Thursday 19, 1991:

Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by a couple of German tourists.

Tuesday 19, 1989:

Hurricane Hugo makes landfall in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

Thursday 19, 1985:

Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center.

Monday 19, 1983:

Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.

Sunday 19, 1982:

Scott Fahlman posts the first recorded instance of the emoticon :-) to an online bulletin board

Saturday 19, 1981:

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York's Central Park

Tuesday 19, 1978:

Newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater is shot dead after disturbing burglars at a farm, leading to famous murder trial.

Sunday 19, 1976:

A Turkish Boeing 727 hits a mountain in southern Turkey killing 155

Wednesday 19, 1973:

King Carl XVI Gustaf accedes to the throne of Sweden

Tuesday 19, 1972:

A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.

Saturday 19, 1970:

Grateful Dead at Fillmore East.

Saturday 19, 1959:

Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland.

Thursday 19, 1957:

Dalida is the first artist to be awarded a gold record in France for 300 000 sales of "Bambino".

Friday 19, 1952:

The US bars Charlie Chaplin from reentering the country after a trip to England

Thursday 19, 1946:

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

Wednesday 19, 1945:

Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London

Tuesday 19, 1944:

Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union signed. (End of the Continuation War)

Wednesday 19, 1934:

Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the murder of Charles Lindbergh Junior.

Wednesday 19, 1900:

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid commit their first robbery together

Tuesday 19, 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.

Saturday 19, 1863:

American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga

Friday 19, 1862:

Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price

Monday 19, 1796:

George Washington makes his farewell address

Saturday 19, 1778:

The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States

Friday 19, 1777:

First Battle of Saratoga/Battle of Freeman's Farm/Battle of Bemis Heights

Friday 19, 1692:

Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.

Sunday 19, 1356:

In the Battle of Poitiers, the English defeat the French.

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