Famous birthdays, deaths and events of September 19
Birthdays 86 - Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (d. 161) 866 - Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor (d. 912) 1377 - Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404) 1551 - King Henry III of France, (d. 1589) 1714 - Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1786) 1737 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Senator (d. 1832) 1749 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (d. 1822) 1754 - John Ross Key, commissioned officer in the Continental Army 1759 - William Kirby, English entomologist (d. 1850) 1778 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1868) 1796 - Hartley Coleridge, English poet (d. 1849) 1799 - René Caillé, French explorer (d. 1838) 1802 - Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer and Regent-President (d. 1894) 1803 - Maria Anna of Savoy, Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1884) 1811 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881) 1828 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880) 1882 - Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (d. 1965) 1887 - Lovie Austin, American jazz pianist (d. 1972) 1887 - Lynne Overman, American actor (d. 1943) 1888 - J. W. Alexander, American mathematician (d. 1971) 1889 - Sadie Delany, American physician and author (d. 1999) 1898 - Giuseppe Saragat, president of the Italian Republic (d. 1988) 1901 - Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-born film producer (d. 1991) 1905 - Leon Jaworski, American Watergate scandal special prosecutor (d. 1982) 1907 - Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. 1908 - Tatsuo Shimabuku, founder of Isshinryu Karate (d. 1975) 1908 - Robert Lecourt, French politician and president of the European Court of Justice (d. 2004) 1908 - Mika Waltari, Finnish novelist (d. 1979) 1909 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer (d. 1998) 1910 - Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981) 1911 - Sir William Golding, English writer 1912 - Kurt Sanderling, German conductor 1913 - Frances Farmer , American actress (d. 1970) 1915 - Germán Valdés, Mexican actor 1920 - Roger Angell, American sports writer 1921 - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator & writer (d. 1997) 1922 - Damon Knight, American writer (d. 2002) 1922 - Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (d. 2000) 1926 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist 1926 - James Lipton, American actor 1926 - Duke Snider, baseball player 1927 - Rosemary Harris , English actress 1927 - William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997) 1928 - Adam West , American actor 1930 - Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker (d. 2002) 1931 - Brook Benton, American singer (d. 1988) 1931 - Jean-Claude Carrière, French screenwriter and actor 1933 - David McCallum , Scottish actor 1934 - Brian Epstein, English musical group manager (The Beatles) (d. 1967) 1935 - Benjamin Hacker, American naval aviator (d. 2003) 1935 - Nick Massi, American singer (The Four Seasons) (d. 2000) 1936 - Al Oerter, American athlete (d. 2007) 1937 - Abner Haynes, American football player 1940 - Anna Karen, South African-born British actress 1940 - Bill Medley, American singer and songwriter (The Righteous Brothers) 1940 - Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player 1940 - Paul Williams, American composer 1941 - Umberto Bossi, Italian politician 1941 - Mama Cass Elliot, American musician (d. 1974) 1942 - Freda Payne, American singer and actress 1943 - Joe Morgan , baseball player 1944 - Anders Björck, Swedish politician 1944 - Jean Succar Kuri, Lebanese-born Mexican businessman 1945 - Randolph Mantooth , American actor 1946 - Brian Henton, English racing driver 1947 - Lol Creme, English musician (10cc 1948 - Jeremy Irons , English actor 1948 - Mihai Timofti, director 1949 - Sally Potter, English film director and screenwriter 1949 - Barry Scheck, American lawyer 1949 - Twiggy, English model 1950 - Joan Lunden, American journalist and television host 1951 - Daniel Lanois, Canadian record producer 1952 - Bernard de Dryver, Belgian racing driver 1952 - Gunnar Hökmark, Swedish politician 1952 - Nile Rodgers, American musician and composer 1955 - Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (d. 2006) 1955 - Rex Smith, American singer and actor 1956 - Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentine racing driver 1956 - Charlie Reliford, baseball umpire 1958 - Kevin Hooks, American actor and director 1958 - Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer 1958 - Lita Ford , American singer 1960 - Loïc Bigois, French engineer 1962 - Cheri Oteri , American actress and comedian 1962 - Ken Rosenthal, American sportswriter 1963 - Jarvis Cocker , English musician (Pulp) 1963 - David Seaman, English footballer 1964 - Patrick Marber, British playwright 1964 - Bob Papa, American sportscaster 1964 - Trisha Yearwood , American singer 1965 - Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress 1965 - Sabine Paturel, French singer 1966 - Soledad O'Brien, American journalist 1966 - Eric Robert Rudolph, American criminal 1966 - Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese professional wrestler 1967 - Jim Abbott, baseball player 1967 - Stéphane Crête, Quebec actor 1967 - Alexander Karelin, Russian wrestler 1969 - Alkinoos Ioannidis, Greek-Cypriot singer and composer 1969 - Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer 1970 - Dan Bylsma, National Hockey League player 1970 - Gilbert Dionne, National Hockey League player 1970 - Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer 1970 - Victor Williams, American actor 1971 - Sanaa Lathan , American actress 1973 - Nick Colgan, Irish footballer 1973 - Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing car driver 1973 - Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Australian actor 1974 - Jimmy Fallon , American actor and comedian 1974 - Victoria Silvstedt , Swedish model 1976 - Raja Bell, American basketball player 1976 - Alison Sweeney , American actress 1976 - Jim Ward, American musician (At the Drive-In 1976 - Jessica York, television personality 1976 - Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player 1977 - Ryan Dusick, American drummer (Maroon 5) 1977 - Akash Chopra, Indian cricketer 1978 - Michelle Alves , Brazilian supermodel 1978 - Nick Johnson, baseball player 1978 - Nigel Mitchell, Quizmania and Capital Disney presenter 1978 - Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer 1979 - Dannielle Brent , British actress 1979 - Noémie Lenoir, French supermodel and actress 1980 - Sara Quin, Canadian singer/songwriter (Tegan and Sara) 1980 - Tegan Quin, Canadian singer/songwriter (Tegan and Sara) 1981 - Scott Baker, American baseball player 1981 - Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist 1981 - Rick DiPietro, American ice hockey player 1982 - Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player 1982 - Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player 1982 - Columbus Short, American actor and choreographer 1982 - Nicole Voss, American model 1983 - Joey Devine, American baseball player 1983 - Charlie Haeger, American baseball player 1983 - Matt Wiman, American mixed martial artist 1984 - Eamon, American pop singer 1984 - Kevin Zegers , Canadian actor 1986 - Gerald Ciolek, German cyclist 1986 - Ken Gushi, Japanese racing driver 1986 - Peter Vack, American voice actor 1987 - Danielle Panabaker , American actress 1990 - Saki Fukuda , Japanese actress 1991 - Demelza Reveley, Australian model 1994 - Alex Etel, British actor
Deaths 690 - Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 602) 1339 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan, (b. 1288) 1356 - Killed at the Battle of Poitiers:, 1668 - William Waller, English soldier 1692 - Giles Corey, American farmer killed in the Salem Witch Trials 1693 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (b. 1641) 1710 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644) 1843 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (b. 1792) 1868 - William Sprague, American minister and politician from (b. 1809) 1881 - James Garfield, 20th President of the United States (b. 1831) 1893 - Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician 1905 - Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845) 1906 - Maria Georgina Grey, British writer and founder of the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816) 1924 - Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer (b. 1854) 1927 - Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849) 1935 - Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1857) 1936 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860) 1938 - Pauline Frederick, American actress (b. 1883) 1942 - Condé Nast, American publisher (b. 1873) 1944 - Guy Gibson, British aviator 1949 - Will Cuppy, American humorist (b. 1884) 1949 - George Shiels, Irish dramatist (b. 1886) 1949 - Nikolaos Skalkottas, Greek composer (b. 1901) 1955 - John D. Dingell, Sr. 1967 - Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter (b. 1884) 1967 - Monica Proietti, Canadian criminal (b. 1940) 1968 - Chester Carlson, American inventor (b. 1906) 1968 - Red Foley, American singer (b. 1910) 1969 - Rex Ingram, American actor (b. 1895) 1972 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (b. 1899) 1973 - Gram Parsons, American musician (b. 1946) 1978 - Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and historian (b. 1884) 1985 - Italo Calvino, Italian writer (b. 1923) 1987 - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897) 1989 - Willie Steele, American Olympic gold medalist (b. 1923) 1990 - Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910) 1995 - Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and businessman (b. 1907) 1997 - Rich Mullins , American singer (b. 1955) 2000 - Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917) 2002 - Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941) 2002 - Duncan Hallas, prominent member of the Trotskyist movement in Great Britain. 2003 - Slim Dusty, Australian singer (b. 1927) 2004 - Eddie Adams, American photographer (b. 1933) 2004 - Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-born American civil servant (b. 1919) 2004 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931) 2004 - Ellis Marsalis, Sr. 2006 - Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929) 2006 - Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950) 2006 - Chuck Rio, American singer and saxophonist (The Champs) (b. 1929) 2006 - Hugh Kawharu, New Zealander Ngāti Whātua Māori chief (b. 1927) 2006 - Martha Holmes, American photographer (b. 1923)
Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. 1356 - In the Battle of Poitiers, the English defeat the French. 1676 - Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion. 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's farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public. 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Iuka 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga. 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. 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. 1900 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid commit their first robbery together. 1926 - The San Siro is inaugurated with a match between AC Milan and Inter. 1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr.. 1940 - Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance. 1942 - Holocaust in Brody, western Ukraine: About 2,500 Brody Jews are deported by the German Gestapo to the extermination camp in Belzec. 1944 - Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed. (End of the Continuation War). 1945 - Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) is sentenced to death in London. 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. 1959 - Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland. 1961 - Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them. 1963 - Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. is founded at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. 1970 - The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom. 1972 - A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat. 1973 - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture. 1976 - Turkish Airlines Boeing 727 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 155 passengers and crew. 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. 1988 - Greg Louganis suffers a head injury while qualifying for the Seoul Olympics. He goes on to win two Gold medals. 1989 - A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171. 1991 - Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists. 1995 - The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto. 1997 - Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed. 2006 - The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
