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History Events on September 19

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History Events on September 19

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The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.

#United_States_federal_budget

In 1778

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.

#Parents_Music_Resource_Center

In 1985

American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.

#American_Revolutionary_War

In 1777

A drone strike by the United States kills 30 civilian farmers in Afghanistan.

#Afghanistan

In 2019

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.

#Marian_apparition

In 1846

The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.

#Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill

In 2010

Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader with 602.

#Mariano_Rivera

In 2011

La Gloriosa begins in Spain.

#Glorious_Revolution_(Spain)

In 1868

Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.

#Siege_of_Damascus_(634)

In 634

Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures King John II.

#Battle_of_Poitiers

In 1356

The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.

#Solomon_Islands

In 1978

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.

#1976_Tehran_UFO_incident

In 1976

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

#Council_of_Europe

In 1946

Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.

#Michael_Eavis

In 1970

Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.

#Scott_Fahlman

In 1982

Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.

#Turkish_Airlines_Flight_452

In 1976

George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.

#George_Washington's_Farewell_Address

In 1796

A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.

#UTA_Flight_772

In 1989

Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.

#Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis

In 1983

Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.

#Franco-Prussian_War

In 1870

World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance movement.

#Witold_Pilecki

In 1940

World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.

#Moscow_Armistice

In 1944

French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.

#French_Revolutionary_Wars

In 1799

American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.

#American_Civil_War

In 1862

The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.

#Charlie_Chaplin

In 1952

A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.

#1985_Mexico_City_earthquake

In 1985

Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.

#Annibale_de_Gasparis

In 1852

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.

#World_War_I

In 1916

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.

#Battle_of_Chickamauga

In 1863

In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.

#Women's_suffrage_in_New_Zealand

In 1893

Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.

#Operation_Plumbbob

In 1957

The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.

#2017_Puebla_earthquake

In 2017

World War II: The Battle of K?pa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.

#World_War_II

In 1939

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.

#Assassination_of_James_A._Garfield

In 1881

Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, Constantine the Great.

#Dalmatius

In 335

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.

#Third_Battle_of_Winchester

In 1864

Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.

#Bacon's_Rebellion

In 1676

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.

#2016_New_York_and_New_Jersey_bombings

In 2016

The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.

In 2006

The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.

In 1997

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

In 1995

Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.

In 1991

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.

In 1973

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.

In 1970

World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.

In 1944

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