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September 19 Events in History - September 19 Birthdays - September 19 Deaths
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September 19, 1996 "Skylight" opens at Royale Theater New York City September 19, 1995 Andres Galarraga is 4th to hit 30 home runs for Rockies in 1995 September 19, 1995 Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits home runs in 3rd of 4 games September 19, 1994 3000 U.S. militia lands on Haiti September 19, 1994 Swedish government of Bildt resigns September 19, 1993 45th Emmy Awards: Seinfeld, Picket Fences and Ted Danson wins September 19, 1993 Actress Michele Phillips (Knots Landing) is robbed at gunpoint September 19, 1993 Brandie Burton wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic September 19, 1993 Kimberly Clarice Aiken, 18, Miss South Carolina wins 67th Miss America September 19, 1993 Parliamentary election in Poland September 19, 1993 Tom Glavine wins 20 games in 3 straight years September 19, 1992 Sergei Boebka pole vaults world record (6.13m) September 19, 1992 U.N. Security Council votes 12-0 (3 abstentions) to dump Yugoslavia September 19, 1992 Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson and Ron Gant as having (2) 30-HR/30-steal seasons September 19, 1991 Precious Bunny wins the 46th Little Brown Jug September 19, 1989 Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens September 19, 1989 French DC-10 crashes near Niger, 171 die September 19, 1989 Appeals court restores America's Cup to U.S. after New York Supreme Court gave it to NZ (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran) September 19, 1988 Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance September 19, 1988 U.S. Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board September 19, 1987 Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (Mich), 24, crowned 61st Miss America September 19, 1986 "Captain EO" with Michael Jackson premieres September 19, 1986 Chicago White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits California Angels, 7-1 September 19, 1986 Dean Jones scores 210 vs. India at Madras September 19, 1986 Fed health officials announce AZT will be available to AIDS patients September 19, 1985 12,000 die and 40,000 injured in Mexico's earthquake (8.1) September 19, 1984 Britain and China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997 September 19, 1983 St. Kitts and Nevis declares independence from U.K. September 19, 1982 34th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Barney Miller, Alan Alda and Carol Kane September 19, 1982 New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0 September 19, 1982 Sandra Haynie/Kathy McMullen wins Portland Ping Team Golf Championship September 19, 1982 Streetcars stop running on Market St. after 122 years of service September 19, 1981 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform a reunion concert in Central Park September 19, 1981 Satellites China 10 and 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket September 19, 1981 Simon and Garfunkel reunite for a New York City Central Park concert September 19, 1979 No Nukes Concert at MSG includes Springsteen and Crosby, Stills and Nash September 19, 1976 "Going Up" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 49 performances September 19, 1976 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Portland Golf Classic September 19, 1975 Indonesia sends troops to Portuguese East Timor September 19, 1974 Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die September 19, 1973 Carl XVI Gustaf, becomes King of Sweden September 19, 1973 Frank Robinson homers in record 32nd ML park (Arlington Tx) September 19, 1973 NL refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington D.C. September 19, 1973 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test September 19, 1971 1st New York City Women's Marathon won by Beth Bonner in 2:55:22 September 19, 1971 2nd New York City Marathon won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54 September 19, 1970 "Mary Tyler Moore" show premieres September 19, 1968 Denny McLain's 31st win and Mickey Mantle's 535th HR September 19, 1967 Nigeria begins offensive against Biafra September 19, 1965 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Visalia Golf Open September 19, 1965 Erhards CDU wins West German parliament elections September 19, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. September 19, 1960 Chubby Checkers' "Twist" reaches #1 September 19, 1959 Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland September 19, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site September 19, 1957 1st underground nuclear explosion at Las Vegas, Nevada September 19, 1956 1st International conference of black writers and artists meets (Sorbonne) September 19, 1955 Argentine president Juan Peron, resigns and flees September 19, 1955 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season September 19, 1955 Hurricane Hilda, kills 200 in Mexico September 19, 1954 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Wichita Golf Open September 19, 1953 "Hazel Flagg" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 190 performances September 19, 1951 1st broadcast of "Search for Tomorrow" on CBS-TV September 19, 1951 Italian civil servants strike for pay increase September 19, 1950 European Payment Union forms in Paris September 19, 1950 Great Three acknowledge Bond government as only German government September 19, 1950 U.N. reject membership of China's People Republic September 19, 1948 62nd U.S. Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats A L Brough (46 64 15-13) September 19, 1948 68th U.S. Mens Tennis: "Pancho" Gonzales beats E Sturgess (62 63 14-12) September 19, 1948 Richard A Gonzales wins U.S. Tennis Open September 19, 1947 Jackie Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of Year" September 19, 1945 Kim Il Sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea September 19, 1945 Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London September 19, 1944 Finland and Russia agree to cease fire September 19, 1944 Luftwaffe bombs Eindhoven: 200 killed September 19, 1943 Fanny Whiteers-Koen breaks jumping world record September 19, 1943 Liberator bombers sinks U-341 September 19, 1941 1st meeting of partizans Tito and Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia September 19, 1941 German army conquerors Kiev September 19, 1941 Nazi's force German Jews, 6 and over to wear Jewish stars September 19, 1940 Nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes September 19, 1939 British Expeditionary Force reaches France September 19, 1939 Lord Haw-Haw becomes radio host of Reichsrundfunk Berlin September 19, 1939 Wehrmacht (German regular army) murders 100 Jews in Lukov Poland September 19, 1934 Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnapping Lindbergh baby September 19, 1933 New York Giants clinch the pennant September 19, 1931 14th PGA Championship: Tom Creavy at Wannamoisett CC Rumford RI September 19, 1931 Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria September 19, 1931 Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1 September 19, 1928 Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater New York City) September 19, 1926 80,000 demonstrate for democratic peace in Hague September 19, 1925 45th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (46 119 63 46 63) September 19, 1923 Ernst Tollers "Hinkemann," premieres in Leipzig September 19, 1922 Queen Wilhelmina's takes Dutch throne with 119 word speech September 19, 1921 41st U.S. Mens Tennis: William T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 63 61) September 19, 1916 1st landing on Schiphol (Farman F-22 of Soesterberg) September 19, 1916 Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa September 19, 1914 Brooklyn's Ed Lafitte no-hits Kansas City (Federal League), 6-2 September 19, 1912 Pius X encyclical Singular quadam, against interconfess unions September 19, 1912 Soccer team NAC (Noad Advendo Combination) forms in Breda September 19, 1911 Red Tuesday-20,000 protest for universal rights September 19, 1910 George Cohan's "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford," premieres in New York City September 19, 1908 Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony, premieres in Prague September 19, 1904 Gen Nogi's assault on Port Arthur: 16,000 Japanese casualties September 19, 1903 King Leopold II deny Belgian cruelty in Congo September 19, 1901 11 baseball games canceled due to funeral of President William McKinley September 19, 1893 New Zealand is 1st country to grant all its women the right to vote September 19, 1890 Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, kills 540 September 19, 1888 World's 1st beauty contest (Spa Belgium) September 19, 1879 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years and 198 days September 19, 1876 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Mich) September 19, 1876 Talks begin to set up a football club in Ottawa September 19, 1873 Black Friday: Jay Cooke and Co fails, causing a securities panic September 19, 1870 Siege of Paris begins September 19, 1865 Atlanta University forms September 19, 1864 3rd Battle of Winchester Virginia (Opequon, 3rd Winchester) September 19, 1863 Battle of Chickamauga Georgia (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat September 19, 1862 Battle at Blackford's Ford Virginia September 19, 1862 Battle at Iuka Mississippi (1,700 casualties) September 19, 1854 Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car September 19, 1848 Hyperion, moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (U.S.) and Lassell (England) September 19, 1846 Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elopes September 19, 1838 Ephraim Morris patents railroad brake September 19, 1833 Charles Darwin visits Guardia del Monte, Argentina September 19, 1799 English and Russian invasion army conquerors Receiver September 19, 1796 George Washington's farewell address as president September 19, 1795 Tula, leader of Curacao slave opposition, imprisoned September 19, 1777 Battle of Freeman's Farm (Bemis Heights) or 1st Battle of Saratoga September 19, 1755 England and Russia sign military agreement September 19, 1676 Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Virginia on fire September 19, 1668 Polish king John II Kazimierz resigns/goes to France September 19, 1657 Brandenburg and Poland sign Treaty of Wehlau September 19, 1656 Treaty of Labiau: Sweden gives Prussia, Brandenburg September 19, 1642 Perpignan surrenders to French troops September 19, 1602 Grave surrenders to earl Mauritius September 19, 1580 Treaty of Plessis-lez-Tours (Anjou/Dutch States-General) September 19, 1559 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die September 19, 1523 Emperor Charles I and England sign anti-French covenant September 19, 1356 English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers |