September 19th, 1898

Born on September 19th, 1898

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What happened on September 19th?

September 19th, 2011

Mariano Rivera surpassed Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career leader in saves.

September 19th, 1995

Industrial Society and Its Future, the manifesto of American domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, was published in The Washington Post almost three months after it was submitted.

September 19th, 1991

Ötzi, a well-preserved natural mummy of a man dating from about 3300 BC, was discovered by two German tourists in the Alps.

September 19th, 1985

An earthquake registering Mw 8.0 struck Mexico City, killing at least 9,000 people and leaving up to 100,000 homeless.

September 19th, 1970

The first Glastonbury Festival was held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, England.

September 19th, 1950

Korean War: A North Korean attack was repelled by Allied forces at the Battle of Nam River.

September 19th, 1944

World War II: Finland, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom signed the Moscow Armistice to end the Continuation War.

September 19th, 1940

World War II: Polish resistance leader Witold Pilecki allowed himself to be captured by German forces and sent to Auschwitz to gather intelligence.

September 19th, 1893

New Zealand became the first country to introduce universal suffrage following the women's suffrage movement led by Kate Sheppard.

September 19th, 1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga began in northwestern Georgia and would end in the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater.

September 19th, 1846

Near La Salette-Fallavaux in southeastern France, shepherd children Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud reported a Marian apparition, now known as Our Lady of La Salette (statue pictured).

September 19th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British troops engaged American forces at the first Battle of Saratoga in New York.

September 19th, 1692

Salem witch trials: Giles Corey was crushed to death for refusing to enter a plea to charges of witchcraft, reportedly asking officials for "more weight".

September 19th, 1356

Hundred Years' War: English forces led by Edward the Black Prince decisively won the Battle of Poitiers and captured John II of France.

September 19th, 2022

The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 19th

Born on September 19th, 1898

89

Giuseppe Saragat

5th President of Italy (1898-1988)

*September 19th, 1898, Turin †June 11th, 1988, Rome

39

Erik Rotheim

Norwegian engineer

*September 19th, 1898, Christiania †September 18th, 1938, Christiania

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87

Hermann Heimpel

German medievalist and historian (1901-1988)

*September 19th, 1901, Munich †December 23rd, 1988, Göttingen

37

Peter Vack

American actor

*September 19th, 1986, West Village

90

David McCallum

Scottish actor (1933-2023)

*September 19th, 1933, Maryhill †September 25th, 2023, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

32

Brian Epstein

British personal manager and impresario (1934–1967)

*September 19th, 1934, Liverpool †August 27th, 1967, London

88

Adam West

American actor (1928–2017)

*September 19th, 1928, Walla Walla †June 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Paul Williams

American composer, singer, songwriter and actor

*September 19th, 1940, Omaha

96

Rosemary Harris

English-American actress and narrator

*September 19th, 1927, Suffolk

81

William Golding

British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate

*September 19th, 1911, Newquay †June 19th, 1993, Perranarworthal

93

James Lipton

Poet, talk show host, writer, teacher (1926-2020)

*September 19th, 1926, Detroit †March 2nd, 2020, Manhattan

47

Rachel Field

Novelist, poet, children's author

*September 19th, 1894, New York City †March 15th, 1942, Los Angeles

20

Tanya Hemanth

Badminton player

*September 19th, 2003, Mysore

32

Cass Elliot

American singer (1941–1974)

*September 19th, 1941, Baltimore †July 29th, 1974, Mayfair

49

Victoria Silvstedt

Swedish model, actress, singer, and television personality

*September 19th, 1974, Skellefteå Sankt Olov Parish

68

Rex Smith

American actor and singer

*September 19th, 1955, Jacksonville

94

Masatoshi Koshiba

Japanese physicist and astronomer (1926-2020)

*September 19th, 1926, Toyohashi †November 12th, 2020, Tokyo

70

Ludwig von Bertalanffy

Austrian biologist and philosopher

*September 19th, 1901, Atzgersdorf †June 12th, 1972, Buffalo

52

Sanaa Lathan

American actress

*September 19th, 1971, New York City

57

Claudia Schmutzler

German actress

*September 19th, 1966, Dresden

75

Jeremy Irons

British actor (born 1948)

*September 19th, 1948, Cowes

54

Louis Joseph Vance

American writer (1879-1933)

*September 19th, 1879, Washington, D.C. †December 16th, 1933, New York City

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83

Marta Linz

Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor

*December 21st, 1898, Budapest †January 11th, 1982, Berlin

72

Johannes S. Andersen

Norwegian criminal, businessman and resistance fighter during the Second World War

*July 9th, 1898, Oslo †July 29th, 1970, Horten

78

Franz Altheim

German historian (1898-1976)

*October 6th, 1898, Frankfurt †October 17th, 1976, Münster

77

Ernst Meyer

German historian of classical antiquity (1898-1975)

*February 21st, 1898, Pinneberg †November 18th, 1975, Zürich

50

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

*January 10th, 1898, Riga †February 11th, 1948, Moscow

77

Paul Robeson

American singer, actor, and political activist (1898–1976)

*April 9th, 1898, Princeton †January 23rd, 1976, Philadelphia

58

Bertolt Brecht

German poet, playwright, theatre director (1898-1956)

*February 10th, 1898, Augsburg †August 14th, 1956, East Berlin

94

Shirley Booth

American actress (1898–1992)

*August 30th, 1898, Brooklyn †October 16th, 1992, Chatham

38

Federico García Lorca

Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director (1898–1936)

*June 5th, 1898, Fuente Vaqueros †July 31st, 1936, Víznar

78

Alvar Aalto

Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)

*February 3rd, 1898, Kuortane †May 11th, 1976, Helsinki

80

Golda Meir

Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974

*April 21st, 1898, Ukraine †December 8th, 1978, Jerusalem

42

Agnes Ayres

American actress (1892–1940)

*April 4th, 1898, Carbondale †December 25th, 1940, Los Angeles

38

George Gershwin

American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

*September 26th, 1898, Brooklyn †July 11th, 1937, Hollywood

44

Stephen Vincent Benét

American poet, short story writer, novelist

*July 22nd, 1898, Bethlehem †March 13th, 1943, New York City

71

Helene Wessel

German politician (1898-1969)

*July 6th, 1898, Hörde †October 13th, 1969, Bonn

76

Umm Kulthum

Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress

*December 31st, 1898, Tamay Ez-Zahayra †February 3rd, 1975, Cairo

72

Theodor Lohrmann

German association football player

*September 7th, 1898, Heidelberg †September 4th, 1971

70

Marianne von Angern

German author

*August 24th, 1898, Sopron †January 1st, 1969, Aachen

81

Herbert Marcuse

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

*July 19th, 1898, Berlin †July 29th, 1979, Starnberg

68

Robert Keith

American actor (1898–1966)

*February 10th, 1898, Fowler †December 22nd, 1966, Los Angeles

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