What are the important events that happened on September 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 19: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 19 is the 263rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 103 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 6, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,778,400 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectahexacontatrigon’ day.
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Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 132 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,290 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 19 Historical Events
- 1692 –Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
- 1934 –Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr.
- 1944 –Battle of Hürtgen Forest between United States and Nazi Germany begins.
- 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.
- 1946 –The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
- 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.
- 1990 –Delhi University student Rajiv Goswami attempts Self Immolation during Anti-Reservation agitation in India. Though he survived, his Self Immolation inspired nearly 150 self immolation bids and indirectly led to the Resignation of V P Singh Govt.
- 1991 –Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.
Who were born on September 19?
- 1889 –Sarah Louise “Sadie” Delany, American physician and author (d. 1999)
- 1915 –Clyde Moody, bluegrass musician (d. 1989)
- 1939 –Bruce Bastin, folklorist, a leading expert on the Piedmont Blues
- 1956 –Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentine racing driver
- 1958 –Lita Ford, American singer
- 1970 –Dan Bylsma, American ice hockey player
- 1973 –Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing car driver
- 1978 –Amil, American rapper, singer, and songwriter
- 1985 –Alun-Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player
- 1990 –Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress
Who died on September 19?
- 1356 –Killed at the Battle of Poitiers: Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
- 1938 –Pauline Frederick, American actress (b. 1883)
- 1949 –Will Cuppy, American humorist (b. 1884)
- 1965 –Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
- 1997 –Rich Mullins, American singer (b. 1955)
- 2002 –Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
- 2004 –Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931)
- 2006 –Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
- 2006 –Hugh Kawharu, New Zealander Ngāti Whātua Māori chief (b. 1927)
- 2006 –Martha Holmes, American photographer (b. 1923)
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