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Historical events on September 19

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
Mariano Rivera surpassed Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career leader in saves.
Mariano Rivera is a Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Read More
SEPTEMBER 19, 1777
American Revolutionary War: British troops engaged American forces at the first Battle of Saratoga in New York.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the Read More
SEPTEMBER 19, 1944
World War II: Finland, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom signed the Moscow Armistice to end the Continuation War.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all Read More
SEPTEMBER 19, 1985
An earthquake registering Mw 8.0 struck Mexico City, killing at least 9,000 people and leaving up to 100,000 homeless.
The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 (CST) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 Read More
SEPTEMBER 19, 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.
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in Read More
SEPTEMBER 19, 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).
La Salette-Fallavaux is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette in the Read More
SEPTEMBER 19, 1893
New Zealand became the first country to introduce universal suffrage following the women's suffrage movement led by Kate Sheppard.
Women's suffrage was an important political issue in the late-nineteenth-century New Zealand. In early colonial New Zealand, as in European societies, women Read More
SEPTEMBER 19, 1356
Hundred Years' War: English forces led by Edward the Black Prince decisively won the Battle of Poitiers and captured John II of France.
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Read More
SEPTEMBER 19, 1692
Salem witch trials: Giles Corey was crushed to death for refusing to enter a plea to charges of witchcraft, reportedly asking the sheriff for "more weight" during his execution.
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 Read More
SEPTEMBER 19, 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.
Industrial Society and Its Future, also known as the Unabomber Manifesto, is a 1995 anti-technology essay by Ted Kaczynski. The manifesto contends Read More
SEPTEMBER 19, 1950
Korean War: A North Korean attack was repelled by Allied forces at the Battle of Nam River.
The Korean War was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Read More
SEPTEMBER 19, 1940
World War II: Polish resistance leader Witold Pilecki allowed himself to be captured by German forces and sent to Auschwitz to gather intelligence.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all Read More
SEPTEMBER 19, 1991
Ötzi, a well-preserved natural mummy of a man dating from about 3300 BC, was discovered by two German tourists in the Alps.
Ötzi, also called The Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC. Ötzi's remains were discovered Read More

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