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September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 103 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 335 – Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, emperor Constantine I.
• 634 – Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.
• 1356 – Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures the French king, John II.
• 1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
• 1692 – Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
• 1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
• 1796 – George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
• 1799 – French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
• 1846 – 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.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Iuka – Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga.
• 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.
• 1870 – Having invaded the Papal States a week earlier, the Italian Army lays siege to Rome, entering the city the next day, after which the Pope described himself as a Prisoner in the Vatican.
• 1879 – The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
• 1881 – U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.
• 1893 – Women's suffrage: in New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
• 1934 – Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr..
• 1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
• 1940 – Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance.
• 1944 – Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed. (End of the Continuation War).
• 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.
• 1952 – The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
• 1957 – First American underground nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob).
• 1959 – Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland due to security concerns.
• 1970 – The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom.
• 1970 – 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.
• 1971 – Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyen Khanh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
• 1972 – A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
• 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.
• 1976 – 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.
• 1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
• 1981 – Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York's Central Park.
• 1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University Bulletin Board System.
• 1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
• 1985 – A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
• 1985 – 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.
• 1989 – A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.
• 1991 – Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.
• 1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
• 1997 – Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.
• 2006 – The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
• 2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
• 2011 – Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all time saves leader with 602.

Births

• 86 – Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (d. 161)
• 866 – Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (d. 912)
• 1377 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404)
• 1551 – Henry III of France (d. 1589)
• 1749 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (d. 1822)
• 1754 – John Ross Key, American army officer, lawyer, and judge (d. 1821)
• 1759 – William Kirby, English entomologist (d. 1850)
• 1778 – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, English politician (d. 1868)
• 1774 – Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal (d. 1849)
• 1796 – Hartley Coleridge, English poet (d. 1849)
• 1799 – René Caillié, French explorer (d. 1838)
• 1802 – Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1894)
• 1803 – Maria Anna of Savoy (d. 1884)
• 1811 – Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881)
• 1828 – Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss politician (d. 1880)
• 1840 – Galen Spencer, American archer (d. 1904)
• 1862 – Juliusz Bursche, Polish bishop (d. 1942)
• 1864 – Ragna Wettergreen, Norwegian actress (d. 1958)
• 1882 – Christopher Stone, English broadcaster (d. 1965)
• 1883 – Mabel Vernon, American suffragist (d. 1975)
• 1887 – Lovie Austin, American pianist (d. 1972)
• 1887 – Lynne Overman, American actor (d. 1943)
• 1888 – James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician (d. 1971)
• 1888 – Porter Hall, American actor (d. 1953)
• 1889 – Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and author (d. 1999)
• 1894 – Rachel Field, American author (d. 1942)
• 1898 – Giuseppe Saragat, Italian politician, 5th President of Italy (d. 1988)
• 1900 – Ricardo Cortez, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1901 – Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American film producer (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Leon Jaworski, American lawyer (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American jurist (d. 1998)
• 1908 – Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2004)
• 1908 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist (d. 1975)
• 1908 – Alberto Socarras, Cuban-American flute player(d. 1987)
• 1908 – Mika Waltari, Finnish novelist (d. 1979)
• 1909 – Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Austrian automobile designer (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Jack Dunham, American animator and producer (d. 2009)
• 1910 – Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981)
• 1911 – William Golding, English author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Kurt Sanderling, German conductor (d. 2011)
• 1913 – Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970)
• 1913 – C. Loganathan, Ceylon Tamil banker (d. 1981)
• 1913 – Maria Tănase, Romanian singer and actress (d. 1963)
• 1913 – Helen Ward, American singer (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Clyde Moody, American singer and guitarist (d. 1989)
• 1915 – Germán Valdés, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1973)
• 1919 – Roger Grenier, French journalist and author
• 1920 – Roger Angell, American author
• 1921 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator, philosopher, and theorist (d. 1997)
• 1922 – Damon Knight, American author (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (d. 2000)
• 1925 – W. Reece Smith, Jr., American lawyer and academic (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1926 – James Lipton, American actor, producer, and author
• 1926 – Duke Snider, American baseball player (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Rosemary Harris, English actress
• 1927 – William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997)
• 1927 – Nick Massi, American singer and bass player (The Four Seasons and Four Lovers) (d. 2000)
• 1927 – Helen Carter, American singer (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (d. 1998)
• 1928 – Adam West, American actor
• 1930 – Muhal Richard Abrams, American musician, composer, and educator
• 1930 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Antonio Margheriti, Italian director and producer (d. 2002)
• 1931 – Brook Benton, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1988)
• 1931 – Derek Gardner, English engineer and designer (d. 2011)
• 1932 – Mike Royko, American journalist (d. 1997)
• 1933 – Gilles Archambault, Canadian author
• 1933 – David McCallum, Scottish actor and singer
• 1934 – Brian Epstein, English talent manager (d. 1967)
• 1935 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American navy officer (d. 2003)
• 1936 – Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (The Chieftains) (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Anna Karen, South African–English actress
• 1936 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (d. 2007)
• 1937 – Abner Haynes, American football player
• 1939 – Bruce Bastin, English author
• 1939 – Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian director
• 1939 – Moshe Weinberg, Israeli wrestling coach (d. 1972)
• 1940 – Caroline John, English actress (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter (The Righteous Brothers)
• 1940 – Sylvia Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Quartette, Ian & Sylvia, and Great Speckled Bird)
• 1940 – Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 – Paul Williams, American actor and composer
• 1941 – Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
• 1941 – Cass Elliot, American singer (The Mamas & the Papas, The Mugwumps, and The Big 3) (d. 1974)
• 1941 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Freda Payne, American singer and actress
• 1943 – André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1943 – Joe Morgan, American baseball player
• 1944 – Anders Björck, Swedish politician
• 1944 – Edmund Joensen, Faroese politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• 1944 – Jean Succar Kuri, Lebanese-Mexican businessman
• 1945 – David Bromberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 – Randolph Mantooth, American actor
• 1946 – Brian Henton, English race car driver
• 1947 – Thomas H. Cook, American mystery writer
• 1947 – Lol Creme, English singer, musician, and director (10cc, Godley & Creme, Art of Noise, Producers, Doctor Father, Hotlegs, and The Magic Lanterns)
• 1947 – Brian Hill, American basketball coach
• 1947 – Tanith Lee, British author
• 1947 – Gerd Schwidrowski, German footballer
• 1948 – Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian footballer and coach
• 1948 – Jan Hoag, American actress
• 1948 – Jeremy Irons, English actor
• 1948 – Mihai Timofti, Moldovan actor, director, and composer
• 1949 – Twiggy, English model, actress, and singer
• 1949 – Sally Potter, English director and screenwriter
• 1949 – Ernie Sabella, American actor
• 1949 – Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founder Innocence Project
• 1950 – Joan Lunden, American journalist and author
• 1951 – Daniel Lanois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1951 – Darryl Read, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (Crushed Butler and Tiger) (d. 2013)
• 1952 – Rhys Chatham, American musician and composer
• 1952 – Bernard de Dryver, Belgian race car driver
• 1952 – Gunnar Hökmark, Swedish politician
• 1952 – Henry Kaiser, American guitarist and composer
• 1952 – Nile Rodgers, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Chic)
• 1953 – Sarana VerLin, American singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1954 – Eleni Vitali, Greek singer
• 1955 – Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (d. 2006)
• 1955 – Rex Smith, American singer and actor
• 1956 – Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentine race car driver
• 1956 – Charlie Reliford, American baseball umpire
• 1957 – Chris Roupas, Greek-American basketball player
• 1958 – Lucky Ali, Indian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1958 – Kevin Hooks, American actor and director
• 1958 – Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
• 1958 – Lita Ford, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Runaways)
• 1960 – Mario Batali, American chef and author
• 1960 – Loïc Bigois, French engineer
• 1960 – Yolanda Saldívar, American murderer
• 1962 – Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian
• 1962 – Ken Rosenthal, American sportscaster
• 1963 – Jarvis Cocker, English singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (Pulp and Relaxed Muscle)
• 1963 – David Seaman, English footballer
• 1964 – Patrick Marber, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Bob Papa, American sportscaster
• 1964 – Kim Richards, American actress
• 1964 – Trisha Yearwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1965 – Helen Duval, Dutch porn actress
• 1965 – Sabine Paturel, French singer and actress
• 1965 – Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress
• 1965 – Sunita Williams, American navy officer and astronaut
• 1966 – Soledad O'Brien, American journalist
• 1966 – Eric Rudolph, American terrorist
• 1966 – Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1967 – Jim Abbott, American baseball player
• 1967 – Stéphane Crête, Canadian actor
• 1967 – Aleksandr Karelin, Russian wrestler
• 1968 – Jimmy Bower, American musician and songwriter (Down, Crowbar, Superjoint Ritual, Eyehategod, Clearlight, and Corrosion of Conformity)
• 1968 – Monica Crowley, American talk show host and author
• 1969 – Candy Dulfer, Dutch saxophonist
• 1969 – Jacek Frąckiewicz, Polish footballer
• 1969 – Alkinoos Ioannidis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 – Kostya Tszyu, Russian-Australian boxer
• 1969 – Cuong Vu, Vietnamese-American singer and trumpet player
• 1969 – Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer-songwriter (Sethian and Finntroll)
• 1970 – Dan Bylsma, American ice hockey player
• 1970 – Gilbert Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Antoine Hey, German footballer
• 1970 – Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese singer, producer, and actor (Abingdon Boys School and Luis-Mary)
• 1970 – Victor Williams, American actor
• 1971 – Sanaa Lathan, American actress
• 1971 – Mike Sadlo, German footballer
• 1972 – Matt Cockbain, Australian rugby player
• 1972 – Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player and coach
• 1973 – Nick Colgan, Irish footballer
• 1973 – Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian race car driver
• 1973 – Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Australian actor
• 1974 – Jimmy Fallon, American comedian, actor, singer, and guitarist
• 1974 – Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model, actress, and singer
• 1975 – Marcus Dunstan, American director and screenwriter
• 1975 – Gina Trapani, American blogger
• 1976 – Raja Bell, American basketball player
• 1976 – Jay Electronica, American rapper, producer, and magician
• 1976 – Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 – Eesha Koppikar, Indian actress and model
• 1976 – Alison Sweeney, American actress
• 1976 – Jim Ward, American singer-songwriter and musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta, and Sleepercar)
• 1976 – Jessica York, American television host
• 1977 – Kyle Cease, American actor and comedian
• 1977 – Poon Yiu Cheuk, Hong Kong footballer
• 1977 – Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer
• 1977 – Tasha Danvers, English hurdler
• 1977 – Josef Fares, Swedish director
• 1977 – Danny Forster, American architect, television host, and producer
• 1977 – Wu Jiaduo, Chinese table tennis player
• 1977 – Fung Ka Ki, Hong Kong footballer
• 1977 – Scott Orlinger, American wrestler
• 1977 – Tommaso Rocchi, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Maria Rita, Brazilian singer
• 1977 – Mike Smith, American baseball player
• 1977 – Emil Sutovsky, Israeli chess player
• 1978 – Amil, American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1978 – Nick Johnson, American baseball player
• 1978 – Nigel Mitchell, English television host
• 1978 – Ramin Karimloo, Iranian-Canadian actor and singer
• 1978 – Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
• 1979 – Dannielle Brent, English actress
• 1979 – Joel Houston, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (Hillsong United)
• 1979 – Noémie Lenoir, French model and actress
• 1980 – Amber Lancaster, American model and actress
• 1980 – Sara Quin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Tegan and Sara)
• 1980 – Tegan Quin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Tegan and Sara)
• 1980 – Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player
• 1980 – James Ellison, English motorcycle racer and World Endurance champion
• 1981 – Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
• 1981 – Rick DiPietro, American ice hockey player
• 1982 – Shaun Barker, English footballer
• 1982 – Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
• 1982 – Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
• 1982 – Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
• 1982 – Columbus Short, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer
• 1982 – Jesse Blaze Snider, American singer-songwriter, illustrator, and writer (Baptized By Fire)
• 1983 – Eamon, American singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Joey Devine, American baseball player
• 1983 – Charlie Haeger, American baseball player
• 1983 – Matt Wiman, American mixed martial artist
• 1984 – Amber Rayne, American porn actress
• 1984 – Ángel Reyna, Mexican footballer
• 1984 – Danny Valencia, American baseball player
• 1984 – Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
• 1985 – Gio Gonzalez, American baseball player
• 1985 – Alun-Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player
• 1986 – Leon Best, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Gerald Ciolek, German cyclist
• 1986 – Ken Gushi, Japanese race car driver
• 1986 – Omar Khadr, Egyptian-Canadian terrorist
• 1986 – Mandy Musgrave, American actress and singer
• 1986 – Ryan Succop, American football player
• 1986 – Peter Vack, American actor
• 1987 – Kenny Britt, American football player
• 1987 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress
• 1987 – Carlos Quintero, Colombian footballer
• 1988 – Faye Reagan, American porn actress
• 1989 – Tyreke Evans, American basketball player
• 1990 – Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress and singer
• 1990 – Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek footballer
• 1990 – Evgeny Novikov, Russian race car driver
• 1991 – Oliver Merkel, German footballer
• 1991 – Demelza Reveley, Australian model
• 1991 – Colin Grafton, American figure skater
• 1992 – Diego Reyes, Mexican footballer
• 1994 – Alex Etel, English actor
• 2001 – Taylor Geare, American actress
• 2002 – Jason Simmons, American actor
• 2002 – Kristopher Simmons, American actor

Deaths

• 643 – Goeric of Metz, Frankish bishop
• 690 – Theodore of Tarsus, English archbishop (b. 602)
• 1339 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
• 1356 – Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
• 1356 – Walter VI, Count of Brienne (b. 1304)
• 1668 – William Waller, English general (b. 1597)
• 1692 – Giles Corey, American farmer (b. 1611)
• 1710 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)
• 1812 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (b. 1744)
• 1843 – Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French mathematician, engineer, and scientist (b. 1792)
• 1863 – Hans Christian Heg, Norwegian-American military officer (b. 1829)
• 1868 – William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)
• 1881 – James Garfield, American military officer, politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
• 1893 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician (b. 1817)
• 1905 – Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845)
• 1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, English educator and writer, founder of the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
• 1910 – Paul Lotsij, Dutch rower (b. 1880)
• 1914 – Charles de Vendeville, French swimmer (b. 1882)
• 1924 – Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1927 – Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
• 1935 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist (b. 1857)
• 1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer (b. 1860)
• 1938 – Pauline Frederick, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1942 – Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)
• 1944 – Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, awarded Victoria Cross (b. 1918)
• 1949 – Will Cuppy, American author and critic (b. 1884)
• 1949 – George Shiels, Irish playwright (b. 1886)
• 1949 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek composer (b. 1901)
• 1955 – John D. Dingell, Sr., American politician (b. 1894)
• 1965 – Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
• 1967 – Monica Proietti, Canadian criminal (b. 1940)
• 1967 – Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter (b. 1884)
• 1968 – Chester Carlson, American physicist, invented xerography (b. 1906)
• 1968 – Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1910)
• 1969 – Rex Ingram, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1972 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and musician (International Submarine Band, The Byrds, and The Flying Burrito Brothers) (b. 1946)
• 1978 – Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and historian (b. 1884)
• 1985 – Italo Calvino, Italian journalist and author (b. 1923)
• 1987 – Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
• 1989 – Willie Steele, American long jumper (b. 1923)
• 1990 – Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)
• 1992 – Jacques Pic, French chef (b. 1932)
• 1995 – Orville Redenbacher, American businessman, founded the Orville Redenbacher's Company (b. 1907)
• 1997 – Jack May, English actor (b. 1922)
• 1997 – Rich Mullins, American singer-songwriter (A Ragamuffin Band) (b. 1955)
• 1998 – Patricia Hayes, English comedy actress (b. 1909)
• 2000 – Anthony Robert Klitz, English painter (b. 1917)
• 2001 – Rhys Jones, Welsh-Australian archeologist (b. 1941)
• 2002 – Robert Guéï, Ivorian military ruler, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
• 2002 – Duncan Hallas, English author and activist (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Eddie Adams, American photographer (b. 1933)
• 2004 – Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-American civil servant (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (The Davis Sisters) (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Damayanti Joshi, Indian dancer (b. 1928)
• 2004 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (b. 1908)
• 2006 – Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (The Champs) (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Martha Holmes, American photographer (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Hugh Kawharu, New Zealand academic (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)
• 2009 – Arthur Ferrante, American pianist (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (b. 1915)
• 2009 – Roc Raida, American DJ and producer (The X-Ecutioners) (b. 1972)
• 2009 – Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist (b. 1929)
• 2011 – Thomas Capano, American lawyer and murderer (b. 1949)
• 2011 – Johnny Răducanu, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (b. 1989)
• 2012 – Rino Ferrario, Italian footballer (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Cecil Gordon, American race car driver (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Elizabeth Diana Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli author and historian (b. 1946)

Holidays and observances

• Armed Forces Day (Chile)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Goeric of Metz
  • Januarius (Western Christianity)
  • Our Lady of La Salette
  • Theodore of Tarsus (Church of England)
  • Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon
  • September 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council (Slovakia)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom in 1983.
• International Talk Like a Pirate Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

• Days of the year
• September