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Birthday September 19, 1655 Jan Luyts, Dutch scholar, physicist, mathematician, astronomer |
Birthday September 19, 1737 Charles Carroll, signed Decl of Ind |
Birthday September 19, 1901 Joseph Pasternak, film producer |
Birthday September 19, 1907 Lewis F Powell Jr, former US Supreme Court justice |
Birthday September 19, 1911 William Golding, English novelist (Lord of the Flies) (Nobel 1983) |
Birthday September 19, 1914 Rogers Morton, politician |
Birthday September 19, 1919 Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano |
Birthday September 19, 1926 Lurieen Wallace, (D-Gov-Ala) |
Birthday September 19, 1926 Duke Snyder, baseball player |
Birthday September 19, 1930 Rosemary Harris, in England |
Birthday September 19, 1933 David McCallum, Actor (Ilya Kuryakin) |
Birthday September 19, 1936 Al Oerter, US discus thrower |
Birthday September 19, 1940 Paul Williams, singer, composer, Actor |
Birthday September 19, 1945 Jane Blalock, LPGA Golfer |
Birthday September 19, 1945 Freda Payne, in Detroit Michigan - Sung about a Band of Gold |
Birthday September 19, 1948 Jeremy Irons, English Actor (French Lieutenant's Woman) |
Birthday September 19, 1949 Twiggy (Leslie Hornby), in England, model, Actress |
Birthday September 19, 1968 Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!) |
History September 19, 1356 English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers |
History September 19, 1777 Arnold and Gates argue at First Battle of Saratoga |
History September 19, 1796 George Washington's farewell address as president |
History September 19, 1812 Napoleon's retreat from Russia begins |
History September 19, 1827 Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife |
History September 19, 1848 Bond (US) & Lassell (England) independently discover Hyperion |
History September 19, 1849 1st commercial laundry established in Oakland California |
History September 19, 1862 Union forces defeat Rebels at the Battle of Iuka |
History September 19, 1863 Battle of Chickamauga Tenn; Union forces retreat |
History September 19, 1873 Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co fails causing a securities panic |
History September 19, 1881 Pres Garfield dies of gunshot wound |
History September 19, 1881 President James Garfield dies |
History September 19, 1881 President Garfield succumbs to shooting wounds |
History September 19, 1893 New Zealand first in women's vote |
History September 19, 1918 British offensive begins in Palestine |
History September 19, 1941 Germans bombard Leningrad |
History September 19, 1955 Peron deposed in Argentina |
History September 19, 1959 Khrushchev barred from visiting Disneyland |
History September 19, 1966 Mike Burke named Yankees president |
History September 19, 1966 Pressure mounts against continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam |
History September 19, 1969 Nixon cancels draft calls for November and December |
History September 19, 1970 Mary Tyler Moore show premiers |
History September 19, 1973 Death of country-rock pioneer leads inspires car crime |
History September 19, 1982 Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service |
History September 19, 1983 St Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day) |
History September 19, 1985 Earthquake shakes Mexico City |
History September 19, 1985 The U.S. Senate convenes the PMRC hearings on Capitol Hill |
History September 19, 1986 Captain EO permieres |
History September 19, 1988 Louganis wins gold in springboard |
History September 19, 1990 Goodfellas opens |
History September 19, 1994 U.S. forces land in Haiti |
History September 19, 1995 Newspaper publishes Unabomber manifesto |
History September 19, 1995 Unabomber manifesto published |
History September 19, 2000 Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel debuts |