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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 262nd day of the year 2019 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, 2019 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,568,851,200 seconds 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 ‘dihectahexacontadigon’ 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 128 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 2,463 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 19 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1778 –The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
- 1934 –Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr.
- 1970 –The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis’s farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom.
- 2006 –The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
Who were born on September 19?
- 1828 –Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880)
- 1948 –Jeremy Irons, English actor
- 1960 –Loïc Bigois, French engineer
- 1966 –Eric Robert Rudolph, American criminal
- 1977 –Mike Smith, American baseball pitcher
Who died on September 19?
- 1893 –Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation (b. 1817)
- 1936 –Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
- 1972 –Robert Casadesus, French pianist (b. 1899)
- 2006 –Martha Holmes, American photographer (b. 1923)
- 2006 –Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)
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