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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 103 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 6, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,758,240,000 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 151 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 4,655 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 19 Historical Events
- 1778 –The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
- 1796 –George Washington’s farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
- 1944 –Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed. (End of the Continuation War).
- 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.
- 1972 –A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1997 –Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.
Who were born on September 19?
- 1778 –Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1868)
- 1900 –Ricardo Cortez, American actor (d. 1977)
- 1969 –Kostya Tszyu, Russian/Australian boxer
- 1970 –Gilbert Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 –Victor Williams, American actor
- 1976 –Jim Ward, American musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
- 1977 –Tommaso Rocchi, Italian footballer
- 1980 –Amber Lancaster, American model and actress
- 1982 –Shaun Barker, English footballer
- 1985 –Alun-Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player
Who died on September 19?
- 1339 –Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
- 1356 –Killed at the Battle of Poitiers: Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
- 1710 –Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)
- 1881 –James Garfield, 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
- 1924 –Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
- 1936 –Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
- 1942 –Condé Nast, American publisher (b. 1873)
- 1949 –George Shiels, Irish dramatist (b. 1886)
- 2004 –Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-born American civil servant (b. 1919)
- 2004 –Damayanti Joshi, Indian classical dancer of Kathak style (b. 1928)
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