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 262^nd 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, 29,304,000 minutes 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.

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.

September 19 Historical Events

• 335 –
  Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.
• 1862 –
  American Civil War: Battle of Iuka – Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price.
• 1881 –
  U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.
• 1944 –
  Battle of Hürtgen Forest between United States and Nazi Germany begins.
• 1970 –
  The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis’s farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom.
• 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.
• 1983 –
  Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
• 1985 –
  A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
• 2006 –
  The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.

Who were born on September 19?

• 86 –
  Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (d. 161)
• 1796 –
  Hartley Coleridge, English poet (d. 1849)
• 1864 –
  Ragna Wettergreen, Norwegian actress (d. 1958)
• 1942 –
  Freda Payne, American singer and actress
• 1947 –
  Brian Hill, American basketball head coach
• 1952 –
  Rhys Chatham, American musician, primarily trumpet and guitar, and composer
• 1964 –
  Patrick Marber, British playwright
• 1966 –
  Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1976 –
  Jessica York, American television personality
• 1982 –
  Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player

Who died on September 19?

• 1668 –
  William Waller, English soldier
• 1868 –
  William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 –
  Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation (b. 1817)
• 1935 –
  Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1857)
• 1936 –
  Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
• 1967 –
  Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter (b. 1884)
• 1969 –
  Rex Ingram, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1978 –
  Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and historian (b. 1884)
• 2000 –
  Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
• 2006 –
  Chuck Rio, American singer and saxophonist (The Champs) (b. 1929)