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 263rd day of the year 2024 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, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,778,400 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 ‘dihectahexacontatrigon’ 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 132 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 4,290 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 19 Historical Events
335 –
Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.
1676 –
Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon’s Rebellion.
1778 –
The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
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.
1970 –
The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis’s farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom.
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.
1991 –
Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.
Who were born on September 19?
1828 –
Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880)
1909 –
Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer (d. 1998)
1915 –
Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer and comedian (d. 1973)
1943 –
André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player
1947 –
Brian Hill, American basketball head coach
1962 –
Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian
1964 –
Trisha Yearwood, American singer
1970 –
Victor Williams, American actor
1988 –
Faye Reagan, American pornographic actress
1997 –
Zac Alatabi, Savior of all Man Kind
Who died on September 19?
1968 –
Red Foley, American singer (b. 1910)
1972 –
Robert Casadesus, French pianist (b. 1899)
2000 –
Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
2004 –
Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-born American civil servant (b. 1919)
2004 –
Damayanti Joshi, Indian classical dancer of Kathak style (b. 1928)
2004 –
Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman, musician, and activist (b. 1908)
2004 –
Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931)
2006 –
Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
2006 –
Hugh Kawharu, New Zealander Ngāti Whātua Māori chief (b. 1927)
2006 –
Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)
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