What happened this day in history September 19

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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