September 19 in history
Events on September 19
Notable events that happened on September 19 in past years.
- 2023
Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; this leads to the flight of the Armenian population.
Wikipedia article: Azerbaijan - 2017
The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
Wikipedia article: 2017 Puebla earthquake - 2010
The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
Wikipedia article: Deepwater Horizon oil spill - 1995
The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber Manifesto.
Wikipedia article: Industrial Society and Its Future - 1985
Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
Wikipedia article: Tipper Gore - 1978
The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
Wikipedia article: Solomon Islands - 1970
Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
Wikipedia article: Kostas Georgakis - 1944
World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the second-longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Hürtgen Forest - 1939
World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1902
A stampede at Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, leads to the death of 115 attendees.
Wikipedia article: Shiloh Baptist Church stampede - 1868
La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
Wikipedia article: Glorious Revolution (Spain) - 1852
Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
Wikipedia article: Annibale de Gasparis - 1778
The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
Wikipedia article: Continental Congress - 1622
Imperial-Spanish forces under the count of Tilly and Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba capture Heidelberg, the capital of the Palatinate during the Thirty Years' War.
- 96
Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.
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