Today in History – September 19th

Published September 19, 2012 |

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.
1692, Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
1777, American Revolutionary War: British forces win tactically expensive victory over Continental Army in 1st Battle of Saratoga.
1778, The Continental Congress passes 1st budget of the US.
1796, George Washington’s farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
1799, French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
1863, American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga.
1881, James Garfield, 20th President of the United States (b. 1831) died.
1881, US President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.
1893, Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation (b. 1817) died.
1909, Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer (d. 1998) was born.
1913, Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970) was born.
1934, Brian Epstein, English musical group manager (The Beatles) (d. 1967) was born.
1934, Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr..
1939, WWII: The Battle of Kepa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
1940, Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance.
1941, “Mama” Cass Elliot, American musician (d. 1974) was born.
1942, Conde Nast, American publisher (b. 1873) died.
1944, Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed. (End of the Continuation War).
1944, Battle of Hurtgen Forest between US and Nazi Germany begins.
1945, Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) is sentenced to death in London.
1946, 1st Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to WWII.
1946, The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
1952, The US bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
1957, 1st American underground nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob).
1959, Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland due to security concerns.
1961, Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them.
1970, 1st Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis’s farm in Glastonbury, UK.
1981, Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York’s Central Park.
1982, Scott Fahlman posts 1st documented emoticons and on the Carnegie Mellon University Bulletin Board System.
1985, A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
1991, Otzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.
1995, Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and businessman (b. 1907) died.
1995, The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber’s manifesto.
2003, Slim Dusty, Australian singer (b. 1927) died.

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