This Day in History
19 Sep 1523
Emperor Charles I & England sign anti-French covenant
19 Sep 1559
Five Spanish ships sink in storm off Tampa about 600 die
19 Sep 1580
Treaty of Plessis-lez-Tours (AnjouDutch States-General)
19 Sep 1656
Treaty of Labiau Sweden gives Prussia Brandenburg
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Unabomber manifesto published
On September 19 1995 a manifesto by the Unabomber an anti-technology terrorist is published by The New York Times and Washington Post in the hope that ...
Peron deposed in Argentina
After a decade of rule Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron is deposed in a military coup. Peron a demagogue who came to power in 1946 with the backing of t...
New Zealand first in women s vote
With the signing of the Electoral Bill by Governor Lord Glasgow New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant national voting rights to women. Th...
Nevada is site of first ever underground nuclear explosion
On September 19 1957 the United States detonates a 1.7 kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) a 1375 square mile rese...
Germans bombard Leningrad
On September 19 1941 as part of their offensive campaign in the Soviet Union German bombers blast through Leningrads antiaircraft defenses and kill ...
Nixon cancels draft calls for November and December
President Nixon announces the cancellation of the draft calls for November and December. He reduced the draft call by 50000 (32000 in November and 18000 in ...
President James Garfield dies
On September 19 1881 President James A. Garfield who had been in office just under four months succumbs to wounds inflicted by an assassin 80 days earlier ...
Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife
After a duel turns into an all-out brawl on September 19 1827 Jim Bowie disembowels a banker in Alexandria Louisiana with an early version of his famous Bow...
Earthquake shakes Mexico City
On September 19 1985 a powerful earthquake strikes Mexico City and leaves 10000 people dead 30000 injured and thousands more homeless.At 718 in the mornin...
Khrushchev barred from visiting Disneyland
In one of the more surreal moments in the history of the Cold War Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev explodes with anger when he learns that he cannot visit Disne...
Death of country rock pioneer leads inspires car crime
On September 19 1973 26-year-old musician Gram Parsons dies of multiple drug use (morphine and tequila) in a California motel room. His death in...
Arnold and Gates argue at First Battle of Saratoga
In the early morning hours of September 19 1777 British General John Burgoyne launches a three-column attack against General Horatio Gates and his American fo...
The Story of the First Country to Grant Women the Vote
September 19 1893 In the late nineteenth century the womens suffrage movement was widespread throughout Northern Europe America Britain and i...
1863 Battle of Chickamauga, GA (near Chattanooga) begins; Union forces retreat after a couple days of fighting
A graduate of West Point military academy Granger fought in the Mexican War in 1847. He was serving on the frontier when the Civil War broke out and joining th...
1952 "Adventures of Superman" TV series starring George Reeves premieres in syndication in the US
George Reeves was the first actor to portray Superman on TV appearing in the Adventures of Superman 1952-58....
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