September 19 facts for kids

September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 103 days remain until the end of the year.

September 19th is a day filled with many important events throughout history, from ancient battles to modern scientific discoveries and cultural milestones. Many famous people, including emperors, scientists, and artists, were born or passed away on this day. It's also a day for special celebrations and observances around the world.

Important Events in History

Early History (Before 1600)

• 96 – Nerva becomes the new Roman emperor. The Senate, a powerful group of Roman leaders, cancels laws made by the previous emperor and orders his statues to be taken down.
• 634 – The Arab army, led by Khalid ibn al-Walid, captures the city of Damascus from the Byzantine Empire. This was a big victory in the Siege of Damascus.
• 1356 – The Battle of Poitiers takes place. An English army, led by Edward the Black Prince, wins a major battle against the French and captures King John II of France.
• 1410 – The Siege of Marienburg ends. The State of the Teutonic Order successfully defends its castle against combined forces from Poland and Lithuania.

From 1600 to 1900

• 1676 – Jamestown, an early English settlement in America, is burned down by forces led by Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
• 1777 – During the American Revolutionary War, British forces win a difficult battle against the American Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
• 1778 – The Continental Congress in America creates the very first federal budget for the United States. This plan shows how the government will spend money.
• 1796 – George Washington's Farewell Address is published across America. This important letter from the first U.S. President shares his advice and warnings to the public as he leaves office.
• 1799 – In the French Revolutionary Wars, French and Dutch forces defeat Russian and British armies in the Battle of Bergen.
• 1846 – Two young shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, report seeing a special vision on a mountain in France. This event is now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
• 1852 – Astronomer Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from an observatory in Italy.
• 1862 – During the American Civil War, Union troops led by William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force in the Battle of Iuka.
• 1863 – The Battle of Chickamauga begins in Georgia. This was one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, lasting two days.
• 1864 – In the American Civil War, Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat Confederate forces in the Third Battle of Winchester. This was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
• 1868 – A major political movement called La Gloriosa begins in Spain, leading to big changes in the government.
• 1870 – The siege of Paris begins during the Franco-Prussian War. The city was surrounded for over four months before it surrendered.
• 1893 – New Zealand makes history by passing the Electoral Act of 1893. This law gives all women in New Zealand the right to vote, making it the first self-governing country to do so.

Modern Times (1901–Present)

• 1916 – During World War I, colonial forces from the Belgian Congo capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting in the Battle of Tabora.
• 1939 – World War II is underway, and the Battle of Kępa Oksywska ends with significant losses for Polish forces.
• 1940 – In a brave act of resistance during World War II, Witold Pilecki allows himself to be captured and sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. His goal was to gather information for the resistance movement.
• 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. This battle would become the longest single battle ever fought by the U.S. Army.
• 1944 – The Moscow Armistice is signed between Finland and the Soviet Union, officially ending the Continuation War.
• 1946 – The Council of Europe is formed after a speech by Winston Churchill in Switzerland. This organization aims to promote cooperation and human rights in Europe.
• 1950 – During the Korean War, an attack by North Korean forces is stopped at the Battle of Nam River.
• 1957 – "Plumbbob Rainier" becomes the first nuclear explosion to be completely contained underground, meaning it produced no dangerous fallout.
• 1970 – Michael Eavis hosts the very first Glastonbury Festival, which would become one of the world's most famous music festivals.
• 1970 – Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student, sets himself on fire in Italy to protest against the strict government in Greece at the time.
• 1976 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452 crashes into the Taurus Mountains in Turkey, sadly killing all 154 people on board.
• 1976 – Two Iranian Air Force jets investigate an unidentified flying object (UFO) reported over Tehran.
• 1978 – The Solomon Islands officially join the United Nations, becoming a member country.
• 1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first known use of emoticons, :-) and :-(, on a university computer system. These symbols are used to show feelings in text.
• 1983 – The island nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
• 1985 – A very strong earthquake hits Mexico City, causing thousands of deaths and destroying many buildings.
• 1991 – Ötzi the Iceman, a well-preserved mummy from thousands of years ago, is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
• 1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times newspapers publish the Unabomber manifesto, a long document written by a domestic terrorist.
• 1997 – The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria results in the deaths of 53 people.
• 2006 – The Thai army stages a coup, taking control of the government. The country's constitution is canceled, and martial law is declared.
• 2008 – A Learjet 60 carrying musicians Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein crashes during takeoff in South Carolina. Four people die, but Barker and Goldstein survive.
• 2010 – The leaking oil well from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is finally sealed, stopping the massive oil leak.
• 2011 – Baseball player Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees sets a new record, becoming Major League Baseball's all-time career saves leader with 602 saves.
• 2016 – After a large search, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is caught after a shootout with police.
• 2017 – The 2017 Puebla earthquake hits Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, along with widespread damage.
• 2021 – The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands erupts. The eruption lasts for almost three months.
• 2022 – The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey in London.

Famous Birthdays

Born Before 1900

• AD 86 – Antoninus Pius, a Roman emperor.
• 866 – Leo VI the Wise, a Byzantine emperor.
• 931 – Mu Zong, an emperor of the Liao dynasty.
• 1377 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria.
• 1426 – Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, a French noblewoman.
• 1477 – Ferrante d'Este, an Italian nobleman and military leader.
• 1551 – Henry III of France.
• 1560 – Thomas Cavendish, an English naval explorer who sailed around the world.
• 1608 – Alfonso Litta, a Roman Catholic cardinal.
• 1638 – Isaac Milles, an English minister.
• 1662 – Jean-Paul Bignon, a French priest and writer.
• 1721 – William Robertson, a Scottish historian.
• 1749 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, a French mathematician and astronomer.
• 1754 – John Ross Key, an American lieutenant and judge.
• 1759 – William Kirby, an English priest and expert on insects.
• 1778 – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, a Scottish lawyer and politician.
• 1796 – Hartley Coleridge, an English poet and author.
• 1802 – Lajos Kossuth, a Hungarian journalist and politician who became Governor-President of Hungary.
• 1803 – Maria Anna of Savoy, a princess.
• 1811 – Orson Pratt, an American mathematician and religious leader.
• 1824 – William Sellers, an American engineer and inventor.
• 1828 – Fridolin Anderwert, a Swiss judge and politician.
• 1856 – Arthur Morgan, an Australian politician who was Premier of Queensland.
• 1865 – Frank Eugene, an American-German photographer.
• 1867 – Arthur Rackham, a famous English illustrator.
• 1869 – Ben Turpin, an American comedian and actor.
• 1871 – Frederick Ruple, a Swiss-American painter.
• 1882 – Christopher Stone, an English radio host.
• 1883 – Mabel Vernon, an American educator and activist.
• 1887 – Lovie Austin, an American pianist and bandleader.
• 1887 – Lynne Overman, an American actor and singer.
• 1888 – James Waddell Alexander II, an American mathematician.
• 1888 – Porter Hall, an American actor.
• 1889 – Sarah Louise Delany, an American physician and author.
• 1894 – Rachel Field, an American author and poet.
• 1898 – Giuseppe Saragat, an Italian lawyer and politician who became President of Italy.
• 1900 – Ricardo Cortez, an American actor.

Born After 1900

• 1905 – Judith Auer, a German World War II resistance fighter.
• 1905 – Leon Jaworski, an American lawyer.
• 1907 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr., an American lawyer and judge.
• 1908 – Paul Bénichou, a French historian and author.
• 1908 – Robert Lecourt, a French lawyer and judge.
• 1908 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, a Japanese martial artist who founded Isshin-ryū.
• 1909 – Ferdinand Porsche, an Austrian engineer and businessman.
• 1910 – Margaret Lindsay, an American actress.
• 1910 – Arturo M. Tolentino, a Filipino diplomat and politician.
• 1911 – William Golding, a British novelist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1912 – Reuben David, an Indian veterinarian and zoo founder.
• 1912 – Kurt Sanderling, a Polish-German conductor.
• 1913 – Frances Farmer, an American actress.
• 1913 – Helen Ward, an American singer.
• 1915 – Germán Valdés, a Mexican actor and singer.
• 1918 – Pablita Velarde, a Native American painter.
• 1919 – Roger Grenier, a French journalist and author.
• 1919 – Amalia Hernández, a Mexican choreographer and dancer.
• 1920 – Roger Angell, an American journalist and author.
• 1921 – Paulo Freire, a Brazilian philosopher and educator.
• 1921 – Billy Ward, an American R&B singer.
• 1922 – Damon Knight, an American author and critic.
• 1922 – Willie Pep, an American boxer.
• 1922 – Emil Zátopek, a famous Czech runner.
• 1924 – Vern Benson, an American baseball player and coach.
• 1924 – Don Harron, a Canadian actor and screenwriter.
• 1925 – W. Reece Smith, Jr., an American lawyer and academic.
• 1926 – Victoria Barbă, a Moldovan animated film director.
• 1926 – Masatoshi Koshiba, a Japanese physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1926 – James Lipton, an American actor and producer.
• 1926 – Duke Snider, an American baseball player.
• 1927 – Helen Carter, an American singer.
• 1927 – Rosemary Harris, an English actress.
• 1927 – William Hickey, an American actor.
• 1927 – Nick Massi, an American singer and bass player.
• 1928 – Adam West, an American actor, famous for playing Batman.
• 1929 – Marge Roukema, an American educator and politician.
• 1930 – Muhal Richard Abrams, an American pianist and composer.
• 1930 – Bettye Lane, an American photographer.
• 1930 – Antonio Margheriti, an Italian film director.
• 1931 – Brook Benton, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1931 – Derek Gardner, an English engineer.
• 1932 – Mike Royko, an American journalist and author.
• 1932 – Stefanie Zweig, a German journalist and author.
• 1933 – Gilles Archambault, a Canadian journalist and author.
• 1933 – David McCallum, a Scottish actor.
• 1934 – Brian Epstein, the English businessman who managed The Beatles.
• 1934 – Austin Mitchell, an English journalist and politician.
• 1935 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker, an American admiral.
• 1936 – Martin Fay, an Irish fiddler.
• 1936 – Milan Marcetta, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1936 – Al Oerter, an American discus thrower.
• 1937 – Abner Haynes, an American football player.
• 1939 – Carl Schultz, a Hungarian-Australian director.
• 1940 – Bill Medley, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1940 – Zandra Rhodes, an English fashion designer.
• 1940 – Paul Williams, an American singer-songwriter and actor.
• 1941 – Umberto Bossi, an Italian politician.
• 1941 – Cass Elliot, an American singer, known as "Mama Cass."
• 1941 – Jim Fox, an English pentathlete.
• 1941 – Mariangela Melato, an Italian actress.
• 1942 – Freda Payne, an American singer and actress.
• 1943 – André Boudrias, a Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
• 1943 – Joe Morgan, an American baseball player.
• 1944 – Anders Björck, a Swedish politician.
• 1944 – Edmund Joensen, a Faroese politician.
• 1944 – İsmet Özel, a Turkish poet.
• 1945 – Kate Adie, an English journalist.
• 1945 – David Bromberg, an American musician.
• 1945 – Randolph Mantooth, an American actor.
• 1946 – Gerald Brisco, an American wrestler.
• 1946 – Brian Henton, an English race car driver.
• 1947 – Henry Bromell, an American novelist and screenwriter.
• 1947 – Thomas H. Cook, an American author.
• 1947 – Lol Creme, an English musician.
• 1947 – Brian Hill, an American basketball coach.
• 1947 – Tanith Lee, an English author.
• 1948 – Jim Ard, an American basketball player.
• 1948 – Mykhaylo Fomenko, a Ukrainian footballer and manager.
• 1948 – Jeremy Irons, an English actor.
• 1949 – Twiggy, an English model, actress, and singer.
• 1949 – Ringo Mendoza, a Mexican wrestler.
• 1949 – Barry Scheck, an American lawyer who co-founded the Innocence Project.
• 1949 – Sidney Wicks, an American basketball player.
• 1950 – Joan Lunden, an American television journalist.
• 1950 – Michael Proctor, an English physicist.
• 1951 – Daniel Lanois, a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer.
• 1952 – Rhys Chatham, an American musician and composer.
• 1952 – Henry Kaiser, an American guitarist.
• 1952 – Nile Rodgers, an American guitarist and songwriter.
• 1952 – George Warrington, an American businessman.
• 1953 – Wayne Clark, an Australian cricketer.
• 1953 – Sarana VerLin, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1954 – Adam Phillips, a Welsh psychotherapist and author.
• 1954 – Eleni Vitali, a Greek singer-songwriter.
• 1955 – Richard Burmer, an American composer.
• 1957 – Dan Hampton, an American football player.
• 1957 – Chris Roupas, an American basketball player.
• 1958 – Lita Ford, an English-American singer and guitarist.
• 1958 – Kevin Hooks, an American actor and director.
• 1960 – Mario Batali, an American chef.
• 1960 – Loïc Bigois, a French aerodynamicist.
• 1961 – Artur Ekert, a Polish-British physicist.
• 1962 – Randy Myers, an American baseball player.
• 1962 – Cheri Oteri, an American actress and comedian.
• 1962 – Ken Rosenthal, an American sportscaster.
• 1963 – Jarvis Cocker, an English singer-songwriter.
• 1963 – David Seaman, an English footballer.
• 1963 – Urmas Tartes, an Estonian biologist and photographer.
• 1964 – Patrick Marber, an English actor and director.
• 1964 – Daniel Wincott, a British political scientist.
• 1964 – Trisha Yearwood, an American singer-songwriter and actress.
• 1965 – Andrew Leeds, an Australian rugby player.
• 1965 – Tim Scott, an American politician.
• 1965 – Sunita Williams, an American astronaut.
• 1966 – Soledad O'Brien, an American journalist.
• 1966 – Yoshihiro Takayama, a Japanese wrestler.
• 1967 – Jim Abbott, an American baseball player.
• 1967 – Aleksandr Karelin, a Russian wrestler and politician.
• 1968 – Monica Crowley, an American talk show host.
• 1969 – Candy Dulfer, a Dutch saxophonist.
• 1969 – Jacek Frąckiewicz, a Polish footballer.
• 1969 – Alkinoos Ioannidis, a Cypriot singer-songwriter.
• 1969 – Michael Symon, an American chef.
• 1969 – Kostya Tszyu, a Russian-Australian boxer.
• 1969 – Tapio Wilska, a Finnish singer-songwriter.
• 1970 – Dan Bylsma, an American ice hockey player and coach.
• 1970 – Gilbert Dionne, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1970 – Antoine Hey, a German footballer and manager.
• 1970 – Victor Williams, an American actor.
• 1971 – Sanaa Lathan, an American actress.
• 1971 – Mike Sadlo, a German footballer.
• 1972 – Ryan Girdler, an Australian rugby league player.
• 1972 – N. K. Jemisin, an American writer.
• 1972 – Ashot Nadanian, an Armenian chess player.
• 1973 – Jacinta Allan, an Australian politician.
• 1973 – Nick Colgan, an Irish footballer.
• 1973 – Cristiano da Matta, a Brazilian race car driver.
• 1973 – Javier Duarte, a Mexican politician.
• 1973 – David Zepeda, a Mexican actor and singer.
• 1974 – Jimmy Fallon, an American comedian and talk show host.
• 1974 – Hidetaka Miyazaki, a Japanese video game designer.
• 1975 – Marcus Dunstan, an American director and screenwriter.
• 1976 – Raja Bell, an American basketball player.
• 1976 – Jan Hlaváč, a Czech ice hockey player.
• 1976 – Alison Sweeney, an American actress and television host.
• 1976 – Sergey Tsinkevich, a Belarusian footballer and referee.
• 1977 – Poon Yiu Cheuk, a Hong Kong footballer.
• 1977 – Aakash Chopra, an Indian cricketer.
• 1977 – Ryan Dusick, an American musician.
• 1977 – Tommaso Rocchi, an Italian footballer.
• 1977 – Mike Smith, an American baseball player.
• 1977 – Emil Sutovsky, an Israeli chess player.
• 1978 – Nick Johnson, an American baseball player.
• 1978 – Brett Keisel, an American football player.
• 1978 – Jorge López Montaña, a Spanish footballer.
• 1978 – Nigel Mitchell, an English radio and television host.
• 1979 – Mikael Tellqvist, a Swedish ice hockey player.
• 1980 – J. R. Bremer, an American-Bosnian basketball player.
• 1980 – James Ellison, an English motorcycle racer.
• 1980 – Sara Quin, a Canadian singer and musician.
• 1980 – Tegan Quin, a Canadian singer and musician.
• 1980 – Dimitri Yachvili, a French rugby player.
• 1981 – Damiano Cunego, an Italian cyclist.
• 1981 – Rick DiPietro, an American ice hockey player.
• 1982 – Shaun Barker, an English footballer.
• 1982 – Eduardo Carvalho, a Portuguese footballer.
• 1982 – Eleni Daniilidou, a Greek tennis player.
• 1982 – Jordan Parise, an American ice hockey player.
• 1982 – Columbus Short, an American actor and choreographer.
• 1983 – Eamon, an American singer and songwriter.
• 1983 – Carl Landry, an American basketball player.
• 1983 – Joni Pitkänen, a Finnish ice hockey player.
• 1984 – Eva Marie, an American wrestler.
• 1984 – Ángel Reyna, a Mexican footballer.
• 1984 – Danny Valencia, an American-Israeli baseball player.
• 1984 – Kevin Zegers, a Canadian actor.
• 1985 – Gio González, an American baseball player.
• 1985 – Alun Wyn Jones, a Welsh rugby player.
• 1985 – Song Joong-ki, a South Korean actor.
• 1985 – Nathanael Liminski, a German politician.
• 1985 – Renee Paquette, a Canadian-American television personality.
• 1986 – Leon Best, an English footballer.
• 1986 – Sally Pearson, an Australian athlete.
• 1987 – Nicolas Pallois, a French footballer.
• 1987 – Danielle Panabaker, an American actress.
• 1987 – Carlos Quintero, a Colombian footballer.
• 1988 – Katrina Bowden, an American actress.
• 1988 – Kenny Britt, an American football player.
• 1989 – Tyreke Evans, an American basketball player.
• 1989 – George Springer, an American baseball player.
• 1990 – Saki Fukuda, a Japanese actress and singer.
• 1990 – Savvas Gentsoglou, a Greek footballer.
• 1990 – Stephon Gilmore, an American football player.
• 1990 – Kieran Trippier, an English footballer.
• 1991 – CJ McCollum, an American basketball player.
• 1992 – Jiro Kuroshio, a Japanese wrestler.
• 1992 – Diego Antonio Reyes, a Mexican footballer.
• 1996 – Brandon Clarke, a Canadian-American basketball player.
• 1996 – Pia Mia, an American singer and model.
• 1996 – Dejounte Murray, an American basketball player.
• 1996 – Chris Silva, a Gabonese basketball player.
• 1998 – Nolan Patrick, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1998 – Trae Young, an American basketball player.
• 1999 – Precious Achiuwa, a Nigerian basketball player.
• 2001 – Ghina Raihanah, an Indonesian advocate and model.

Notable Deaths

Passed Away Before 1900

• 643 – Goeric of Metz, a Frankish bishop.
• 690 – Theodore of Tarsus, an English archbishop.
• 961 – Helena Lekapene, a Byzantine empress.
• 979 – Gotofredo I, an archbishop of Milan.
• 1123 – Emperor Taizu of Jin.
• 1147 – Igor II of Kiev.
• 1339 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan.
• 1356 – Peter I, Duke of Bourbon.
• 1356 – Walter VI, Count of Brienne.
• 1580 – Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, an English noblewoman.
• 1589 – Jean-Antoine de Baïf, a French poet.
• 1605 – Edward Lewknor, an English politician.
• 1668 – William Waller, an English general.
• 1692 – Giles Corey, an American farmer accused during the Salem witch trials.
• 1710 – Ole Rømer, a Danish astronomer.
• 1812 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, a German banker who founded the Rothschild banking family.
• 1843 – Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, a French mathematician and physicist.
• 1863 – Hans Christian Heg, a Norwegian-American colonel and politician.
• 1868 – William Sprague, an American minister and politician.
• 1873 – Robert Mackenzie, an English-Australian politician.
• 1881 – James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States.
• 1893 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, a Canadian politician.

Passed Away After 1900

• 1902 – Masaoka Shiki, a Japanese poet.
• 1905 – Thomas John Barnardo, an Irish-English philanthropist who founded homes for children.
• 1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, an English educator.
• 1924 – Alick Bannerman, an Australian cricketer.
• 1927 – Michael Ancher, a Danish painter.
• 1935 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a Russian scientist known for his work on rocketry.
• 1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, an Indian singer and musicologist.
• 1942 – Condé Montrose Nast, an American publisher who founded Condé Nast Publications.
• 1944 – Guy Gibson, an Indian-English military commander.
• 1949 – George Shiels, an Irish-Canadian playwright.
• 1949 – Nikos Skalkottas, a Greek violinist and composer.
• 1955 – John D. Dingell, Sr., an American journalist and politician.
• 1965 – Lionel Terray, a French mountaineer.
• 1967 – Zinaida Serebriakova, a Ukrainian-French painter.
• 1968 – Chester Carlson, an American physicist and inventor of xerography.
• 1968 – Red Foley, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1972 – Robert Casadesus, a French pianist and composer.
• 1973 – Gram Parsons, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1975 – Pamela Brown, an English actress.
• 1978 – Étienne Gilson, a French historian and philosopher.
• 1985 – Italo Calvino, an Italian novelist.
• 1987 – Einar Gerhardsen, the first Prime Minister of Norway.
• 1989 – Willie Steele, an American long jumper.
• 1990 – Hermes Pan, an American dancer and choreographer.
• 1992 – Jacques Pic, a French chef.
• 1995 – Orville Redenbacher, an American businessman known for his popcorn brand.
• 1998 – Patricia Hayes, an English actress.
• 2000 – Ann Doran, an American actress.
• 2001 – Rhys Jones, a Welsh-Australian archaeologist.
• 2002 – Robert Guéï, a politician who was President of Côte d'Ivoire.
• 2003 – Slim Dusty, an Australian singer-songwriter.
• 2004 – Eddie Adams, an American photographer.
• 2004 – Skeeter Davis, an American singer-songwriter.
• 2004 – Damayanti Joshi, an Indian dancer.
• 2004 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr., an American businessman and activist.
• 2006 – Elizabeth Allen, an American actress.
• 2006 – Danny Flores, an American singer-songwriter and saxophonist.
• 2006 – Martha Holmes, an American photographer.
• 2006 – Roy Schuiten, a Dutch cyclist.
• 2008 – Earl Palmer, an American rhythm and blues drummer.
• 2009 – Milton Meltzer, an American historian and author.
• 2009 – Eduard Zimmermann, a German journalist.
• 2011 – Thomas Capano, an American lawyer and politician.
• 2011 – Dolores Hope, an American singer.
• 2011 – George Cadle Price, the first Prime Minister of Belize.
• 2012 – Rino Ferrario, an Italian footballer.
• 2012 – Cecil Gordon, an American race car driver.
• 2012 – Bettye Lane, an American photographer.
• 2012 – Itamar Singer, a Romanian-Israeli historian.
• 2013 – Robert Barnard, an English author.
• 2013 – John Reger, an American football player.
• 2013 – William Ungar, a Polish-American author and philanthropist.
• 2013 – John D. Vanderhoof, an American politician who was Governor of Colorado.
• 2013 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, a Japanese businessman, former president of Nintendo.
• 2014 – Audrey Long, an American actress.
• 2015 – Jackie Collins, an English novelist.
• 2015 – Todd Ewen, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 2015 – Masajuro Shiokawa, a Japanese economist and politician.
• 2017 – Leonid Kharitonov, a Russian singer.
• 2018 – Arthur Mitchell, an American ballet dancer and choreographer.
• 2018 – Bernard "Bunny" Carr, an Irish TV presenter.
• 2019 – Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, a Tunisian soldier and politician who was President of Tunisia.
• 2020 – John Turner, a Canadian politician who was Prime Minister of Canada.
• 2021 – John Challis, an English actor.
• 2021 – Jimmy Greaves, an English footballer.
• 2021 – Dinky Soliman, a Filipino politician.

Holidays and Celebrations

• Christian Feast Days:
  • Alonso de Orozco Mena
  • Emilie de Rodat
  • Goeric of Metz
  • Januarius (Western Christianity)
    • Feast of San Gennaro
  • Our Lady of La Salette
  • Theodore of Tarsus (Anglican Communion, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon
  • September 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Armed Forces Day (Chile) – Celebrated in Chile.
• Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council – Celebrated in Slovakia.
• Second day of Fiestas Patrias (Chile) – A national holiday in Chile.
• Independence Day – Celebrates the independence of Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom in 1983.
• International Talk Like a Pirate Day – A fun, unofficial holiday where people talk like pirates!

See also

In Spanish: 19 de septiembre para niños