19 September

Events

Pre-1600

* 85 – 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.
* 634 – Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.
*1356 – Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures King John II.
*1410 – End of the Siege of Marienburg: The State of the Teutonic Order repulses the joint Polish— Lithuanian forces.

1601–1900

*1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
*1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
*1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
*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.
*1846 – Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
*1852 – Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
*1862 – American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
*1863 – American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
*1864 – American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
*1868 – La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
*1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city held out for over four months before surrendering.
*1893 – In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.

1901–present

*1916 – World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
*1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
*1940 – World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement.
*1944 – World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
* 1944 – World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War.
* 1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
*1950 – Korean War: An attack by North Korean forces was repelled at the Battle of Nam River.
*1957 – ''Plumbbob Rainier'' becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
*1970 – Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
* 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.
*1976 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
* 1976 – Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object, when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
*1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
*1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
*1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
*1985 – A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
* 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.
*1989 – A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.
*1991 – Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
*1995 – ''The Washington Post'' and ''The New York Times'' publish the Unabomber manifesto.
*1997 – The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
* 2006 – The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
*2010 – The leaking oil well in the ''Deepwater Horizon'' oil spill is sealed.
* 2011 – Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career saves leader with 602.
* 2016 – In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
*2017 – The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
*2019 – A drone strike by the United States kills 30 civilian farmers in Afghanistan.
*2021 – The Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, erupts. The eruption lasts for almost three months, ending on December 13.
*2022 – The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.

Births

Pre-1600

*AD 86 – Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (d. 161)
* 866 – Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (d. 912)
* 931 – Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 969)
*1377 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404)
*1426 – Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, French noble (d. 1487)
*1477 – Ferrante d'Este, Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero (d. 1540)
*1551 – Henry III of France (d. 1589)
*1560 – Thomas Cavendish, English naval explorer, led the third expedition to circumnavigate the globe (d. 1592)

1601–1900

*1608 – Alfonso Litta, Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop (d. 1679)
*1638 – Isaac Milles, English minister (d. 1720)
*1662 – Jean-Paul Bignon, French priest and man of letters (d. 1743)
*1721 – William Robertson, Scottish historian (d. 1793)
*1749 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1822)
*1754 – John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (d. 1821)
*1759 – William Kirby, English priest and entomologist (d. 1850)
*1778 – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1868)
*1796 – Hartley Coleridge, English poet and author (d. 1849)
*1802 – Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor-President of Hungary (d. 1894)
*1803 – Maria Anna of Savoy (d. 1884)
*1811 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (d. 1881)
*1824 – William Sellers, American engineer, inventor, and businessperson (d. 1905)
*1828 – Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1880)
*1856 – Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (d. 1916)
*1865 – Frank Eugene, American-German photographer (d. 1936)
*1867 – Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (d. 1939)
*1869 – Ben Turpin, American comedian and actor (d. 1940)
*1871 – Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (d. 1938)
* 1882 – Christopher Stone, English radio host (d. 1965)
*1883 – Mabel Vernon, American educator and activist (d. 1975)
*1887 – Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1972)
* 1887 – Lynne Overman, American actor and singer (d. 1943)
*1888 – James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (d. 1971)
* 1888 – Porter Hall, American actor (d. 1953)
*1889 – Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and author (d. 1999)
*1894 – Rachel Field, American author and poet (d. 1942)
*1898 – Giuseppe Saragat, Italian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Italy (d. 1988)
*1900 – Ricardo Cortez, American actor (d. 1977)

1901–present

*1905 – Judith Auer, American lawyer, co-founded Fulbright & Jaworski (d. 1982)
*1907 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1998)
*1908 – Paul Bénichou, French historian, author, and critic (d. 2001)
* 1908 – Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 2004)
* 1908 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (d. 1975)
*1909 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman (d. 1998)
*1910 – Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981)
* 1910 – Arturo M. Tolentino, Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2004)
*1911 – William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
*1912 – Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder (d. 1989)
* 1912 – Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011)
*1913 – Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970)
* 1913 – Helen Ward, American singer (d. 1998)
*1915 – Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer, and producer (d. 1973)
*1918 – Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (d. 2006)
*1919 – Roger Grenier, French journalist and author (d. 2017)
* 1919 – Amalia Hernández, Mexican choreographer and dancer (d. 2000)
*1920 – Roger Angell, American journalist, author, and editor (d. 2022)
*1921 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (d. 1997)
* 1921 – Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
*1922 – Damon Knight, American author and critic (d. 2002)
* 1922 – Willie Pep, American boxer and referee (d. 2006)
* 1922 – Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (d. 2000)
*1924 – Vern Benson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
* 1924 – Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
* 1925 – W. Reece Smith, Jr., American lawyer and academic (d. 2013)
*1926 – Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
* 1926 – James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
* 1926 – Duke Snider, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011)
*1927 – Helen Carter, American singer (d. 1998)
* 1927 – Rosemary Harris, English actress
* 1927 – William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997)
* 1927 – Nick Massi, American singer and bass player (d. 2000)
*1928 – Adam West, American actor and businessman (d. 2017)
*1929 – Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (d. 2014)
*1930 – Muhal Richard Abrams, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2017)
* 1930 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
* 1930 – Antonio Margheriti, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
*1931 – Brook Benton, American pop/R&B/rock & roll singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
* 1931 – Derek Gardner, English engineer (d. 2011)
* 1932 – Mike Royko, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
* 1932 – Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (d. 2014)
*1933 – Gilles Archambault, Canadian journalist and author
* 1933 – David McCallum, Scottish actor
*1934 – Brian Epstein, English businessman, The Beatles manager (d. 1967)
* 1934 – Austin Mitchell, English journalist, academic and politician (d. 2021)
*1935 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (d. 2003)
*1936 – Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (d. 2012)
* 1936 – Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
* 1936 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (d. 2007)
*1937 – Abner Haynes, American football player
*1939 – Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
*1940 – Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter
* 1940 – Zandra Rhodes, English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum
* 1940 – Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor
*1941 – Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
* 1941 – Cass Elliot, American singer (d. 1974)
* 1941 – Jim Fox, English pentathlete
* 1941 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (d. 2013)
*1942 – Freda Payne, American singer and actress
*1943 – André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2019)
* 1943 – Joe Morgan, American baseball player (d. 2020)
*1944 – Anders Björck, Swedish politician, 25th Swedish Minister of Defence
* 1944 – Edmund Joensen, Faroese politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
* 1944 – İsmet Özel, Turkish poet and scholar
*1945 – Kate Adie, English journalist and author
* 1945 – David Bromberg, American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter
* 1945 – Randolph Mantooth, American actor
* 1946 – Gerald Brisco, American wrestler
* 1946 – Brian Henton, English race car driver
*1947 – Henry Bromell, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2013)
* 1947 – Thomas H. Cook, American author and academic
* 1947 – Lol Creme, English musician, songwriter, and music video director
* 1947 – Brian Hill, American basketball player and coach
* 1947 – Tanith Lee, English author (d. 2015)
*1948 – Mykhaylo Fomenko, English actor
*1949 – Twiggy, English model, actress, and singer
* 1949 – Ringo Mendoza, Mexican wrestler
* 1949 – Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founded the Innocence Project
*1950 – Joan Lunden, American television journalist, anchor, and author
* 1950 – Michael Proctor, English physicist, mathematician, and academic
*1951 – Daniel Lanois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*1952 – Rhys Chatham, American trumpet player, guitarist, and composer
* 1952 – Henry Kaiser, American guitarist and composer
* 1952 – Nile Rodgers, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
* 1952 – George Warrington, American businessman (d. 2007)
* 1953 – Wayne Clark, Australian cricketer
* 1953 – Sarana VerLin, American singer-songwriter and violinist
* 1954 – Adam Phillips, Welsh psychotherapist and author
* 1954 – Eleni Vitali, Greek singer-songwriter
*1955 – Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (d. 2006)
*1957 – Chris Roupas, American basketball player
* 1958 – Lita Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1958 – Kevin Hooks, American actor, director, and producer
*1960 – Mario Batali, American chef and author
* 1960 – Loïc Bigois, French aerodynamicist and engineer
* 1960 – Yolanda Saldívar, American murderer
*1961 – Artur Ekert, Polish-British physicist and academic
*1962 – Cheri Oteri, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
* 1962 – Ken Rosenthal, American sportscaster
*1963 – Jarvis Cocker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1963 – David Seaman, English footballer
* 1963 – Urmas Tartes, Estonian biologist and photographer
*1964 – Patrick Marber, English actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1964 – Daniel Wincott, British political scientist
* 1964 – Trisha Yearwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
*1965 – Andrew Leeds, Australian rugby player and coach
* 1965 – Tim Scott, American politician
* 1965 – Sunita Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
*1966 – Soledad O'Brien, American journalist and producer
* 1966 – Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
*1967 – Jim Abbott, American baseball player
* 1967 – Aleksandr Karelin, Russian wrestler and politician
* 1968 – Monica Crowley, American talk show host and author
*1969 – Candy Dulfer, Dutch saxophonist
* 1969 – Jacek Frąckiewicz, Polish footballer
* 1969 – Alkinoos Ioannidis, Cypriot singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1969 – Michael Symon, American chef and author
* 1969 – Kostya Tszyu, Russian-Australian boxer
* 1969 – Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer-songwriter
*1970 – Dan Bylsma, American ice hockey player and coach
* 1970 – Gilbert Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1970 – Antoine Hey, German footballer and manager
* 1970 – Victor Williams, American actor
*1971 – Sanaa Lathan, American actress
* 1971 – Mike Sadlo, German footballer and manager
*1972 – Ryan Girdler, Australian rugby league player
* 1972 – N. K. Jemisin, American writer
* 1972 – Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player and coach
*1973 – Nick Colgan, Irish footballer and coach
* 1973 – Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian race car driver
* 1973 – David Zepeda, Mexican actor, model and singer
* 1973 – Javier Duarte, Mexican politician
*1974 – Jimmy Fallon, American comedian and talk show host
*1975 – Marcus Dunstan, American director and screenwriter
*1976 – Raja Bell, American basketball player
* 1976 – Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player
* 1976 – Alison Sweeney, American actress and television host
* 1976 – Sergey Tsinkevich, Belarusian footballer and referee
*1977 – Poon Yiu Cheuk, Hong Kong footballer and coach
* 1977 – Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer
* 1977 – Ryan Dusick, American musician and record producer
* 1977 – Tommaso Rocchi, Italian footballer
* 1977 – Mike Smith (2000s pitcher), Mike Smith, American baseball player
* 1977 – Emil Sutovsky, Israeli chess player
*1978 – Nick Johnson (baseball), Nick Johnson, American baseball player
* 1978 – Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
* 1978 – Nigel Mitchell, English radio and television host
*1980 – James Ellison (motorcycle racer), James Ellison, English motorcycle racer
* 1980 – Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player
*1981 – Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
* 1981 – Rick DiPietro, American ice hockey player
*1982 – Shaun Barker, English footballer
* 1982 – Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
* 1982 – Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
* 1982 – Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
*1984 – Eva Marie, American wrestler
* 1984 – Ángel Reyna, Mexican footballer
* 1984 – Danny Valencia, American baseball player
*1985 – Gio González, American baseball player
* 1985 – Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player
* 1985 – Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor
* 1985 – Nathanael Liminski, German politician
*1986 – Leon Best, English footballer
* 1986 – Sally Pearson, Australian athlete
*1987 – Carlos Quintero, Colombian footballer
*1988 – Kenny Britt, American football player
*1989 – Tyreke Evans, American basketball player
* 1989 – George Springer, American baseball player
*1990 – Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress and singer
* 1990 – Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek footballer
* 1990 – Kieran Trippier, English footballer
*1992 – Jiro Kuroshio, Japanese wrestler
* 1992 – Diego Antonio Reyes, Mexican footballer
*1996 – Dejounte Murray, American basketball player
*1998 – Trae Young, American basketball player

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 643 – Goeric of Metz, Frankish bishop and saint
* 690 – Theodore of Tarsus, English archbishop and saint (b. 602)
* 961 – Helena Lekapene, Byzantine empress
* 979 – Gotofredo I (archbishop of Milan), Gotofredo I, archbishop of Milan
*1123 – Emperor Taizu of Jin (b. 1068)
*1147 – Igor II of Kiev
*1339 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
*1356 – Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
* 1356 – Walter VI, Count of Brienne (b. 1304)
*1580 – Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (b. 1519)
*1589 – Jean-Antoine de Baïf, French poet (b. 1532)

1601–1900

*1605 – Edward Lewknor (died 1605), Edward Lewknor, English politician (b. 1542)
*1668 – William Waller, English general and politician (b. 1597)
*1692 – Giles Corey, American farmer and accused wizard (b. c. 1612)
*1710 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1644)
*1812 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (b. 1744)
*1843 – Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1792)
*1863 – Hans Christian Heg, Norwegian-American colonel and politician (b. 1829)
*1868 – William Sprague (Michigan politician), William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)
*1873 – Sir Robert Mackenzie, 10th Baronet, Robert Mackenzie, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1811)
*1881 – James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
*1893 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)

1901–present

*1902 – Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (b. 1867)
*1905 – Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-English philanthropist (b. 1845)
*1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
*1924 – Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1854)
*1927 – Michael Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
*1935 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1857)
*1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1860)
*1942 – Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)
*1944 – Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)
*1949 – George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (b. 1886)
* 1949 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1901)
*1955 – John D. Dingell, Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1894)
*1965 – Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
*1967 – Zinaida Serebriakova, Ukrainian-French painter (b. 1884)
*1968 – Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (b. 1906)
* 1968 – Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1910)
*1972 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
*1973 – Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
*1975 – Pamela Brown (actress), Pamela Brown, English actress (b. 1917)
*1978 – Étienne Gilson, French historian and philosopher (b. 1884)
*1985 – Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (b. 1923)
*1987 – Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
*1989 – Willie Steele, American long jumper (b. 1923)
*1990 – Ian Moir, Australian rugby league player (b. 1932)
* 1990 – Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)
*1992 – Jacques Pic, French chef (b. 1932)
*1995 – Orville Redenbacher, American businessman, founded Orville Redenbacher's, his own eponymous brand (b. 1907)
*1998 – Patricia Hayes, English actress (b. 1909)
*2000 – Ann Doran, American actress (b. 1911)
*2001 – Rhys Jones (archaeologist), Rhys Jones, Welsh-Australian archaeologist and academic (b. 1941)
*2002 – Robert Guéï, Ivorian politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
*2003 – Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1927)
*2004 – Eddie Adams (photographer), Eddie Adams, American photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
* 2004 – Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
* 2004 – Damayanti Joshi, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1928)
* 2004 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (b. 1908)
* 2006 – Elizabeth Allen (actress), Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
* 2006 – Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1929)
* 2006 – Martha Holmes (photographer), Martha Holmes, American photographer and journalist (b. 1923)
* 2006 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (b. 1950)
*2008 – Earl Palmer, American rhythm and blues drummer (b. 1924)
*2009 – Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (b. 1915)
* 2009 – Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist (b. 1929)
* 2011 – Thomas Capano, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
* 2011 – Dolores Hope, American singer (b. 1909)
* 2011 – George Cadle Price, 1st Prime Minister of Belize (b. 1919)
*2012 – Rino Ferrario, Italian footballer (b. 1926)
* 2012 – Cecil Gordon, American race car driver (b. 1941)
* 2012 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (b. 1930)
* 2012 – Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (b. 1946)
*2013 – Robert Barnard, English author and critic (b. 1936)
* 2013 – John Reger, American football player (b. 1931)
* 2013 – William Ungar, Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (b. 1913)
* 2013 – John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (b. 1922)
* 2013 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (b. 1927)
*2014 – Audrey Long, American actress (b. 1922)
*2015 – Jackie Collins, English novelist (b. 1937)
* 2015 – Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1966)
* 2015 – Masajuro Shiokawa, Japanese economist and politician, 63rd Minister of Finance (Japan), Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1921)
* 2015 – Marcin Wrona, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1973)
*2017 – Leonid Kharitonov (singer), Leonid Kharitonov, Russian bass-baritone (b. 1933)
*2018 – Arthur Mitchell (dancer), Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer & choreographer (b. 1934)
* 2018 – Bunny Carr, Bernard "Bunny" Carr, Irish TV presenter (b. 1927)
*2019 – Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (b. 1936)
*2020 – John Turner, Canadian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1929)
*2021 – John Challis, English actor (b. 1942)
* 2021 – Jimmy Greaves, English footballer (Chelsea F.C., Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur, England national football team, national team), world champion (1966 FIFA World Cup) (b. 1940)
* 2021 – Dinky Soliman, Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (b. 1953)

Holidays and observances

* Christian calendar of saints, feast day:
** 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)
* Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council
* Second day of Fiestas Patrias (Chile)
* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom in 1983.
* International Talk Like a Pirate Day

References

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