What Happened On September 19

What Happened On Sep 19 Timeline

1356 Sep 19 The Battle of Poitiers
The Battle of Poitiers was fought between the Kingdoms of England and France on 19 September 1356 near Poitiers, resulting in the second of the three great English victories of the Hundre...
1618 Sep 19
to 1618 Nov 21
 Siege of Pilsen
On September 19, 1618, Mansfeld's army reached the outskirts of the city. The defenders blocked two city gates and the third one was reinforced with additional guards. The Protestant army...
1777 Sep 19 Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga, sometimes referred to as The Battle of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the Am...
1777 Sep 19 General Horatio Gates defeated the British at Saratoga, New York
After a series of discouraging military defeats, on September 19, 1777, continental soldiers fighting under American General Horatio Gates defeated the British at Saratoga, New York. With...
1819 Sep 19 John Keats Writes "To Autumn"
On September 19, 1819, English poet John Keats, inspired by the beauty of the changing season, wrote "To Autumn," a three-stanza ode to the splendor, bounty, and melancholy of fall. Me...
1861 Sep 19 Battle of Barbourville
Other Names: None Location: Knox County Campaign: Kentucky Confederate Offensive (1861) Date(s): September 19, 1861 Principal Commanders: Capt. Isaac J. Black [US]; Col. Joel ...
1862 Sep 19 Battle of Luka
The Battle of Iuka was an American Civil War battle fought on September 19, 1862, in Iuka, Mississippi. In the opening battle of the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rose...
1862 Sep 19
to 1862 Sep 20
 Battle of Shepherdstown
The Battle of Shepherdstown, also known as the Battle of Boteler's Ford, took place September 19–20, 1862, in Jefferson County, Virginia (now West Virginia), at the end of the Maryland Ca...
1863 Sep 19
to 1863 Sep 20
 Battle of Chickamauga - Day 1
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign. The battle...
1864 Sep 19 Battle of Opqueon - also known as Third Winchester
Description:After Kershaw’s division left Winchester to rejoin Lee’s army at Petersburg, Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early renewed his raids on the B&O Railroad at Martinsburg, badly dispersing his...
1914 Sep 19
to 1914 Oct 11
 Battle of Flirey
The Battle of Flirey (French: 1re Bataille de Flirey) was a First World War battle fought between the 19th of September and 11th of October 1914. It resulted in a German Army victory agai...
1915 Sep 19
to 1915 Oct 11
 Battle of Belgrade
Serbian Forces, 300,000 Field Marshal Putnik, Commander General Zirkovitch General Goykovitch General Mishitch General Jourishitch General Stepanovitch Salonika Army, 150,000 Gene...
1918 Sep 19
to 1918 Oct 1
 Battle Of Megiddo
The Battle of Megiddo (Turkish: Megiddo Muharebesi, less commonly known as the Battle of Armageddon and sometimes called the Rout of Nablus (Nablus Hezi) or the Battle of the Nablus Plain...
1939 Sep 19 Soviet People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) is Ordered to Create Special Administration for Dealing with Polish Prisoners
As early as September 19, the People's Commissar for Internal Affairs and First Rank Commissar of State Security, Lavrentiy Beria, ordered the NKVD to create the Administration for Affair...
1944 Sep 19 Battle of Arnhem, Day 3
With the arrival of the South Staffords and 11th Parachute battalion at the 1st and 3rd Parachute Battalion's positions west of Arnhem, the British hoped to have sufficient troops to brea...
1944 Sep 19 First Phase of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest Begins
This phase concentrated on the town of Schmidt, astride an important German supply route, within the southern part of the forest. The engagement began on September 19, 1944, with a pro...
1944 Sep 19 German Forces Surrender at Brest
The Battle for Brest was one of the fiercest battles fought during Operation Cobra, the Allied breakout of Normandy which began on 27 July 1944, during the Battle of Normandy during World...
1961 Sep 19
to 1961 Sep 20
 Betty and Barney Hill Alien Abduction
A faint pair of stars, 220 trillion miles away, has been tentatively identified as the “home base” of intelligent extraterrestrials who allegedly visited Earth in 1961. This hypothesis i...
1968 Sep 19 "Funny Girl" Is Released
Funny Girl is a 1968 musical film based on the stage musical of the same name. The semi-biographical plot is based on the life and career of Broadway and film star and comedienne Fanny Br...
1970 Sep 19 Glastonbury 1970 - The Inaugural Festival
The first Festival was held on the day after Jimi Hendrix died, over a two day period and before long “word had got around”. It was the Blues festival at the Bath & West Showground that ...
1971 Sep 19 Aretha Franklin Releases "Aretha's Greatest Hits"
Aretha's Greatest Hits is a 1971 greatest hits album by Aretha Franklin.
1974 Sep 19 FDA Approves McNEIL's Motrin
Motrin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug available in both prescription and nonprescription forms. Prescription Motrin is used in adults for relief of the symptoms of rheumatoid ar...
1976 Sep 19 1976 Tehran UFO Incident
At about 0030 hours, the Imperial Iranian Air Force command post at Tehran received four telephone reports from citizens in the Shemiran (north of Tehran). Some of the callers reported se...
1980 Sep 19 "Melvin And Howard" Is Released
Melvin and Howard is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme. The screenplay by Bo Goldman was inspired by real-life Utah service station owner Melvin Dummar, who was...
1980 Sep 19 "Ordinary People" Is Released
Ordinary People is a 1980 American film drama that marked the directorial debut of Robert Redford. The story concerns the disintegration of an upper middle class family in Lake Forest, Il...
1984 Sep 19 "Amadeus" Is Released
Peter Shaffer's Amadeus is a 1984 film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgan...
1985 Sep 19 Frank Zappa Testifies Before the US Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation Committee, Attacking the PMRC
"The PMRC proposal is an ill-conceived piece of nonsense which fails to deliver any real benefits to children, infringes the civil liberties of people who are not children, and promises to..." —Frank Zappa
1985 Sep 19 Mexico City Earthquake of 1985
At least 9,500 people were killed, about 30,000 were injured, more than 100,000 people were left homeless, and severe damage was caused in parts of Mexico City and in several states of ce...
1988 Sep 19 Bon Jovi release New Jersey
New Jersey is Bon Jovi's fourth album, released on September 19, 1988. The album charted at #1 on The Billboard 200. New Jersey was particularly notable for producing five Billboard Hot 1...
1989 Sep 19 UTA Flight 772 is Bombed
The DC-10 was operating as UTA Flight 772 on the Brazzaville-N'Djamena-Paris route. The aircraft took off from N'Djamena at 13:13 and climbed to a cruising altitude of FL350. At 13:59 an ...
1990 Sep 19 Obituary releases Cause of Death
Cause of Death is a 1990 album by American death metal band Obituary. Cause of Death is considered a landmark album in the history of death metal. The artwork was done by artist Michael W...
1992 Sep 19 MST3K Ep. 413 - "Manhunt in Space"
(Short: General Hospital, first installment) Edited-together episodes of the 1950s TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger. Rocky Jones, battling alongside his idiot pal "Winky" and using inv...
1994 Sep 19 Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation is Decided in Favor of Microsoft
Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, 35 F.3d 1435 (9th Cir. 1994) was a copyright infringement lawsuit in which Apple Computer, Inc. (now Apple Inc.) sought to prevent Microsoft...
1994 Sep 19
to 1995 Mar 31
 Operation Uphold Democracy
Operation Uphold Democracy (September 19, 1994 – March 31, 1995) was a response to the overthrow and expulsion of the duly elected government of Haiti by a military coup. The operation...
1995 Sep 19 Dream Theater releases A Change of Seasons EP
A Change of Seasons is an EP by progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on September 19, 1995. So far, this is the only EP release by Dream Theater. It comprises the 23-minute titl...
1996 Sep 19 "The Foundation" - Season 8 Episode 1 of Seinfeld Premiers
"The Foundation" is the 135th episode of the American television sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 1st episode of the 8th season. It was originally broadcast on the NBC network on September 1...
1997 Sep 19 "L.A. Confidential" Is Released
L.A. Confidential is a 1997 feature film based on the 1990 crime fiction novel of the same title by James Ellroy, the third in his L.A. Quartet novel cycle. Both the book and the film tel...
2000 Sep 19 Cannibal Corpse releases Live Cannibalism
Live Cannibalism is a live album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released in 2000 through Metal Blade Records. It was also released as a DVD.
2000 Sep 19 Madonna Releases Music
Music is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on September 19, 2000 by Maverick Records. On its release, it set a new company record for Warner Music In...
2003 Sep 19 "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring" is Released
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (UK: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring) is a 2003 South Korean film about a Buddhist monastery which floats on a lake in a pristine f...
2004 Sep 19 New England Patriots defeat Arizona Cardinals, 23-12
It was the kind of game Corey Dillon was brought to New England to win. Everything was just a little off kilter yesterday in the steam heat at Sun Devil Stadium. High emotion was in th...
2004 Sep 19 New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 11-1
It was fun while it lasted. Red Sox Nation took great delight in the Yankees' late-season foibles. For a few weeks it really felt like 1978 in reverse as the Sox cut New York's first-plac...
2005 Sep 19
to 2006 May 15
 How I Met Your Mother, Season 1
In the year 2030, Ted Mosby (voiced by Bob Saget) gathers his daughter and son to tell them the story of how he met their mother. The story begins in 2005 with Ted (Josh Radnor) as a s...
2005 Sep 19 Tampa Bay Rays defeat Boston Red Sox, 8-7
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- David Wells, with 42 seasoned years of living under his sizable belt, sat in a clubhouse recliner yesterday afternoon, tenure evidently granting him the right to l...
2006 Sep 19 Lupe Fiasco releases "Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor"
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, commonly referred to as Food & Liquor, is the debut studio album by American recording artist Lupe Fiasco, released on September 19, 2006, on 1st & 15th Enter...
2006 Sep 19 Minnesota Twins defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-3
Twins general manager Terry Ryan was chewing on a cheeseburger in the press dining lounge before last night's 7-3 win over the Red Sox when a scribe asked about a subject that probably ru...
2007 Sep 19 New York Yankees defeat Baltimore Orioles, 2-1
NEW YORK -- The 53,857 announced fans at Yankee Stadium last night let out a collective roar, but it wasn't in reaction to Mariano Rivera's game-ending strikeout, though that would come m...
2007 Sep 19 Toronto Blue Jays defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-1
TORONTO - Maybe if the Yankees weren't involved, it would be different. Maybe, despite another mind-numbing Red Sox defeat, this one featuring a grand slam surrendered by Jonathan Papelbo...
2007 Sep 19 UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs. Florian
UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs Florian referred to by the media as UFC Fight Night 11 was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on Wednesday, Septe...
2008 Sep 19 Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 4-3
TORONTO - It wasn't the first time this season the Red Sox had a day off before beginning a series in Toronto. It wasn't the first time Paul Byrd was pitching the series opener. That was ...