The 19t o September is the 262nt day o the year (263rd in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 103 days bidin.
Events 1863: Battle o Chickamauga. Skaith efter the Mexico yirdquauk o 1985. 1863 - American Ceevil War: The Battle o Chickamauga stairts.
1881 - James A. Garfield , 20t Preses o the Unitit States , dees efter bein shot on 2 Julie . Chester A. Arthur becomes Preses.
1893 - Weemen in New Zealand is gien the richt tae vote.
1945 - Post-Warld War II : In the American occupation zone, the creation o the states o Greater Hesse , Wurttemberg-Baden an Bavarie is propaled.
1946 - The Cooncil o Europe is creatit.
1973 - Carl XVI Gustaf o Swaden haes his investitur as King.
1975 - TV comedy Fawlty Towers is shawn on BBC Two for the first time.
1978 - The Solomon Islands jyne the Unitit Naitions .
1983 - Saunt Kitts an Nevis gains unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick .
1985 - A strang yirdquauk hits Mexico , killin 1000s.
1991 - Otzi the Iceman is found naurhan the Austrick -Italy border.
2006 - A military coup in Thailand remuives Thaksin Shinawatra frae pouer.
2008 - The Scots Gaelic telly channel BBC Alba is launched.
2014 - Alex Salmond propales his demission as First Meenister o Scotland efter the "Aye" campaign's defeat in the Scots unthirldom referendum, 2014 .
2015 - Rugby union Warld Cup in Ingland : Japan scores a surprise 34-32 win ower twa-time champions Sooth Africae .
2017 - Hurricane Maria sweeps across the eastren Caribbean , incluidin the isle o Dominica .
2017 - 2017 Puebla yirdquauk: A major yirdquauk, the seicont in twa weeks, occurs in Central Mexico , on the 32nt anniversary o the 1985 yirdquauk, killin at least 220 fowk.
Births Jeremy Irons 86 - Antoninus Pius , Roman Emperor (d. 161)
866 - Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine Emperor (d. 912)
1551 - King Henry III o Fraunce (d. 1589)
1721 - William Robertson, Scots historian (d. 1793)
1737 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton , American politeecian (d. 1832 )
1802 - Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian national hero (d. 1894 )
1806 - William Dyce, Scots airtist (d. 1864)
1888 - Walter Elliot, Scots politeecian (d. 1958)
1898 - Harold Plenderleith, Scots conservator an airchaeologist (d. 1997 )
1898 - Giuseppe Saragat, Preses o Italy (d. 1988)
1911 - William Golding, Inglis writer (d. 1993)
1922 - Emil Zatopek, Czech athlete (d. 2000 )
1926 - James Lipton, American actor an writer
1926 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese pheesicist
1928 - Adam West , American actor (d. 2017)
1933 - David McCallum , Scots actor
1944 - Edmund Joensen, umwhile Prime meenister o the Faroe Islands
1947 - Quinton Young, Scots fitbawer
1948 - Jeremy Irons , Inglis actor
1949 - Twiggy, Inglis model
1951 - Ian Hudghton , Scots politeecian
1952 - Jackie McNamara Sr., Scots fitbawer
1954 - Mark Drakeford, Welsh politeecian, First Meenister o Wales
1957 - George McCluskey, Scots fitbawer
1963 - David Seaman, Inglis fitbawer
1967 - Aleksandr Karelin , Roushie wrestler
1982 - Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
1985 - Song Joong-ki, Sooth Korean actor, model an telly host
1986 - David McKenna, Scots fitbawer
1987 - Danielle Panabaker, American actress
1990 - Kieran Trippier, Inglis fitbawer
1996 - Chris Cadden, Scots fitbawer
1996 - Nicky Cadden, Scots fitbawer
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