Historical Events In September - 19

1941  On September - 19 hMCS Levis (Corvette) torpedoed   

1941  On September - 19 1st meeting of partizans Tito & Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia   

1943  Fanny Whiteers-Koen breaks jumping world record on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history finland & Russia agree to cease fire   

1944  David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle on September - 19.   

1945  Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London on September - 19.   

1945  On September - 19 kim Il Sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea   

1947  Jackie Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of Year" on September - 19.   

1948  The birth of Jeremy Irons, English born film actor on this day in history.   

1948  62nd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats A L Brough (46 64 15-13) on September - 19.   

1949  On this day in history the birth of Twiggy, English model and actress   

1949  On this day in history twiggy, British actress/model born   

1950  European Payment Union forms in Paris on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history 1st broadcast of "Search for Tomorrow" on CBS-TV   

1952  On this day in history the United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.   

1952  Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies on this day in history.   

1953  On September - 19 "Hazel Flagg" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 190 perfs   

1954  On September - 19 beverly Hanson wins LPGA Wichita Golf Open   

1954  Tibor Harsanyi, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1955  Juan Peron, president of Argentina since 1946, was deposed and exiled in a military coup, on this day in history.   

1955  Argentine president Juan Peron, resigns & flees on this day in history.   

1956  On September - 19 1st intl conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne)   

1957  On September - 19 bathyscaph Trieste, in a dive sponsored by the Office of Naval Research in the Mediterranean, reaches record depth of 2 miles   

1957  The first underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas Nevada) on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history 1st underground nuclear explosion at Las Vegas Nevada   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on September - 19.   

1959  On September - 19 nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland   

1959  Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland on September - 19.   

1960  Chubby Checkers' "Twist" reaches #1 on September - 19.   

1961  On September - 19 betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them.   

1961  On this day in history helen Kimble, fictional wife of Dr Richard Kimble (Fugitive)   

1962  USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history pogodin, writer, dies   

1963  Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. is founded at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland on September - 19.   

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1377  Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404) was born on this day in history.   

1551  Henry III, duke of Anjou/king of Poland/France (1573/4-89) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer was born on September - 19.   

1705  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/band master was born on this day in history.   

1714  Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.   

1737  Charles Carroll, signed Decl of Ind was born on September - 19.   

1749  On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (d. 1822)   

1754  On September - 19 birth of john Ross Key, commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key (d. 1821)   

1180  On this day in history louis VII, the Younger, King of France (1137-80), dies at 59   

1339  On September - 19 death of emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)   

1356  Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies on September - 19.   

1668  On this day in history death of william Waller, English soldier   

1693  Death of Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (b. 1641) on September - 19.   

1710  On September - 19 death of ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)   

1719  On this day in history death of frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59   

1756  On September - 19 josef Antonin Sehling, composer, dies at 46