Historical Events In September - 19

1941  On September - 19 hMCS Levis (Corvette) torpedoed  

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

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

1944  Finland & Russia agree to cease fire on September - 19.  

1944  On this day in history david Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle  

1945  Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London on this day in history.  

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 September - 19.  

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

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

1949  Twiggy, British actress/model born on September - 19.  

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

1951  1st broadcast of "Search for Tomorrow" on CBS-TV on September - 19.  

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

1952  On this day in history giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies  

1953  "Hazel Flagg" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 190 perfs on this day in history.  

1954  On this day in history beverly Hanson wins LPGA Wichita Golf Open  

1954  Tibor Harsanyi, composer, dies at 56 on September - 19.  

1955  On September - 19 juan Peron, president of Argentina since 1946, was deposed and exiled in a military coup,  

1955  Argentine president Juan Peron, resigns & flees on September - 19.  

1956  On this day in history 1st intl conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne)  

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

1957  On this day in history the first underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas Nevada)  

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

1958  On September - 19 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1959  Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland on this day in history.  

1959  Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland on this day in history.  

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  Helen Kimble, fictional wife of Dr Richard Kimble (Fugitive) on September - 19.  

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

1962  Pogodin, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1963  Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. is founded at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland on this day in history.  

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1377  Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404) was born on September - 19.  

1551  On September - 19 birth of henry III, duke of Anjou/king of Poland/France (1573/4-89)  

1655  Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of charles Carroll, signed Decl of Ind  

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

1754  John Ross Key, commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key (d. 1821) was born on this day in history.  

1180  On September - 19 louis VII, the Younger, King of France (1137-80), dies at 59  

1339  Death of Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288) on September - 19.  

1356  On this day in history gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies  

1668  On September - 19 death of william Waller, English soldier  

1693  On this day in history death of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (b. 1641)  

1710  Death of Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644) on this day in history.  

1719  Death of Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59 on this day in history.  

1756  On this day in history josef Antonin Sehling, composer, dies at 46