Historical Events In September - 19

1941  HMCS Levis (Corvette) torpedoed on September - 19.  

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  Finland & Russia agree to cease fire on this day in history.  

1944  David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

1945  Kim Il Sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea on September - 19.  

1947  On September - 19 jackie Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of Year"  

1948  The birth of Jeremy Irons, English born film actor on September - 19.  

1948  62nd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats A L Brough (46 64 15-13) on this day in history.  

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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  On September - 19 european Payment Union forms in Paris  

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  On September - 19 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  Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Wichita Golf Open on this day in history.  

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

1955  On this day in history juan Peron, president of Argentina since 1946, was deposed and exiled in a military coup,  

1955  On this day in history argentine president Juan Peron, resigns & flees  

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

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  On September - 19 the first underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas Nevada)  

1957  1st underground nuclear explosion at Las Vegas Nevada on September - 19.  

1958  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland  

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

1960  Chubby Checkers' "Twist" reaches #1 on this day in history.  

1961  Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them on this day in history.  

1961  Helen Kimble, fictional wife of Dr Richard Kimble (Fugitive) on September - 19.  

1962  USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR on September - 19.  

1962  On this day in history pogodin, writer, dies  

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

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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  On this day in history birth of jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer  

1705  On September - 19 birth of henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/band master  

1714  Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1786) was born on September - 19.  

1737  On this day in history birth of charles Carroll, signed Decl of Ind  

1749  Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (d. 1822) was born on this day in history.  

1754  John Ross Key, commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key (d. 1821) was born on September - 19.  

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

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

1356  On September - 19 gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies  

1668  Death of William Waller, English soldier on September - 19.  

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

1710  On this day in history death of ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)  

1719  Death of Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59 on September - 19.  

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