September 19
Ahoy mateys, ye need to be knowin' that today be
International Talk Like A Pirate Day, it be happenin' on this day every yarr.
1676 –
Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of
Nathaniel Bacon during
Bacon's Rebellion.
1692 –
Giles Corey is
pressed to death after refusing to plead in the
Salem witch trials.
1796 –
George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
1846 – Two French shepherd children,
Mélanie Calvat and
Maximin Giraud, experience a
Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as
Our Lady of La Salette.
1863 – American Civil War: The first day of the
Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in
the war's Western Theater.
1864 – American Civil War:
Third Battle of Winchester: Union troops under General
Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by General
Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley and was not only militarily decisive in that region of Virginia but also played a role in securing
Abraham Lincoln's election in 1864.
1881 – U.S. President
James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President
Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
1952 – The United States bars
Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
1959 –
Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland due to security concerns.
1970 – The first
Glastonbury Festival is held at
Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom.
The
Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered on CBS.
1973 - Country rock singer/songwriter 26-year-old
Gram Parsons formerly of
The Byrds and
The Flying Burrito Brothers, died under mysterious conditions in Joshua Tree, California. His death was attributed to heart failure but later was officially announced as a drug overdose. His coffin was stolen by two of his associates, manager
Phil Kaufman and Michael Martin, a former roadie for The Byrds, and was taken to Cap Rock in the California desert, where it was set alight, in accordance to Parson's wishes. The two were later arrested by police.
1976 – Two Imperial Iranian Air Force
F-4 Phantom II jets fly out
to investigate an unidentified flying object when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
1981 –
Simon & Garfunkel reunite for
a free concert in New York's Central Park. Over 400,000 fans attend the show.
1982 –
Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons, :-) and, :-(, on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
1985 –
A strong earthquake kills at least 5,000 people, and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
Tipper Gore and other political wives form the
Parents Music Resource Center as
Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
1991 –
Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.
1995 –
The Washington Post and
The New York Times publish
the Unabomber's manifesto.
2006 – The
Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
2010 – The
leaking oil well in the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed. The well blew out on April 20, and was capped 87 days later. Reports in early 2012 indicated the well site was still leaking.
Births
1911 – William Golding; 1913 – Frances Farmer; 1922 – Willie Pep

; 1926 – James Lipton (
Inside The Actors' Studio); 1927 – Helen Carter♪ ♫(The Carter Family), William Hickey (
Prizzi's Honor); 1928 – Adam West (
Batman); 1931 – Brook Benton♪ ♫; 1932 – Mike Royko; 1933 – David McCallum ('Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard' on
NCIS, 'Illya Kuryakin' in
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.); 1934 – Brian Epstein (manager for The Beatles); 1940 – Bill Medley♪ ♫(The Righteous Bros.); 1940 – Paul Williams♪ ♫; 1941 – Mama Cass Elliot♪ ♫(The Mamas & The Papas); 1945 – Randolph Mantooth (
Emergency!); 1948 – Jeremy Irons; 1949 – Twiggy; 1949 – Ernie Sabella (voice of 'Pumbaa' in
The Lion King), Barry Scheck (co-founded
The Innocence Project); 1950 – Joan Lunden; 1952 – Nile Rodgers

(Chic); 1958 – Lita Ford



(The Runaways); 1960 – Mario Batali; 1962 – Cheri Oteri (SNL); 1964 – Trisha Yearwood♪ ♫; 1966 – Soledad O'Brien; 1970 – Victor Williams (
The King of Queens); 1974 – Jimmy Fallon; 1980 – Sara & Tegan Quin♪ ♫(Tegan and Sara)
Deaths
1881 – James A. Garfield (20th POTUS); 1942 – Condé Montrose Nast (founded Condé Nast Publications); 1968 – Red Foley♪ ♫; 1973 – Gram Parsons♪ ♫; 1985 – Italo Calvino; 1995 – Orville Redenbacher; 2004 – Eddie Adams, Skeeter Davis♪ ♫; 2006 – Danny Flores♪ ♫("
Tequila!"); 2009 – Arthur Ferrante

; 2011 – Dolores Hope (Bob's main squeeze); 2015 – Jackie Collins