Monday, September 19, 2011
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 19, 2008
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand declares a state of emergency in Bangkok as members of the Royal Thai Army stage a coup d'état. The army announces the removal of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from power.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Thursday, September 19, 2002
U.S. plan to invade Iraq: The Bush administration pressures US Congress to pass a resolution giving Bush authority to use all means he determines to be appropriate, including force to oust Saddam Hussein and disarm Iraq.
An attempted coup by disaffected former soldiers of Côte d'Ivoire was put down, with the death of the alleged coup leader, General Robert Guéï, a former military dictator of the country. Guéï was killed when his car refused to stop at a roadblock in downtown Abidjan. Rebels continue in control of the cities of Bouaké and Korhogo.
Friday, September 19, 1997
Thursday, September 19, 1996
Tuesday, September 19, 1995
Monday, September 19, 1994
American troops stage a bloodless invasion of
Haiti in order to restore the legitimate elected leader,
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to power.
Sunday, September 19, 1993
Polish parliamentary election, 1993: A coalition of the Democratic Left Alliance and the Polish People's Party led by Waldemar Pawlak comes into power.
Thursday, September 19, 1991
Wednesday, September 19, 1990
Thursday, September 19, 1985
An 8.1 Richter scale earthquake strikes Mexico City. Around 10,000 people are killed, 30,000 injured, and 95,000 left homeless.
Monday, September 19, 1983
Violence erupts in New Caledonia between native Kanaks and French expatriates. The French government withdraws the promise of independence.
Sunday, September 19, 1982
Saturday, September 19, 1981
Tuesday, September 19, 1978
Monday, September 19, 1977
Friday, September 19, 1975
Tuesday, September 19, 1972
Sunday, September 19, 1971
Wednesday, September 19, 1962
"
New Musical Express", a British music magazine, publishes a story about two 13-year-old schoolgirls, Sue and Mary, releasing a disc on Decca and adds A Liverpool group,
The Beatles, have recorded 'Love Me Do' for
Parlophone Records, set for October 5 release.
//www.atlanticcollege.org Atlantic College opens it doors for the first time, marking the birth of the pioneering UWC educational movement.
A border conflict between China and India erupts into fighting.
Monday, September 19, 1955
Tuesday, September 19, 1950
West Germany decides to purge communist officials.
Monday, September 19, 1949
The United Kingdom government devalues the pound sterling from $4.03 to $2.80, leading to many other currencies being devalued.
Tuesday, September 19, 1944
WWII: An armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, ending the
Continuation War.
Tuesday, September 19, 1939
WWII: The Poznan pocket collapses, and the Germans capture, according to many sources, over 150,000 men. Many elements of General Kutrzeba's forces work their way into Warsaw under extreme difficulty.
Radio station WJSV in Washington, D.C. records an entire broadcast day for preservation in the National Archives.
Sunday, September 19, 1937
Swiss professional ice hockey club HC Ambrì-Piotta founded.
Tuesday, September 19, 1899
Alfred Dreyfus is pardoned.
Friday, September 19, 1890
Monday, September 19, 1881
Saturday, September 19, 1863
September 20 ndash American Civil War: Confederate forces turn back a Union invasion of Georgia in the Battle of Chickamauga.
Friday, September 19, 1862
Monday, September 19, 1853
Saturday, September 19, 1846
The Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to two children in La Salette, France.
Saturday, September 19, 1835
Saturday, September 19, 1778
Friday, September 19, 1777
Saturday, September 19, 1761
The slave trade to and within
Portugal is forbidden.
Saturday, September 19, 1676
Wednesday, September 19, 1657
Wednesday, September 19, 1618
Saturday, September 9, 1559 (Julianian calendar)
Just weeks after arrival at
Pensacola, the Spanish missionary colony is decimated by a
hurricane that kills hundreds, sinks five ships, with a
galleon, and grounds a
caravel the 1,000 survivors divide to relocate/resupply the settlement, but suffer famine attacks, and abandon the effort in
1561.
Sunday, September 11, 1356 (Julianian calendar)
Battle of Poitiers: The English, commanded by the Prince of Wales, Edward, otherwise known as the Black Prince, defeats the French in the
Hundred Years' War, capturing the King, John II of France, in the process.
Friday, September 12, 1119 (Julianian calendar)
Thursday, September 18, 335 (Julianian calendar)