Summary of the Day ✨ 19 September (19/09)
Azerbaijan launched a military offensive against Artsakh in Nagorno-Karabakh, causing mass flight of Armenians, while Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral took place at Westminster Abbey. Meanwhile, Mexico experienced devastating earthquakes in Puebla and Michoacán that caused hundreds of deaths and injuries, and the Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted on La Palma, beginning a nearly three-month eruption.
Historical Events 📜
- 2023: Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; this leads to the flight of the Armenian population.
- 2022: The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.
- 2022: A strong earthquake kills 2 and injures over 30 in Mexico’s state of Michoacán.
- 2021: The Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, erupts. The eruption lasts for almost three months, ending on December 13.
- 2017: The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
- 2016: In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
- 2011: Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball’s all-time career saves leader with 602.
- 2010: The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
- 2008: A Learjet 60 carrying musicians Travis Barker and Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein crashes during a rejected takeoff from Colombia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina, killing four of the six people on board. Barker and Goldstein both survive.
- 2006: The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
- 1997: The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
- 1995: The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber Manifesto.
- 1991: Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
- 1989: A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.
- 1985: A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
Famous Births 👶
- 1999: Precious Achiuwa, Nigerian basketball player
- 1998: Nolan Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1998: Trae Young, American basketball player
- 1996: Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American basketball player
- 1996: Dejounte Murray, American basketball player
- 1996: Chris Silva, Gabonese basketball player
- 1995: Brent Faiyaz, American singer
- 1995: Rachel Sennott, American actress
- 1993: Pi’erre Bourne, American record producer and rapper
- 1992: Jiro Kuroshio, Japanese wrestler
- 1992: Palmer Luckey, American entrepreneur
- 1992: Diego Antonio Reyes, Mexican footballer
- 1991: CJ McCollum, American basketball player
- 1990: Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress and singer
- 1990: Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2021: John Challis, English actor (born 1942)
- 2021: Jimmy Greaves, English footballer (born 1940)
- 2021: Dinky Soliman, Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (born 1953)
- 2020: John Turner, Canadian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1929)
- 2019: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (born 1936)
- 2018: Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer & choreographer (born 1934)
- 2018: Bernard “Bunny” Carr, Irish TV presenter (born 1927)
- 2017: Leonid Kharitonov, Russian bass-baritone (born 1933)
- 2015: Jackie Collins, English novelist (born 1937)
- 2015: Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1966)
- 2015: Masajuro Shiokawa, Japanese economist and politician, 63rd Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1921)
- 2014: Audrey Long, American actress (born 1922)
- 2013: Robert Barnard, English author and critic (born 1936)
- 2013: John Reger, American football player (born 1931)
- 2013: William Ungar, Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (born 1913)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Alonso de Orozco Mena - Christian feast day:
Emilie de Rodat - Christian feast day:
Goeric of Metz - Christian feast day:
Januarius (Western Christianity)
Feast of San Gennaro - Christian feast day:
Our Lady of La Salette - Christian feast day:
Theodore of Tarsus (Anglican Communion, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church) - Christian feast day:
Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon - Christian feast day:
September 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Armed Forces Day (Chile)
- Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council
- Second day of Fiestas Patrias (Chile)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom in 1983.
- International Talk Like a Pirate Day