September 19
1777 - The first Battle of Saratoga was fought during the Revolutionary War; although British forces succeeded in driving out the American troops, the Americans prevailed in a second battle the following month.
1796 - President George Washington's farewell address was published. In it, America's first chief executive advised, "Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
1881 - President James Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, died of a gunshot wound inflicted by a disappointed office seeker the previous July 2; Chester A. Arthur then became the 21st president.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann was arrested for the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby.
1945 - Nazi radio propagandist William Joyce, known as “Lord Haw-Haw,” was convicted of treason and sentenced to death by a British court.
1955 - President Juan Peron of Argentina was deposed and exiled after a military coup.
1957 - The United States conducted its first underground nuclear test in the Nevada desert.
1962 - Gov. Ross Barnett blocked James Meredith from enrolling in the University of Mississippi.
1982 - Emoticons were born when Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman proposed using a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis --
-- to depict a horizontal smiley face.
1984 - Britain and China completed a draft agreement on transferring Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule by 1997.
1985 - The Mexico City area was struck by the first of two devastating earthquakes that claimed thousands of lives. (The second quake hit 36 hours later.)
1986 - Federal health officials announced that the experimental drug AZT would be made available to thousands of AIDS patients.
1994 - American troops entered Haiti to enforce the return of exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
1995 - The New York Times and The Washington Post published the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski's manifesto, which proved instrumental in identifying and capturing him.
1996 - IBM announced it would extend health benefits to the partners of its gay employees.
2001 - The Pentagon ordered combat aircraft to the Persian Gulf following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
2002 - President George W. Bush asked Congress for authority to use military force if necessary to disarm and overthrow Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein if he did not abandon weapons of mass destruction.
2004 - Hu Jintao became the undisputed leader of China with the departure of former President Jiang Zemin from his top military post.
2008 - Struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration asked Congress for $700 billion to buy up troubled mortgage-related assets from U.S. financial institutions.
2008 - AMC's "Mad Men" became the first basic-cable show to win a top series Emmy award.
2010 - The BP oil well that had spilled hundred of millions of oil into the Gulf of Mexico was sealed with a permanent cement plug.
2011 - In a White House address, a combative President Barack Obama demanded that the richest Americans pay higher taxes to help cut soaring U.S. deficits by more than $3 trillion.
2011 - Delores Hope, who was married to entertainer Bob Hope for 69 years and sometimes sang on his shows for U.S. troops and on his television specials, died in Los Angeles at age 102.
2016 - President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, , meeting on the sidelines of a United Nations summit, put the Islamic State group on notice that they planned to recapture the city of Mosul within months.
2020 - Donald Trump urged the Republican-run Senate to consider “without delay” his upcoming nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election.
2020 - A law enforcement official said authorities had intercepted an envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin. (A Canadian woman was later arrested while trying to enter the United States near Buffalo, New York, and charged with making threats against President Donald Trump by mailing the package; she pleaded not guilty.)
Birthdays
23 - Trae Young (basketball player)
24 - Halima Aden (model)
25 - Pia Mia (singer)
28 - Lisa Cimorelli (singer)
33 - Katrina Bowden (actress)
34 - Danielle Panabaker (actress)
36 - Renee Young (sportscaster)
37 - Kevin Zegers (actor)
37 - Eva Marie (professional wrestler)
39 - Columbus Short (actor)
46 - Alison Sweeney (actress/TV host)
47 - Jimmy Fallon (TV host)
49 - Stephanie J. Block (actress)
51 - Victor Williams (actor)
55 - Soledad O'Brien (news anchor)
57 - Trisha Yearwood (country singer)
57 - Kim Richards (actress)
58 - Jeff Bates (country singer)
59 - Cheri Oteri (actress/comedian)
62 - Carolyn McCormick (actress)
63 - Kevin Hooks (actor)
63 - Lita Ford (actress)
66 - Rex Smith (actor/singer)
69 - Scott Colomby (actor)
71 - Joan Lunden (TV personality)
73 - Jeremy Irons (actor)
74 - Larry Brown (football player)
81 - Paul Williams (singer)
88 - David McCallum (actor)
94 - Rosemary Harris (actress)
101 - Roger Angell (author)
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Today in Sports History - September 19
1903 - Nebraska opens the season with a 23-6 exhibition win over Lincoln High.
1931 - Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season.
1947 - Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of the Year.
1949 - Ralph Kiner (Pittsburgh Pirates) became the first National League player to hit 50 home runs in two different seasons.
1953 - Nebraska opens the season with a 20-12 loss to Oregon.
1959 - Nebraska opens the season with a 20-0 loss to #17 Texas.
1964 - Nebraska opens the season with a 56-0 win over South Dakota.
1968 - Denny McLain wins his 31st game of the season on the same day Mickey Mantle hits his 535th career home run.
1970 - #9 Nebraska and #3 USC play to a 21-21 tie.
1973 - The National League rejects a proposal to allow the San Diego Padres to move to Washington, D.C.
1981 - #17 Nebraska defeats #19 Florida State 34-14.
1984 - Pete Rose reached the 100-hit plateau for the 22nd consecutive year. He also tied the National League record for doubles with 725.
1988 - American diver Greg Louganis smashes his head on diving board during the 3m springboard preliminaries at the Seoul Olympics; recovers to qualify for the final which he wins the following day.
1992 - #2 Washington defeats #12 Nebraska 29-14.
1993 - San Diego Chargers kicker John Carney kicks six field goals in an 18-17 win over the Houston Oilers to set an NFL record with his 29th consecutive field goal made.
1997 - Mark McGwire became the first major league player to hit 20 or more home runs for two teams in the same season. It was his 54th home run of the year.
2002 - Tom Gamboa, coach of the Kansas City Royals, was attacked by a man and his son while he was standing near first base. The two fans were arrested and charged with battery.
2004 - Oakland Raiders wide receiver Jerry Rice ends his NFL record streak of 274 consecutive games with a reception during a contest with the Buffalo Bills.
2009 - #13 Virginia Tech defeats #19 Nebraska 16-15.
2011 - Mariano Rivera set a major league record with his 602nd save, closing out the New York Yankees’ 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins.
2015 - Miami (FL) defeats Nebraska 36-33 in overtime.
2017 - Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals hits the 5,694th home run of the season, a new MLB record.
1777 - The first Battle of Saratoga was fought during the Revolutionary War; although British forces succeeded in driving out the American troops, the Americans prevailed in a second battle the following month.
1796 - President George Washington's farewell address was published. In it, America's first chief executive advised, "Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
1881 - President James Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, died of a gunshot wound inflicted by a disappointed office seeker the previous July 2; Chester A. Arthur then became the 21st president.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann was arrested for the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby.
1945 - Nazi radio propagandist William Joyce, known as “Lord Haw-Haw,” was convicted of treason and sentenced to death by a British court.
1955 - President Juan Peron of Argentina was deposed and exiled after a military coup.
1957 - The United States conducted its first underground nuclear test in the Nevada desert.
1962 - Gov. Ross Barnett blocked James Meredith from enrolling in the University of Mississippi.
1982 - Emoticons were born when Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman proposed using a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis --
-- to depict a horizontal smiley face. 1984 - Britain and China completed a draft agreement on transferring Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule by 1997.
1985 - The Mexico City area was struck by the first of two devastating earthquakes that claimed thousands of lives. (The second quake hit 36 hours later.)
1986 - Federal health officials announced that the experimental drug AZT would be made available to thousands of AIDS patients.
1994 - American troops entered Haiti to enforce the return of exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
1995 - The New York Times and The Washington Post published the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski's manifesto, which proved instrumental in identifying and capturing him.
1996 - IBM announced it would extend health benefits to the partners of its gay employees.
2001 - The Pentagon ordered combat aircraft to the Persian Gulf following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
2002 - President George W. Bush asked Congress for authority to use military force if necessary to disarm and overthrow Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein if he did not abandon weapons of mass destruction.
2004 - Hu Jintao became the undisputed leader of China with the departure of former President Jiang Zemin from his top military post.
2008 - Struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration asked Congress for $700 billion to buy up troubled mortgage-related assets from U.S. financial institutions.
2008 - AMC's "Mad Men" became the first basic-cable show to win a top series Emmy award.
2010 - The BP oil well that had spilled hundred of millions of oil into the Gulf of Mexico was sealed with a permanent cement plug.
2011 - In a White House address, a combative President Barack Obama demanded that the richest Americans pay higher taxes to help cut soaring U.S. deficits by more than $3 trillion.
2011 - Delores Hope, who was married to entertainer Bob Hope for 69 years and sometimes sang on his shows for U.S. troops and on his television specials, died in Los Angeles at age 102.
2016 - President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, , meeting on the sidelines of a United Nations summit, put the Islamic State group on notice that they planned to recapture the city of Mosul within months.
2020 - Donald Trump urged the Republican-run Senate to consider “without delay” his upcoming nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election.
2020 - A law enforcement official said authorities had intercepted an envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin. (A Canadian woman was later arrested while trying to enter the United States near Buffalo, New York, and charged with making threats against President Donald Trump by mailing the package; she pleaded not guilty.)
Birthdays
23 - Trae Young (basketball player)
24 - Halima Aden (model)
25 - Pia Mia (singer)
28 - Lisa Cimorelli (singer)
33 - Katrina Bowden (actress)
34 - Danielle Panabaker (actress)
36 - Renee Young (sportscaster)
37 - Kevin Zegers (actor)
37 - Eva Marie (professional wrestler)
39 - Columbus Short (actor)
46 - Alison Sweeney (actress/TV host)
47 - Jimmy Fallon (TV host)
49 - Stephanie J. Block (actress)
51 - Victor Williams (actor)
55 - Soledad O'Brien (news anchor)
57 - Trisha Yearwood (country singer)
57 - Kim Richards (actress)
58 - Jeff Bates (country singer)
59 - Cheri Oteri (actress/comedian)
62 - Carolyn McCormick (actress)
63 - Kevin Hooks (actor)
63 - Lita Ford (actress)
66 - Rex Smith (actor/singer)
69 - Scott Colomby (actor)
71 - Joan Lunden (TV personality)
73 - Jeremy Irons (actor)
74 - Larry Brown (football player)
81 - Paul Williams (singer)
88 - David McCallum (actor)
94 - Rosemary Harris (actress)
101 - Roger Angell (author)
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Today in Sports History - September 19
1903 - Nebraska opens the season with a 23-6 exhibition win over Lincoln High.
1931 - Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season.
1947 - Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of the Year.
1949 - Ralph Kiner (Pittsburgh Pirates) became the first National League player to hit 50 home runs in two different seasons.
1953 - Nebraska opens the season with a 20-12 loss to Oregon.
1959 - Nebraska opens the season with a 20-0 loss to #17 Texas.
1964 - Nebraska opens the season with a 56-0 win over South Dakota.
1968 - Denny McLain wins his 31st game of the season on the same day Mickey Mantle hits his 535th career home run.
1970 - #9 Nebraska and #3 USC play to a 21-21 tie.
1973 - The National League rejects a proposal to allow the San Diego Padres to move to Washington, D.C.
1981 - #17 Nebraska defeats #19 Florida State 34-14.
1984 - Pete Rose reached the 100-hit plateau for the 22nd consecutive year. He also tied the National League record for doubles with 725.
1988 - American diver Greg Louganis smashes his head on diving board during the 3m springboard preliminaries at the Seoul Olympics; recovers to qualify for the final which he wins the following day.
1992 - #2 Washington defeats #12 Nebraska 29-14.
1993 - San Diego Chargers kicker John Carney kicks six field goals in an 18-17 win over the Houston Oilers to set an NFL record with his 29th consecutive field goal made.
1997 - Mark McGwire became the first major league player to hit 20 or more home runs for two teams in the same season. It was his 54th home run of the year.
2002 - Tom Gamboa, coach of the Kansas City Royals, was attacked by a man and his son while he was standing near first base. The two fans were arrested and charged with battery.
2004 - Oakland Raiders wide receiver Jerry Rice ends his NFL record streak of 274 consecutive games with a reception during a contest with the Buffalo Bills.
2009 - #13 Virginia Tech defeats #19 Nebraska 16-15.
2011 - Mariano Rivera set a major league record with his 602nd save, closing out the New York Yankees’ 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins.
2015 - Miami (FL) defeats Nebraska 36-33 in overtime.
2017 - Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals hits the 5,694th home run of the season, a new MLB record.
