93 years since the birth of David McCallum, of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and NCIS
David McCallum was born in Glasgow on 19 September 1933, into a family of musicians. 19 September 2026 marks 9...
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Twiggy turns 77: from “The Face of 1966” to film and a damehood
Lesley Hornby was born on 19 September 1949 in north-west London. She became Twiggy, later Lesley Lawson. On 1...
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85 years since the birth of Cass Elliot, a voice of the Mamas & the Papas
Ellen Naomi Cohen was born on 19 September 1941 in Baltimore. She became Cass Elliot. 19 September 2026 marks...
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243 years since the Montgolfier brothers’ demonstration flight with a sheep, a duck and a rooster
On 19 September 1783, in the forecourt of the Palace of Versailles, Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolf...
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Jimmy Fallon turns 52: from Saturday Night Live to The Tonight Show
Jimmy Fallon was born on 19 September 1974 in Brooklyn and grew up in Saugerties, New York. Impressions took h...
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15 years since Mariano Rivera set the MLB record with his 602nd save
On 19 September 2011, at Yankee Stadium, Mariano Rivera finished the ninth inning against the Minnesota Twins...
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37 years since the bombing of UTA Flight 772, commemorated in the Ténéré Desert
On 19 September 1989 a UTA DC-10 bound for Paris broke up over the Ténéré Desert in Niger. The aircraft had le...
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53 years since the death of Gram Parsons, an advocate of “Cosmic American Music”
Gram Parsons died on 19 September 1973, aged 26, at Joshua Tree, California, from the toxic effects of drug us...
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92 years since the birth of Brian Epstein, the manager who helped drive the Beatles’ rise
Brian Epstein was born in Liverpool on 19 September 1934 into a family of retailers. At the NEMS record shop,...
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85 years since the German occupation of Kyiv began during the Second World War
On 19 September 1941 German troops entered Kiev, today Kyiv, after the encirclement of Soviet forces in the re...
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163 years since the Battle of Chickamauga began, one of the American Civil War’s fiercest clashes
On 19–20 September 1863, in the woods by Chickamauga Creek in north-western Georgia, the Army of the Cumberlan...
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Four years since the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
On 19 September 2022, Westminster Abbey hosted the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. 19 September 2026 mark...
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31 years since publication of the document that helped identify the Unabomber attacker
On 19 September 1995, The Washington Post published, as a special supplement, a text of about 35,000 words sen...
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38 years since Greg Louganis’s Seoul accident and the comeback that brought Olympic gold
On 19 September 1988, during the men’s three-metre springboard preliminaries at the Seoul Olympics, Greg Louga...
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53 years since Carl XVI Gustaf publicly assumed his role as King of Sweden
Carl Gustaf became King of Sweden on 15 September 1973, after the death of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf. H...
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98 years since the birth of Adam West, the actor who turned Batman into a pop phenomenon
William West Anderson was born on 19 September 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington. Under the stage name Adam West...
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74 years since the birth of Nile Rodgers, the guitarist connecting disco, funk and pop
Nile Rodgers was born on 19 September 1952. On 19 September 2026 the American guitarist, songwriter and produc...
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180 years since the reported Marian apparition at La Salette
On 19 September 1846, in the mountain pastures above the village of La Salette-Fallavaux in the French Alps, t...
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20 years since the military coup that removed Thaksin Shinawatra's government in Thailand
September 19, 2026 marks 20 years since the coup in which Thailand’s army removed Prime Minister Thaksin Shina...
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61 years since the birth of astronaut Sunita Williams, a veteran of three space missions
Former NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams turns 61 on 19 September 2026. She was born in Euclid, Ohio, grew...
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50 years since Turkish Airlines Flight 452 crashed near Isparta
September 19, 2026 marks 50 years since the crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 452, one of the deadliest acciden...
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78 years since the birth of actor Jeremy Irons
British actor Jeremy Irons turns 78 on 19 September 2026. His career links classical theatre, television, inde...
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187 years since the birth of George Cadbury, the industrialist who helped develop Bournville
September 19, 2026 marks 187 years since the birth of George Cadbury, the Birmingham Quaker businessman linked...
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145 years since the death of US President James A. Garfield
September 19, 2026 marks 145 years since the death of James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United Stat...
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249 years since the First Battle of Saratoga opened the confrontation that changed the American Revolution
September 19, 2026 marks 249 years since the First Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Freeman’s F...
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32 years since ER premiered and changed the pace of medical drama
On 19 September 1994, NBC broadcast the ER pilot “24 Hours”: nearly two hours on a Monday night, to about 23.8...
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41 years since the death of Italo Calvino, the writer who combined fable, history and literary experiment
Italo Calvino died in Siena on 19 September 1985, after a cerebral haemorrhage. He was 61. Born on 15 October...
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48 years since Solomon Islands was admitted to the United Nations
On 19 September 1978, Solomon Islands became a member of the United Nations. Independence from the United King...
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74 years since Charlie Chaplin was prevented from freely returning to the United States
On 19 September 1952, while Charlie Chaplin was at sea bound for Europe, United States Attorney General James...
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82 years since the Moscow Armistice ended hostilities between Finland and the Soviet Union
On 19 September 1944, Finland signed in Moscow an armistice with the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. The...
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86 years since Witold Pilecki deliberately entered a roundup for his Auschwitz mission
On 19 September 1940, Witold Pilecki allowed himself to be caught in a German roundup in Warsaw’s Żoliborz dis...
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156 years since the Siege of Paris began during the Franco-Prussian War
On 19 September 1870, Prussian armies and troops from allied German states closed the roads and railways into...
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