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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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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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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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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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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56 years since the first Glastonbury Festival
On 19 September 1970, farmer Michael Eavis opened the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival at Worthy Farm in Some...
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Jada Pinkett Smith turns 55: a career from “A Different World” to “The Matrix”
Jada Koren Pinkett Smith was born in Baltimore on 18 September 1971. At 55, her public record remains that of...
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UK Temporarily Blocks Export of £4.6 Million Renaissance Sculpture
The UK government has temporarily deferred the export licence for the bronze statuette “Seated Nymph”, attribu...
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317 years since the birth of Samuel Johnson, author of the great English dictionary
18 September 2026 marks 317 years since the birth of Samuel Johnson in Lichfield, England. Encyclopaedia Brita...
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