September 19 Historical Events
The following events took place on September 19. The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 1970The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis’s farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom.
- 1970Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
- 1970The Mary Tyler Moore Show, an American sitcom, premiered on CBS
- 1971Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyễn Khánh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
- 1972A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
- 1973King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
- 1976Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
- 1976Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
- 1978The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
- 1981Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York’s Central Park.
- 1982Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
- 1983Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
- 1985A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
- 1985Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
- 1989A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.
- 1991Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.
- 1995The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber’s manifesto.
- 1997Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria where 53 people are killed.
- 2006The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
- 2010The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
- 2011Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball’s all time saves leader with 602.
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