September 19 in recent years
September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 103 days remain until the end of the year.
Events 634 – Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.1356 – Battle of Poitiers : An English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures King John II.1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion .1777 – American Revolutionary War : British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget .1796 – George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.1799 – French Revolutionary Wars : French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen .1846 – Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette .[1] 1852 – Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.[2] 1862 – American Civil War : Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.[3] 1863 – American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga , in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.1864 – American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.1868 – La Gloriosa begins in Spain.1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.1881 – U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.1893 – In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.1916 – World War I : During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.1939 – World War II : The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.1940 – World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement.[4] [5] 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.1944 – World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed. 1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.1952 – The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.1957 – Plumbbob Rainier1970 – Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.1970 – Kostas 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. 1976 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.1976 – Two 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. 1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.1985 – A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.1985 – Tipper 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. 1989 – A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.1991 – Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber manifesto.1997 – The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.2006 – The Thai army stages a coup . The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.2011 – Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader with 602.2016 – 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.2017 – The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.2019 – A drone strike by the United States kills 30 civilian farmers in Afghanistan.[6] Births AD 86 – Antoninus Pius , Roman emperor (d. 161)[7] 866 – Leo VI the Wise , Byzantine emperor (d. 912)[8] 931 – Mu Zong , emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 969)1377 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404)1426 – Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, French noble (d. 1487)1477 – Ferrante d'Este, Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero (d. 1540)1551 – Henry III of France (d. 1589)[9] 1560 – Thomas Cavendish , English naval explorer, led the third expedition to circumnavigate the globe (d. 1592)[10] 1608 – Alfonso Litta, Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop (d. 1679)[11] 1638 – Isaac Milles, English minister (d. 1720)1662 – Jean-Paul Bignon, French priest and man of letters (d. 1743)1721 – William Robertson , Scottish historian (d. 1793)1749 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre , French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1822)1754 – John Ross Key , American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (d. 1821)1759 – William Kirby , English priest and entomologist (d. 1850)1778 – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux , Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1868)1796 – Hartley Coleridge , English poet and author (d. 1849)1802 – Lajos Kossuth , Hungarian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor-President of Hungary (d. 1894)1803 – Maria Anna of Savoy (d. 1884)1811 – Orson Pratt , American mathematician and religious leader (d. 1881)1824 – William Sellers , American engineer, inventor, and businessperson (d. 1824)1828 – Fridolin Anderwert , Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1880)1856 – Arthur Morgan , Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (d. 1916)1865 – Frank Eugene, American-German photographer (d. 1936)1867 – Arthur Rackham , English illustrator (d. 1939)1869 – Ben Turpin , American comedian and actor (d. 1940)1871 – Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (d. 1938)1882 – Christopher Stone, English radio host (d. 1965)1883 – Mabel Vernon, American educator and activist (d. 1975)1887 – Lovie Austin , American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1972)1887 – Lynne Overman , American actor and singer (d. 1943) 1888 – James Waddell Alexander II , American mathematician and topologist (d. 1971)1888 – Porter Hall , American actor (d. 1953) 1889 – Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and author (d. 1999)1894 – Rachel Field , American author and poet (d. 1942)[12] 1898 – Giuseppe Saragat , Italian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Italy (d. 1988)1900 – Ricardo Cortez , American actor (d. 1977)1905 – Judith Auer , German World War II resistance fighter (d. 1944)[13] 1905 – Leon Jaworski , American lawyer, co-founded Fulbright & Jaworski (d. 1982) 1907 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1998)1908 – Paul Bénichou , French historian, author, and critic (d. 2001)1908 – Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 2004) 1908 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (d. 1975) 1909 – Ferdinand Porsche , Austrian engineer and businessman (d. 1998)1910 – Margaret Lindsay , American actress (d. 1981)1910 – Arturo M. Tolentino , Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2004) 1911 – William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)1912 – Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder (d. 1989)1912 – Kurt Sanderling , Polish-German conductor (d. 2011) 1913 – Frances Farmer , American actress (d. 1970)1913 – Helen Ward, American singer (d. 1998) 1915 – Germán Valdés , Mexican actor, singer, and producer (d. 1973)1918 – Pablita Velarde , Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (d. 2006)1919 – Roger Grenier, French journalist and author (d. 2017)1919 – Amalia Hernández , Mexican choreographer and dancer (d. 2000) 1920 – Roger Angell , American journalist and author1921 – Paulo Freire , Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (d. 1997)1921 – Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2002) 1922 – Damon Knight , American author and critic (d. 2002)1922 – Willie Pep , American boxer and referee (d. 2006) 1922 – Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (d. 2000) 1924 – Vern Benson , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)1924 – Don Harron , Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015) 1925 – Pete Murray, English radio and television host1925 – W. Reece Smith, Jr., American lawyer and academic (d. 2013) 1926 – Masatoshi Koshiba , Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)1926 – James Lipton , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020) [14] 1926 – Duke Snider , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011) 1927 – Helen Carter , American singer (d. 1998)1927 – Rosemary Harris , English actress 1927 – William Hickey , American actor (d. 1997) 1927 – Nick Massi , American singer and bass player (The Four Seasons) (d. 2000) 1928 – Adam West , American actor and businessman (d. 2017)1929 – Marge Roukema , American educator and politician (d. 2014)1930 – Muhal Richard Abrams , American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2017)1930 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (d. 2012) 1930 – Antonio Margheriti , Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002) 1931 – Brook Benton , American pop/R&B/rock & roll singer-songwriter (d. 1988)1931 – Derek Gardner, English engineer (d. 2011) 1932 – Mike Royko , American journalist and author (d. 1997)1932 – Stefanie Zweig , German journalist and author (d. 2014) 1933 – Gilles Archambault , Canadian journalist and author1933 – David McCallum , Scottish actor 1934 – Brian Epstein , English talent manager (d. 1967)1934 – Austin Mitchell , English academic and politician 1935 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker , American admiral (d. 2003)1936 – Martin Fay , Irish fiddler (d. 2012)1936 – Milan Marcetta , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014) 1936 – Al Oerter , American discus thrower (d. 2007) 1937 – Abner Haynes , American football player1939 – Bruce Bastin , English musicologist and author1939 – Louise Botting , English journalist and author 1939 – Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter 1939 – Moshe Weinberg , Israeli wrestling coach (d. 1972) 1940 – Bill Medley , American singer-songwriter1940 – Zandra Rhodes , English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum 1940 – Sylvia Tyson , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1940 – Ed Westfall , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster 1940 – Paul Williams , American singer-songwriter and actor 1941 – Umberto Bossi , Italian politician1941 – Cass Elliot, American singer (d. 1974) 1941 – Jim Fox, English pentathlete 1941 – Mariangela Melato , Italian actress (d. 2013) 1942 – Freda Payne , American singer and actress1943 – André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2019)1943 – Joe Morgan , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2020) 1943 – Indrek Toome, Estonian businessman and politician 1944 – Anders Björck , Swedish politician, 25th Swedish Minister of Defence 1944 – Edmund Joensen, Faroese politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands 1944 – İsmet Özel, Turkish poet and scholar 1945 – Kate Adie , English journalist and author[15] 1945 – David Bromberg , American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter 1945 – Randolph Mantooth , American actor 1946 – Gerald Brisco , American wrestler1946 – Brian Henton , English race car driver 1947 – Henry Bromell , American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2013)1947 – Thomas H. Cook , American author and academic 1947 – Lol Creme , English musician, songwriter, and music video director 1947 – Brian Hill , American basketball player and coach 1947 – Tanith Lee , English author (d. 2015) 1948 – Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager1948 – Jeremy Irons , English actor 1949 – Twiggy , English model, actress, and singer1949 – Ringo Mendoza, Mexican wrestler 1949 – Barry Scheck , American lawyer, co-founded the Innocence Project 1950 – Joan Lunden , American television journalist, anchor, and author1950 – Michael Proctor, English physicist, mathematician, and academic 1951 – Daniel Lanois , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1952 – Rhys Chatham , American trumpet player, guitarist, and composer1952 – Henry Kaiser , American guitarist and composer 1952 – Nile Rodgers , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1952 – George Warrington , American businessman (d. 2007) 1953 – Wayne Clark, Australian cricketer1953 – Sarana VerLin, American singer-songwriter and violinist 1954 – Adam Phillips , Welsh psychotherapist and author1954 – Eleni Vitali, Greek singer-songwriter 1955 – Richard Burmer , American composer and engineer (d. 2006)1957 – Chris Roupas, American basketball player1958 – Lita Ford , English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist1958 – Kevin Hooks , American actor, director, and producer 1960 – Mario Batali , American chef and author1960 – Loïc Bigois , French aerodynamicist and engineer 1960 – Yolanda Saldívar , American murderer 1961 – Artur Ekert , Polish-British physicist and academic[16] 1962 – Cheri Oteri , American actress, comedian, and screenwriter1962 – Ken Rosenthal , American sportscaster 1963 – Jarvis Cocker , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1963 – David Seaman , English footballer 1963 – Urmas Tartes, Estonian biologist and photographer 1964 – Patrick Marber , English actor, director, and screenwriter1964 – Daniel Wincott, British political scientist 1964 – Trisha Yearwood , American singer-songwriter and actress 1965 – Andrew Leeds, Australian rugby player and coach1965 – Tim Scott, American politician 1965 – Sunita Williams , American captain, pilot, and astronaut 1966 – Soledad O'Brien , American journalist and producer1966 – Yoshihiro Takayama , Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist 1967 – Jim Abbott , American baseball player1967 – Aleksandr Karelin, Russian wrestler and politician 1968 – Jimmy Bower, American drummer and songwriter1968 – Monica Crowley , American talk show host and author 1969 – Candy Dulfer , Dutch saxophonist1969 – Jacek Frąckiewicz, Polish footballer 1969 – Alkinoos Ioannidis , Cypriot singer-songwriter and guitarist 1969 – Michael Symon, American chef and author 1969 – Kostya Tszyu , Russian-Australian boxer 1969 – Tapio Wilska , Finnish singer-songwriter 1970 – Dan Bylsma , American ice hockey player and coach1970 – Gilbert Dionne , Canadian ice hockey player 1970 – Antoine Hey, German footballer and manager 1970 – Victor Williams , American actor 1971 – Sanaa Lathan , American actress1971 – Mike Sadlo, German footballer and manager 1972 – Matt Cockbain , Australian rugby player and coach1972 – Ryan Girdler , Australian rugby league player 1972 – N. K. Jemisin, American writer 1972 – Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player and coach 1973 – Nick Colgan , Irish footballer and coach1973 – Cristiano da Matta , Brazilian race car driver 1973 – David Zepeda , Mexican actor, model and singer 1973 – Javier Duarte, Mexican politician 1974 – Jimmy Fallon, American comedian and talk show host1975 – Marcus Dunstan, American director and screenwriter1976 – Raja Bell , American basketball player1976 – Jay Electronica, American rapper and producer 1976 – Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player 1976 – Alison Sweeney , American actress and television host 1976 – Sergey Tsinkevich, Belarusian footballer and referee 1977 – Poon Yiu Cheuk , Hong Kong footballer and coach1977 – Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer 1977 – Ryan Dusick, American musician (Maroon 5 ) and record producer 1977 – Tommaso Rocchi , Italian footballer 1977 – Mike Smith, American baseball player 1977 – Emil Sutovsky , Israeli chess player 1978 – Nick Johnson, American baseball player1978 – Jorge López Montaña , Spanish footballer 1978 – Nigel Mitchell , English radio and television host 1980 – James Ellison , English motorcycle racer1980 – Sara Quin , Canadian singer-songwriter and musician 1980 – Tegan Quin , Canadian singer-songwriter and musician 1980 – Dimitri Yachvili , French rugby player 1981 – Damiano Cunego , Italian cyclist1981 – Rick DiPietro , American ice hockey player 1982 – Shaun Barker , English footballer1982 – Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer 1982 – Eleni Daniilidou , Greek tennis player 1982 – Jordan Parise , American ice hockey player 1984 – Eva Marie, American wrestler1984 – Ángel Reyna, Mexican footballer 1984 – Danny Valencia, American baseball player 1985 – Gio González, American baseball player1985 – Alun Wyn Jones , Welsh rugby player[17] 1985 – Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor 1986 – Leon Best , English footballer1986 – Sally Pearson, Australian athlete[18] 1987 – Carlos Quintero , Colombian footballer1988 – Kenny Britt, American football player1989 – Tyreke Evans, American basketball player1990 – Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress and singer1990 – Savvas Gentsoglou , Greek footballer 1990 – Kieran Trippier, English footballer 1992 – Jiro Kuroshio, Japanese wrestler[19] 1992 – Diego Antonio Reyes, Mexican footballer Deaths 643 – Goeric of Metz , Frankish bishop and saint656 – Pope Martin I 690 – Theodore of Tarsus , English archbishop and saint (b. 602)961 – Helena Lekapene, Byzantine empress979 – Gotofredo I, archbishop of Milan[20] 1123 – Emperor Taizu of Jin (b. 1068)1147 – Igor II of Kiev 1339 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)1356 – Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)1356 – Walter VI, Count of Brienne (b. 1304) 1580 – Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (b. 1519)1589 – Jean-Antoine de Baïf , French poet (b. 1532)1605 – Edward Lewknor, English politician (b. 1542)1668 – William Waller , English general and politician (b. 1597)1692 – Giles Corey, American farmer and accused wizard (b. c. 1612)1710 – Ole Rømer , Danish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1644)1812 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild , German banker (b. 1744)1843 – Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1792)1863 – Hans Christian Heg , Norwegian-American colonel and politician (b. 1829)1868 – William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)1873 – Robert Mackenzie, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1811)1881 – James A. Garfield , American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)1893 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)1902 – Masaoka Shiki , Japanese poet, author, and critic (b. 1867)1905 – Thomas John Barnardo , Irish-English philanthropist (b. 1845)1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)1924 – Alick Bannerman , Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1854)1927 – Michael Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)1935 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1857)1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande , Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1860)1942 – Condé Montrose Nast , American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)1944 – Guy Gibson , Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)1949 – George Shiels , Irish-Canadian playwright (b. 1886)1949 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1901) 1955 – John D. Dingell, Sr. , American journalist and politician (b. 1894)1965 – Lionel Terray , French mountaineer (b. 1921)1967 – Zinaida Serebriakova , Ukrainian-French painter (b. 1884)1968 – Chester Carlson , American physicist and lawyer (b. 1906)1968 – Red Foley , American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1910) 1972 – Robert Casadesus , French pianist and composer (b. 1899)1973 – Gram Parsons , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)1975 – Pamela Brown, English actress (b. 1917)1978 – Étienne Gilson , French historian and philosopher (b. 1884)1985 – Italo Calvino , Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (b. 1923)1987 – Einar Gerhardsen , Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)1989 – Willie Steele , American long jumper (b. 1923)1990 – Hermes Pan , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)1992 – Jacques Pic, French chef (b. 1932)1995 – Orville Redenbacher , American businessman, founded his own eponymous brand (b. 1907)1998 – Patricia Hayes , English actress (b. 1909)2000 – Ann Doran , American actress (b. 1911)2001 – Rhys Jones , Welsh-Australian archaeologist and academic (b. 1941)2002 – Robert Guéï , Ivorian politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)2003 – Slim Dusty , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1927)2004 – Eddie Adams, American photographer and journalist (b. 1933)2004 – Skeeter Davis , American singer-songwriter (b. 1931) 2004 – Damayanti Joshi , Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1928) 2004 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr. , American businessman and activist (b. 1908) 2006 – Elizabeth Allen , American actress (b. 1929)2006 – Danny Flores , American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1929) 2006 – Martha Holmes, American photographer and journalist (b. 1923) 2006 – Roy Schuiten , Dutch cyclist and manager (b. 1950) 2008 – Earl Palmer , American rhythm and blues drummer (b. 1924)[21] 2009 – Milton Meltzer , American historian and author (b. 1915)2009 – Eduard Zimmermann , German journalist (b. 1929) 2011 – Thomas Capano, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)2011 – Dolores Hope , American singer (b. 1909) 2011 – George Cadle Price , 1st Prime Minister of Belize (b. 1919 ) 2012 – Rino Ferrario, Italian footballer (b. 1926)2012 – Cecil Gordon , American race car driver (b. 1941) 2012 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (b. 1930) 2012 – Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (b. 1946) 2013 – Robert Barnard , English author and critic (b. 1936)2013 – John Reger , American football player (b. 1931) 2013 – William Ungar, Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (b. 1913) 2013 – John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (b. 1922) 2013 – Hiroshi Yamauchi , Japanese businessman (b. 1927) 2014 – Audrey Long , American actress (b. 1922)2015 – Jackie Collins , English novelist (b. 1937)[22] 2015 – Todd Ewen , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1966) 2015 – Masajuro Shiokawa , Japanese economist and politician, 63rd Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1921) 2017 – Leonid Kharitonov, Russian bass-baritone (b. 1933)[23] 2018 – Arthur Mitchell , American ballet dancer & choreographer (b.1934) [24] 2018 – Bernard "Bunny" Carr , Irish TV presenter (b.1927) [25] 2019 – Zine El Abidine Ben Ali , Tunisian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (b. 1936) [26] Holidays and observances References ^ John WYSE (1855). Manual of the confraternity of La Salette ^ The Journal of Education for Lower Canada ^ Francis Samuel Drake (1874). Dictionary of American Biography ^ "Meet The Man Who Sneaked Into Auschwitz" . NPR.org . 18 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2020 . Pilecki was eventually cleared to insert himself into a street round-up of Poles in Warsaw on Sept. 19, 1940. Upon arrival, he learned Auschwitz was far from anything the Resistance had imagined. ^ Ackerman, Elliot (26 July 2019). "The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Volunteered to Enter Auschwitz and Try to Tell the World About It" . Time . Retrieved 17 September 2020 . Witold Pilecki, a Polish cavalry officer turned resistance fighter, undertook the most audacious of missions: to get himself arrested by the Germans and sent to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. On September 19, 1940, he went out during a Warsaw street round up and was arrested. He was also successful in the mission that followed: to sabotage the camp and smuggle news to the world through Polish resistance networks of the atrocities occurring within. Only the world wasn’t ready to listen. ^ Eoin Higgins (Sep 20, 2019), "' How Could They Do This to Us?' 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