Today In History - September 19

1356 The English defeat the French at Battle of Poitiers
1777 Battle of Freeman's Farm: the first Battle of Saratoga
1796 George Washington's farewell address as president
1846 Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elope
1848 Astronomers Bond (US) and Lassell (England) independently discover Hyperion, moon of Saturn
1849 The first commercial laundry is established, in Oakland, California
1862 The Battle of Luka, Mississippi
1863 The Battle of Chickamauga begins
1864 The 3rd Battle of Winchester, Virginia
1873 Black Friday: Jay Cooke and Co. fails and causes a securities panic
1881 James A, Garfield, US president, dies of a gunshot wound
1928 Mickey Mouse's screen debut: Steamboat Willie at the Colony Theater New York City
1934 Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby
1940 Nazi decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes
1945 Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) is sentenced to death in London
1956 The first international conference of black writers and artists meets at the Sorbonne
1957 The first underground nuclear explosion occurs in Las Vegas, Nevada
1959 Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland
1968 A Baby is born on Golden Gate Bridge
1970 The TV series "Mary Tyler Moore" show premiers
1981 Simon and Garfunkel reunite for a New York City Central Park concert
1982 Streetcars stop running on Market Street after 122 years of continuous service
1983 St. Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain
1985 9,500 people die in a Mexico earthquake registering 6.9
1986 "Captain EO" with Michael Jackson premieres
1986 Federal health officials announce that AZT will be available to AIDS patients
1988 Israel launches its first satellite for secret military reconnaissance
1989 The Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens

Today In History - September 19

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