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TODAY IN HISTORY

September 19

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Day 261 of 2026 | Week 38 | 98 days until Christmas 🎅

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2023

Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; this leads to the flight of the Armenian population.

2
2022

The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.

3
2022

A strong earthquake kills 2 and injures over 30 in Mexico's state of Michoacán.

4
2021

The Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, erupts. The eruption lasts for almost three months, ending on December 13.

5
2017

The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.

6
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.

7
2011

Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career saves leader with 602.

8
2010

The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.

9
2008

A Learjet 60 carrying musicians Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein crashes during a rejected takeoff from Colombia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina, killing four of the six people on board. Barker and Goldstein both survive.

10
2006

The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1966 Eric Robert Rudolph

American criminal (domestic terrorist convicted with series of bombings)

1966 Soledad O'Brien

American journalist (Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien)

1966 Yoshihiro Takayama

Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist (Pride Fighting Championships 21)

1965 Alexandra Vandernoot

Belgian actress (Highlander: The Series)

1965 Debbye Turner

Miss America (1990) and TV host

1965 Katrina McClain

American basketball forward (Olympic gold 1996)

1965 Sabine Paturel

French singer (Les Bêtises) and actress

1965 Sunita Williams

American NASA astronaut and naval officer (set record most spacewalks by a woman)

1965 Tim Scott

American politician (Senator-R-South Carolina 2013-

1964 Bob Papa

American sportscaster (NBC Sports)

1964 Kim Richards

American actress (Nanny & Prof

1964 Patrick Marber

British playwright (Closer) and comedian

1963 Alessandra Martines

Italian-French dancer and actress (Chance or Coincidence)

1963 David Seaman

English football goalkeeper (Arsenal)

1963 Jarvis Cocker

British pop singer-songwriter (Pulp - "Common People")

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