Sept. 19 in history
In 1796, President George Washington’s farewell address was published. In it, America’s first president advised: “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.”
In 1827, after a duel turns into an all-out brawl, Jim Bowie disembowels a banker on a sandbar near the eastern shore of the Mississippi River, with an early version of his famous Bowie knife.
In 1881, the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died 2 1/2 months after being shot by Charles Guiteau; Chester A. Arthur became president.
In 1955, President Juan Peron of Argentina was ousted after a revolt by the army and navy.
In 1957, the United States conducted its first contained underground nuclear test, code-named “Rainier,” in the Nevada desert. Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion | September 19, 1957 | HISTORY
In 1959, one of the more surreal moments in the history of the Cold War, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev explodes with anger when he learns that he cannot visit Disneyland. The incident marked the climax of Khrushchev’s day in Los Angeles, one that was marked by both frivolity and tension.
In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to a mass meeting in Grenada, Miss., followed by a march. The next morning, King led African American students to the newly integrated public school. A week earlier, a white mob had attacked Black students and those escorting them. After a federal judge ordered troopers to protect the children, FBI agents arrested 13 white men. On this day in 1966, MLK spoke to mass meeting in Grenada - Mississippi Today
In 1970, the “Mary Tyler Moore” show debuted on CBS.
In 1985, the Mexico City area was struck by a devastating earthquake that killed at least 9,500 people.
In 1986, federal health officials announced that the experimental drug AZT would be made available to thousands of AIDS patients.
In 1995, The New York Times and The Washington Post published the manifesto of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, which proved instrumental in identifying and capturing him. The image above shows the front page of the special section of The Washington Post containing the 35,000-word manifesto.
In 2001, the Pentagon ordered dozens of advanced aircraft to the Persian Gulf region as the hour of military retaliation for deadly terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 drew closer.
In 2008, struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration laid out a radical bailout plan calling for a takeover of a half-trillion dollars or more in worthless mortgages and other bad debt held by tottering institutions. Relieved investors sent stocks soaring on Wall Street and around the globe.
In 2020, President Donald Trump urged the Republican-run Senate to consider “without delay” his upcoming nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election.
In 2022, Great Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral that drew massive crowds, presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers in London.
TODAY - President Joe Biden, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other world leaders will address the U.N. General Assembly.
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