September 19 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on September 19, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♍︎ Virgo
Aug 23 – Sep 22
Birth stone
Sapphire
Birth flower
Aster
How common
#2 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous September 19 birthdays
Giuseppe Saragat · 5th President of Italy1898
Victor Weisskopf · Austrian American theoretical physicist1908
Mika Waltari · Finnish writer1908
William Golding · British novelist1911
Emil Zátopek · Czech long-distance runner1922
Masatoshi Koshiba · Japanese physicist and astronomer1926
Adam West · American actor1928
Al Oerter · American athlete1936
Cass Elliot · American singer1941
Jeremy Irons · British actor1948
Twiggy · British model, actress and singer1949
David Seaman · English footballer and manager1963
Sunita Williams · American astronaut and USN officer1965
Aleksandr Karelin · Soviet-Russian wrestler1967
N. K. Jemisin · American science fiction and fantasy writer1972
Jimmy Fallon · American talk show host and comedian1974
Victoria Silvstedt · Swedish model, actress, singer, and television personality1974
Song Joong-ki · South Korean actor1985
Danielle Panabaker · American actress1987
Kieran Trippier · English association football player1990
On this day in history
1863American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga began in northwestern Georgia and would end in the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater.
1995The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber Manifesto.
2011Mariano Rivera surpassed Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career leader in saves.
2023Chinese authorities cancelled a run of performances of The Mongol Khan, the first Mongolian play to be performed internationally, forty minutes before its planned premiere in Hohhot.
1944World War II: Finland, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom signed the Moscow Armistice to end the Continuation War.
1970The first Glastonbury Festival was held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, England.
1976An unidentified flying object over Tehran in Iran was observed by multiple civilians and military personnel, which has been described as one of the most credible cases in ufology.
1991Ötzi, a well-preserved natural mummy of a man dating from about 3300 BC, was discovered by two German tourists in the Alps.
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