September 19 - This Day in History

September 19: General Interest
1957: Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion

On this day in 1957, the United States detonates a 1.7 kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), a 1,375 square mile research center located 65 miles north of Las Vegas... read more


American Revolution
1777 : Arnold and Gates argue at First Battle of Saratoga
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/arnold-and-gates-argue-at-first-battle-of-saratoga


Automotive
1973 : Death of country-rock pioneer leads inspires car crime
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/death-of-country-rock-pioneer-leads-inspires-car-crime


Civil War
1862 : Union forces defeat Rebels at the Battle of Iuka
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-iuka-mississippi


Cold War
1959 : Khrushchev barred from visiting Disneyland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khrushchev-barred-from-visiting-disneyland


Crime
1995 : Newspaper publishes Unabomber manifesto
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/newspaper-publishes-unabomber-manifesto


Disaster
1985 : Earthquake shakes Mexico City
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-shakes-mexico-city


General Interest
1881 : President Garfield succumbs to shooting wounds
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-garfield-succumbs-to-shooting-wounds

1893 : New Zealand first in women's vote
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-zealand-first-in-womens-vote

1955 : Peron deposed in Argentina
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/peron-deposed-in-argentina

1994 : U.S. forces land in Haiti
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-forces-land-in-haiti

1995 : Unabomber manifesto published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/unabomber-manifesto-published


Hollywood
1990 : Goodfellas opens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/goodfellas-opens


Literary
2000 : Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel debuts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/michael-chabons-pulitzer-prize-winning-novel-debuts


Music
1985 : The U.S. Senate convenes the PMRC hearings on Capitol Hill
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-us-senate-convenes-the-pmrc-hearings-on-capitol-hill


Old West
1827 : Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jim-bowie-stabs-a-louisiana-banker-with-his-famous-knife


Presidential
1881 : President James Garfield dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-james-garfield-dies



Sports
1988 : Louganis wins gold in springboard
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/louganis-wins-gold-in-springboard


Vietnam War
1966 : Pressure mounts against continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pressure-mounts-against-continued-us-involvement-in-vietnam

1969 : Nixon cancels draft calls for November and December
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-cancels-draft-calls-for-november-and-december


World War I
1918 : British offensive begins in Palestine
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-offensive-begins-in-palestine


World War II
1941 : Germans bombard Leningrad
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-bombard-leningrad