Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 19
September 19: Independence Day in Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983)
- 1356 - Despite a shortage of arrows, English forces led by Edward the Black Prince decisively won the Battle of Poitiers and took King Jean II of France as captive back to England.
- 1692 - Giles Corey, who had refused to enter a plea, was pressed to his death during the Salem witch trials.
- 1893 - Women's suffrage: Women in New Zealand gained the right to vote, as the country became the first to introduce universal suffrage.
- 1982 - ":-)" and ":-(" were first proposed by Scott Fahlman for use as emoticons .
- 1995 - The Unabomber's Manifesto was published in The Washington Post and The New York Times, almost three months after it was submitted.
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