September 19 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for September 19
In the headlines today:

2007		Music retailer Guitar Center announces stockholder approval of a proposed $2.1 billion merger with affiliates of Bain Capital Partners.
2004	Country singer Skeeter Davis (Mary Frances Penick) dies of cancer in Nashville, at age 71.
2003	Scientists announce the discovery of fossils of the world's largest rodent: a 1,500-pound "giant guinea pig the size of a buffalo" that lived millions of years ago in South America.
1986	Federal health officials announce that the experimental drug AZT will be available to thousands of AIDS patients in the US.
1985	A massive, magnitude 8.1 earthquake hits Mexico City, followed by a 7.5 aftershock, killing 10,000 people and causing $1 billion in damage.
1983	St. Christopher-Nevis gains its independence from Britain (National Day).
1981	Simon and Garfunkel draw a crowd of 500,000 people to a benefit performance in New York's Central Park.
1978	The Solomon Islands are admitted to the United Nations.
1970	The Mary Tyler Moore Show debuts on CBS-TV, for the first of seven seasons.
1968		The Beatles begin the recording of Piggies, a song that will ultimately appear on the White Album, at Abbey Road Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1957	US nuclear testing begins, under the Nevada desert.
1955	A military coup ousts Argentine President Juan Peron.
1934	Bruno Hauptmann is arrested in New York, charged with kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.
1881	US president James Garfield dies from an assassin's bullet.
1881	Melville Bissell receives a US patent for his carpet sweeper.
1796	US president George Washington gives his farewell address. (photo credit: NARA)