September 19th (1940) was a Thursday. It's the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 19th September, 1940
» Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a Jewish resistance under Nazi rule In concentration camps e.g resistance.
Famous Birthdays on September 19 in 1940
» Caroline John, English actress (d. 2012)
» Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter (The Righteous Brothers)
» Zandra Rhodes, English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum
» Sylvia Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Quartette (band) or Quartette, Ian & Sylvia, and Great Speckled Bird (band) called Great Speckled Bird)
» Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
» Paul Williams (songwriter) e.g Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor
September 19th Holidays in History
» Public holidays in Chile named Armed Forces Day (Chile)
» Christian calendar of saints or feast day:
» Goeric of Metz
» Januarius (Western Christianity)
» Our Lady of La Salette
» Theodore of Tarsus (Church of England)
» Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon
» September 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Remembrance days in Slovakia e.g Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council (Slovakia)
» Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom in 1983.