Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons 🙂 and 🙁 on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system. Date: September 19, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence. Date: September 19, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music. Date: September 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This…
A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City. Date: September 19, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew. Date: September 19, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria. Date: September 19, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber Manifesto. Date: September 19, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people. Date: September 19, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared. Date: September 19, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Learjet 60 carrying musicians Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein crashes during a rejected takeoff from Colombia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina, killing four of the six people on board. Barker and Goldstein both survive. Date: September 19, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅…