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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_19" title="September 19">September 19</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesh_Chaturthi" title="Ganesh Chaturthi">Ganesh Chaturthi</a></b> (Hinduism, 2023); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day" title="International Talk Like a Pirate Day">International Talk Like a Pirate Day</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1692" title="1692">1692</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials" title="Salem witch trials">Salem witch trials</a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Corey" title="Giles Corey">Giles Corey</a></b> was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peine_forte_et_dure" title="Peine forte et dure">crushed to death</a> for refusing to enter a plea to charges of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft" title="Witchcraft">witchcraft</a>, reportedly asking officials for "more weight".</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1846" title="1846">1846</a> – Near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Salette-Fallavaux" title="La Salette-Fallavaux">La Salette-Fallavaux</a> in southeastern France, shepherd children <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lanie_Calvat" title="Mélanie Calvat">Mélanie Calvat</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximin_Giraud" title="Maximin Giraud">Maximin Giraud</a> reported a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_apparition" title="Marian apparition">Marian apparition</a>, now known as <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_La_Salette" title="Our Lady of La Salette">Our Lady of La Salette</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II" title="Polish resistance movement in World War II">Polish resistance</a> leader <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Pilecki" title="Witold Pilecki">Witold Pilecki</a></b> allowed himself to be captured by German forces and sent to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp" title="Auschwitz concentration camp">Auschwitz</a> to gather intelligence.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a> – The first <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival" title="Glastonbury Festival">Glastonbury Festival</a></b> was held at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Eavis" title="Michael Eavis">Michael Eavis</a>'s farm in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury" title="Glastonbury">Glastonbury</a>, England.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Society_and_Its_Future" title="Industrial Society and Its Future">Industrial Society and Its Future</a></b></i>, the manifesto of American domestic terrorist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski" title="Ted Kaczynski">Ted Kaczynski</a></b>, was published in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> almost three months after it was submitted.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_of_Tarsus" title="Theodore of Tarsus">Theodore of Tarsus</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 690); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson_Clarence_Hughes" title="Paterson Clarence Hughes">Paterson Clarence Hughes</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1917); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Kanakuze" title="Judith Kanakuze">Judith Kanakuze</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1959); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Zhonghua" title="Wu Zhonghua">Wu Zhonghua</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1992)</p>