September 19: Respect for the Aged Day in Japan (2016); Independence Day in Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983); International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Kate Sheppard
- 634 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid captured Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.
- 1676 – During Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon burned the colonial capital of Jamestown to the ground.
- 1893 – New Zealand became the first country to introduce universal suffrage, following the women's suffrage movement led by Kate Sheppard (pictured).
- 1991 – Ötzi, a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC, was discovered by two German tourists.
- 2006 – The Royal Thai Army overthrew the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra while he was in New York City for a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.
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