So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

September 19th


- Armed Forces Day (Chile)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom in 1983.
- International Talk Like a Pirate Day (popular)

September 19th


- 2006 - The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
- 1997 - Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.
- 1995 - The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
- 1991 - Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.
- 1989 - A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tůnůrů Desert, Niger, killing 171.
- 1985 - A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
- 1985 - Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
- 1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
- 1982 - Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University Bulletin Board System.
- 1978 - The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
- 1976 - Turkish Airlines Boeing 727 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 155 passengers and crew.
- 1973 - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
- 1972 - A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
- 1971 - Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyen Khanh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
- 1970 - The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom.
- 1970 - Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of Geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
- 1961 - Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them.
- 1959 - Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland.
- 1957 - First American underground nuclear bomb test.
- 1952 - The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
- 1946 - The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
- 1945 - Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) is sentenced to death in London.
- 1944 - Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed. (End of the Continuation War).
- 1940 - Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance.
- 1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr..
- 1893 - Women's suffrage: in New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
- 1881 - U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.
- 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.
- 1870 - Having invaded the Papal States a week earlier, the Italian Army lays siege to Rome, entering the city the next day, after which the Pope described himself as a Prisoner in the Vatican.
- 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Iuka – Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price.
- 1796 - George Washington's farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
- 1778 - The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
- 1777 - First Battle of Saratoga/Battle of Freeman's Farm/Battle of Bemis Heights.
- 1692 - Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
- 1676 - Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
- 1356 - Battle of Poitiers: an English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures the French king, John II.
- 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.

September 19th


- 2002 - Jason and Kristopher Simmons, American identical twin actors
- 2001 - Taylor Geare, Child actress
- 1994 - Alex Etel, British actor
- 1991 - Demelza Reveley, Australian model-
- 1990 - Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress
- 1989 - Tyreke Evans, Basketball Player
- 1987 - Danielle Panabaker, American actress
- 1987 - Kenny Britt, American football player
- 1986 - Peter Vack, American voice actor
- 1986 - Ryan Succop, American football player
- 1986 - Gerald Ciolek, German cyclist
- 1986 - Ken Gushi, Japanese racing driver
- 1986 - Mandy Musgrave, American actress
- 1985 - Alun-Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player
- 1984 - Amber Rayne, American pornographic actress
- 1984 - Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
- 1983 - Joey Devine, American baseball player
- 1983 - Eamon, American pop singer
- 1983 - Charlie Haeger, American baseball player
- 1983 - Matt Wiman, American mixed martial artist
- 1982 - Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
- 1982 - Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
- 1982 - Columbus Short, American actor and choreographer
- 1982 - Nicole Voss, American model
- 1982 - Shaun Barker, English footballer
- 1981 - Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
- 1981 - Rick DiPietro, American ice hockey player
- 1980 - Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player
- 1980 - Sara Quin, Canadian musician
- 1980 - Tegan Quin, Canadian musician
- 1980 - Amber Lancaster, American model and actress
- 1979 - Dannielle Brent, British actress
- 1979 - Joel Houston, Australian musician and songwriter
- 1979 - Noémie Lenoir, French supermodel and actress
- 1978 - Michelle Alves, Brazilian supermodel
- 1978 - Nick Johnson, baseball player
- 1978 - Nigel Mitchell, broadcaster
- 1978 - Jorge López Montańa, Spanish footballer
- 1977 - Akash Chopra, Indian cricketer
- 1977 - Ryan Dusick, American Musician
- 1976 - Jessica York, television personality
- 1976 - Jan Hlavá?, Czech ice hockey player
- 1976 - Raja Bell, American basketball player
- 1976 - Alison Sweeney, American actress
- 1976 - Zuzana Kocumova, Linguist
- 1976 - Jim Ward, American musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
- 1974 - Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian
- 1974 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
- 1973 - Nick Colgan, Irish footballer
- 1973 - Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing car driver
- 1973 - Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Australian actor
- 1972 - Matt Cockbain, Australian rugby player
- 1972 - Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player, theoretician and coach
- 1971 - Sanaa Lathan, American actress
- 1970 - Dan Bylsma, National Hockey League player
- 1970 - Gilbert Dionne, National Hockey League player
- 1970 - Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer
- 1970 - Victor Williams, American actor
- 1969 - Alkinoos Ioannidis, Greek-Cypriot singer and composer
- 1969 - Kostya Tszyu, Russian/Australian boxer
- 1969 - Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer
- 1968 - Jimmy Bower, American drummer (Down),(Crowbar)
- 1967 - Jim Abbott, baseball player
- 1967 - Stéphane Cręte, Quebec actor
- 1967 - Alexander Karelin, Russian wrestler
- 1966 - Soledad O'Brien, American journalist
- 1966 - Eric Robert Rudolph, American criminal
- 1966 - Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1965 - Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress
- 1965 - Sabine Paturel, French singer
- 1965 - Helen Duval, Dutch adult movie actress
- 1964 - Bob Papa, American sportscaster
- 1964 - Kim Richards, American child actress
- 1964 - Trisha Yearwood, American singer
- 1964 - Patrick Marber, British playwright
- 1963 - Jarvis Cocker, English musician (Pulp)
- 1963 - David Seaman, English footballer
- 1962 - Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian
- 1962 - Ken Rosenthal, American sportswriter
- 1960 - Loďc Bigois, French engineer
- 1960 - Mario Batali, American chef and restaurateur
- 1958 - Kevin Hooks, American actor and director
- 1958 - Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
- 1958 - Lita Ford, American singer
- 1958 - Lucky Ali, Indian singer, Composer and Actor
- 1956 - Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentine racing driver
- 1956 - Charlie Reliford, baseball umpire
- 1955 - Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (d. 2006)
- 1955 - Rex Smith, American singer and actor
- 1952 - Bernard de Dryver, Belgian racing driver
- 1952 - Gunnar Hökmark, Swedish politician
- 1952 - Nile Rodgers, American musician and composer
- 1951 - Daniel Lanois, Canadian record producer
- 1950 - Joan Lunden, American journalist and television host
- 1949 - Sally Potter, English film director and screenwriter
- 1949 - Ernie Sabella, American actor
- 1949 - Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founder Innocence Project
- 1949 - Twiggy, English model
- 1948 - Jeremy Irons, English actor
- 1948 - Mihai Timofti, director, actor, & musician from Moldova-Chisinau
- 1947 - Lol Creme, English musician (, Godley & Creme)
- 1947 - Brian Hill, American basketball head coach
- 1946 - Brian Henton, English racing driver
- 1945 - Randolph Mantooth, American actor
- 1944 - Anders Björck, Swedish politician
- 1944 - Jean Succar Kuri, Lebanese-born Mexican businessman
- 1943 - André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1943 - Joe Morgan, baseball player
- 1942 - Freda Payne, American singer and actress
- 1941 - Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
- 1941 - Mama Cass Elliot, American musician (d. 1974)
- 1940 - Anna Karen, South African–born British actress
- 1940 - Bill Medley, American singer and songwriter (The Righteous Brothers)
- 1940 - Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1940 - Paul Williams, American composer
- 1937 - Abner Haynes, American football player
- 1936 - Al Oerter, American athlete (d. 2007)
- 1935 - Benjamin Hacker, American naval aviator (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Brian Epstein, English musical group manager (The Beatles) (d. 1967)
- 1933 - Gilles Archambault, Canadian novelist
- 1933 - David McCallum, Scottish actor
- 1931 - Brook Benton, American singer (d. 1988)
- 1930 - Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker (d. 2002)
- 1928 - Adam West, American actor
- 1927 - Rosemary Harris, English actress
- 1927 - William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1927 - Nick Massi, American singer and guitarist (The Four Seasons) (d. 2000)
- 1926 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1926 - James Lipton, American actor, writer and host of Inside the Actors Studio
- 1926 - Duke Snider, baseball player
- 1922 - Damon Knight, American writer (d. 2002)
- 1922 - Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (d. 2000)
- 1921 - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator & writer (d. 1997)
- 1920 - Roger Angell, American sports writer
- 1919 - Roger Grenier, French Writer and animator
- 1915 - Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer and comedian (d. 1973)
- 1913 - Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970)
- 1912 - Kurt Sanderling, German conductor
- 1911 - Sir William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
- 1910 - Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1910 - Jack Dunham, American animator and television producer (d. 2009)
- 1909 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer (d. 1998)
- 1908 - Tatsuo Shimabuku, founder of Isshinryu Karate (d. 1975)
- 1908 - Robert Lecourt, French politician and president of the European Court of Justice (d. 2004)
- 1908 - Mika Waltari, Finnish novelist (d. 1979)
- 1907 - Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1998)
- 1905 - Leon Jaworski, American Watergate scandal special prosecutor (d. 1982)
- 1901 - Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-born film producer (d. 1991)
- 1898 - Giuseppe Saragat, President of the Italian Republic (d. 1988)
- 1889 - Sadie Delany, American physician and author (d. 1999)
- 1888 - J. W. Alexander, American mathematician (d. 1971)
- 1887 - Lovie Austin, American jazz pianist (d. 1972)
- 1887 - Lynne Overman, American actor (d. 1943)
- 1882 - Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (d. 1965)
- 1828 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880)
- 1811 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881)
- 1803 - Maria Anna of Savoy, Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1884)
- 1802 - Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer and Regent-President (d. 1894)
- 1799 - René Caillé, French explorer (d. 1838)
- 1796 - Hartley Coleridge, English poet (d. 1849)
- 1778 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1868)
- 1774 - Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian hyperpolyglot (d. 1849)
- 1759 - William Kirby, English entomologist (d. 1850)
- 1754 - John Ross Key, commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key (d. 1821)
- 1749 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (d. 1822)
- 1551 - King Henry III of France (d. 1589)
- 1377 - Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404)
- 866 - Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor (d. 912)
- 86 - Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (d. 161)