September 19

Today in History
• 1559 - Five Spanish ships sink in storm off Tampa, about 600 die
• 1676 - Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown, Virginia on fire
• 1778 - The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States
• 1838 - Ephraim Morris patents railroad brakeazxs
• 1849 - 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California
• 1854 - Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car
• 1876 - 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Mich)
• 1893 - New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Aortic Dissection Awareness Day
• Day of the Glories of the Army
• National Butterscotch Pudding Day
• National Cat DNA Day
• National IT Professionals Day
• National Meow Like a Pirate Day
• National Woman Road Warrior Day
• Talk Like a Pirate Day

Birthdays
• 866 - Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912)
• 1551 - Henry III, King of Poland and France (1573-89)
• 1737 - Charles Carroll, last signer of the Declaration of Independence to pass away
• 1802 - Lajos Kossuth, Governor-President of Hungary (1849)
• 1898 - Giuseppe Saragat, 5th President of Italy (1964-71)
• 1907 - Lewis F. Powell Jr., American Supreme Court justice (1972-87)
• 1909 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer (Porsche AG)
• 1926 - Lurleen Wallace, American politician (46th Governor of Alabama)