Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On September 19, 1991, two walkers in the Alps found a body in the ice that turned out to be Europe's oldest natural mummy.
On September 19, 1985, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck off Mexico's coast and tore through a capital 220 miles away.
Decades before Britain or the United States, New Zealand's women won the ballot — on the strength of the largest petition the country had ever seen.
