September 19: Independence Day in Saint Kitts and Nevis ( 1983), Respect for the Aged Day in Japan ( 2005), Armed Forces Day in Chile.

• 1692: Giles Corey, who had refused to enter a plea, was pressed to his death during the Salem witch trials.
• 1893: New Zealand became the first country to introduce universal suffrage, following the women's suffrage movement led by Kate Sheppard.
• 1982: ":-)" and ":-(" were first proposed by Scott Fahlman for use as emoticons .
• 1985: A magnitude-8.1 earthquake devastated Mexico City, killing at least five thousand people and leaving up to 90,000 homeless.
• 1995: The Manifesto of "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski (pictured) was published in The Washington Post and The New York Times, almost three months after it was submitted.

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