Today is Saturday, September 19, the 262nd day of 2009. There are 103 days left in the year.
1796 _ George Washington's farewell address as president
1846 _ Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning elopes
1849 _ 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California
1928 _ Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC)
1934 _ Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnapping the Linbergh baby
1940 _ Nazi decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes
1957 _ 1st underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas Nevada)
1959 _ Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland
1981 _ Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert
1988 _ Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance