Today is Monday, September 19, the 262nd day of 2011. There are 103 days left in the year.
1356 ― English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers
1796 ― George Washington's farewell address as president
1846 ― Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning elopes
1849 ― First commercial laundry established, in Oakland, Calif.
1928 ― Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater, NYC)
1957 ― First underground nuclear explosion (Las Vegas, Nev.)
1959 ― Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland
1968 ― Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!)
1981 ― Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert
1988 ― Israel launches first satellite, for secret military reconnaissance