On This Day for September 19 - George Washington's Farewell Address published, William Golding is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. September 19 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY William Golding READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1796 George Washington's Farewell Address published READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2015: English author Jackie Collins , whose glamorous public persona echoed the lavish lifestyles of the characters in her provocative romance thrillers, died in Los Angeles. [Test your knowledge of famous authors.] 2011: Panamanian baseball pitcher Mariano Rivera registered his record-setting 602nd career save; when he retired in 2013, Rivera had an unprecedented 652 saves and was considered the sport's greatest relief pitcher. [ Did Mariano Rivera make our list of the 10 greatest baseball players of all time?] 1995: The Unabomber's manifesto—a 35,000-word antitechnology document written by Ted Kaczynski, who had launched a bombing campaign that killed 3 and wounded 23—was published in The New York Times and The Washington Post ; the manifesto helped lead to his capture. 1994: The medical drama ER debuted on NBC and became one of the highest-rated programs on television; it launched the careers of several actors, most notably George Clooney and Juliana Margulies. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about A-list actors.] 1991: In the Ötztal Alps on the Italian-Austrian border, German tourists discovered a mummified human body (later known as the Iceman) that was subsequently determined to date from 3300 bce. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about ancient life.] 1970: The first episode of the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show aired on American television; the groundbreaking series starred Mary Tyler Moore as a single independent working woman at a time when female characters were defined as the wife, girlfriend, or widow of a male counterpart. [ Test your knowledge of pop culture.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1974 Jimmy Fallon American comedian and television host 1965 Sunita Williams American astronaut 1949 Twiggy British fashion model 1551 Henry III king of France and Poland 1911 William Golding British novelist 86 Antoninus Pius Roman emperor SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help