Sunday, September 19, 1694

Mariano Rivera surpassed Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career leader in saves.

Industrial Society and Its Future, the manifesto of American domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, was published in The Washington Post almost three months after it was submitted.

UTA Flight 772 was bombed up over Niger by the Libyan government while flying from Chad to France, killing all 170 people on board.

An earthquake registering Mw 8.0 struck Mexico City, killing at least 9,000 people and leaving up to 100,000 homeless.

An unidentified flying object over Tehran in Iran was observed by multiple civilians and military personnel, which has been described as one of the most credible cases in ufology.

The first Glastonbury Festival was held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, England.

Greek student Kostas Georgakis set himself on fire in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the military junta of Georgios Papadopoulos.

Korean War: A North Korean attack was repelled by Allied forces at the Battle of Nam River.

World War II: Finland, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom signed the Moscow Armistice to end the Continuation War.

World War II: Polish resistance leader Witold Pilecki allowed himself to be captured by German forces and sent to Auschwitz to gather intelligence.

Edith Maryon's bronze statuette Meditation (pictured) was exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.

New Zealand became the first country to introduce universal suffrage following the women's suffrage movement led by Kate Sheppard.