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On This Day In History for September 19, 2018

This is the 262nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 103 days remaining in 2018.

* It was on this date in 1676, that Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon’s Rebellion.

* That same date in 1778, The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.

* It was on this date in 1796, that George Washington’s Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.

* On September 19, 1852, Annibale De Gasparis discovers in Naples the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.

* September 19, 1879, The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.

* 66 years ago today, The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.

* Also on September 19, 1957, First American underground nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob).

* Also today in 1970, The first Glastonbury Festival is held, at a farm belonging to Michael Eavis.

* It was 36 years ago today, that Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons