Today in History

September 19

1881 - US President James A. Garfield dies of wounds inflicted by an assassin.

1893 - New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant national voting rights to women.

1955 - Argentina’s President Juan Peron is ousted after revolts by army and navy.

1962 - China attacks Indian forces, seizing part of Kashmir after a threeweek war.

2004 - Hu Jintao becomes the undisputed leader of China.

2007 - Anti-Syrian Lawmaker Antoine Ganem dies in a car bombing in Beirut.

2014 - Scotland votes ‘no’ to independence and opts to remain an integral part of the United Kingdom.