On Sept. 19, 1796 President George Washington’s farewell address was published, including his famous advice: “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.”
In 1881 James Garfield, the 20th president, died of an assassin’s wounds, inflicted July 2.
In 1934 Bruno Hauptmann was arrested in New York and charged with the kidnapping and murder of the baby son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
In 1945 Nazi propagandist William Joyce, known as “Lord Haw-Haw,” was sentenced to death by a British court for his wartime radio broadcasts.
In 1957 the nation conducted its first underground nuclear test in the Nevada desert.
In 1959 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev lost his temper during a visit to Los Angeles after being informed that, for security reasons, he couldn’t visit Disneyland.
In 1974 former President Richard Nixon was subpoenaed by special prosecutor Leon Jaworski to appear at the Watergate cover-up trial.
In 1978 Egypt’s Cabinet unanimously approved President Anwar Sadat’s Camp David agreement to sign a peace treaty with Israel within three months.
In 1982 locomotive engineers on non-Conrail trains walked off their jobs in a pay dispute. Service to 100,000 commuters in Chicago was affected.
In 1985 the first of two strong earthquakes struck Mexico City, collapsing hundreds of buildings. The two temblors claimed 6,000 lives.
