On this day in history - Today, September, 19

Today in History

• 2010 Oil rig Deepwater Horizon is declared sealed after a 5-month long spill in the Gulf of Mexico

  Thought to be one of the biggest accidents in the oil and gas industry, the Deepwater Horizon spill

• 2006 A Military coup overthrows the elected government in Thailand

  Forces loyal to General Sonthi Boonyaratglin overthrew the elected government of Prime Minister Tha

• 1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis gain their Independence from the British Crown

  The first Europeans set foot on the Island country in the West Indies in the late 15th century durin

• 1973 Carl XVI Gustaf succeeds his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf as the King of Sweden

  Sweden is a constitutional monarchy, where the monarch is the ceremonial head of state. In 1980, Swe

• 1944 The Moscow Armistice ends the Continuation War

  The peace treaty was signed between the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and Finland. It put an end to