Even in this sweltering environment, with the sun beating down mercilessly, Dean Jones persevered for 503 minutes, scoring 210 off 330 balls. A courageous performance can take many forms. A batsman may continue to bat despite a fractured thumb, a broken rib, or a fever.

Lord Glasgow, the governor, signed a new Electoral Act into law on September 19, 1893. As a result of this historic legislation, New Zealand became the world's first self-governing country to grant women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.

Glastonbury Festival is a five-day contemporary performing arts festival held in Pilton, Somerset, England. Aside from contemporary music, the festival also features dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and other arts. Leading pop and rock artists have headlined, with thousands more performing on smaller stages and areas. The festival has produced films and albums, and it has received extensive television and newspaper coverage.

William West Anderson, better known by his stage name Adam West, was an American actor. He played Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name, as well as the 1966 theatrical feature film, and he reprised the role in other films and television shows until his retirement from live-action appearances in the 1980s.

On September 19, 2010, the well was declared sealed after several failed attempts to contain the flow. Early 2012 reports indicated that the well site was still leaking. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is regarded as one of the world's worst environmental disasters.

On September 19, 1888, the "Concours de Beaute" was held in Spa, Belgium. It was the first true modern beauty pageant with a judging panel and prize money. Bertha Soucaret of the French colony of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Antilles won.

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Janet Jackson, released by A&M Records on September 19, 1989. Despite label bosses' wishes for songs similar to her previous album, Control, Jackson persisted on making a concept album about societal themes.

Karnam Malleswari is a retired Indian weightlifter who was born on June 1, 1975. She was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in 2000. She received the Arjuna Award in 1994 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor, as well as the civilian Padma Shri award in 1999.

Lucky Ali, born Maqsood Mahmood Ali, is an Indian singer, songwriter, and actor. With a string of hit singles and albums, he established himself as a major figure in Indipop during the 1990s.

Sunita Lyn Williams is an American astronaut and the United States Navy officer who previously held the records for the most female spacewalks and the longest female spacewalk. Williams was a member of Expedition 14 and Expedition 15 on the International Space Station.

Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh made history on September 19, 2007, when he became the first batsman in T20I history to hit six consecutive sixes in an over. Yuvraj took Broad to the cleaners in the 19th over of India's innings, hitting him for six sixes in all corners of the ground to push India's total over 200 runs.

Ogden Bolton Jr. of Canton, Ohio, filed a patent application for a "electrical bicycle" on September 19, 1895. In 1911, an article in Popular Mechanics introduced an electric motorcycle, the "Electra 3 speed electric motorcycle."

Aakash Chopra is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer who represented India between late 2003 and late 2004.

The Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on the 1938 comic book characters and concepts created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The show was the first to feature Superman on television, and it began filming in 1951 in California on RKO-Pathé stages and the RKO Forty Acres back lot. Kellogg's, the cereal company, sponsored the show. The show's first and last airdates are disputed, but they are generally accepted as September 19, 1952, and April 28, 1958, respectively.