ON THIS DAY

What happened on this day in history and who was born? Women get the vote for the first time, Goodfellas came out and Jimmy Fallon was born

From celeb birthdays to memorable moments in history, we take a look back at the important anniversaries

THERE are plenty of important anniversaries falling in 2017 - from historical events to celebrity birthdays and memorable pop culture moments.

Here's what happened in history on September 19...

What happened in history on this day?

1881: After just 200 days in office, US President James Garfield dies of wounds inflicted by an earlier assassination attempt
1893: New Zealand becomes the first country to grant national voting rights to women
1941: Nazi forces break through Russian defences to bomb the city of Leningrad
1957: The first ever underground nuclear explosion takes place in Nevada
1959: The Cold War takes a surreal turn when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev is banned from visiting Disneyland
1985: Around 10,000 people are left dead by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico City
1990: Iconic Mafia film Goodfellas opens in American theatres
2016: Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt, citing irreconcilable differences

Does your birthday fall on September 19? If so, you're sharing with this lot:

A number of special dates fall this year, although it's impossible to list them all.

Here's a round-up of some of the big ones in 2017...

March, 1967: Sandie Shaw wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Britain with Puppet On A String
May 25, 1977: Star Wars is released
May 29, 1917: 35th US President, John F. Kennedy, was born
June 1, 1967: The 50th anniversary of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
July 1817: The 200th anniversary of the death of author Jane Austen
August 16, 1977: Marks 40 years since musical legend Elvis Presley died
October 1, 1967: It is 50 years since the death of revolutionary Che Guevara
October 14, 2007: Keeping Up With The Kardashians debuts for the first time
October 16, 1987: Marks 30 years since Dirty Dancing was released
October 31, 1517: Theologian Martin Luther compiled his 95 Theses
October 31, 1887: The 125th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study In Scarlet - his first work featuring Sherlock Holmes
November 18, 1997: Blockbuster film Titanic was released 20 years ago (UK film premiere)
December 3, 1967: The first human heart transplant was carried out 50 years ago