June 19
June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining.
Events
- 1269 - King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
- 1306 - The Earl of Pembroke's defeat Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
- 1846 - First baseball game under recognizable modern rules in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.
- 1848 - Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott open the first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York,United States.
- 1860 - Louise of Orange-Nassau marries King Charles XV of Sweden-Norway.
- 1862 - Slavery is banned in U.S territories.
- 1865 - Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is henceforth unofficially celebrated as Juneteenth.
- 1867 - Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
- 1870 - After all of the Southern States are formally readmitted to the United States of America, the Confederate States of America (a/k/a the CSA) ceases to exist.
- 1893 - Lizzie Borden is acquitted of murder.
- 1912 - The eight-hour work day is established in the United States.
- 1934 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is established. The FCC regulates radio and television broadcasts. (see the Communications Act of 1934.)
- 1943 - Race riots occur in Beaumont, Texas, United States.
- 1949 - NASCAR sanctions the first "strictly stock" race, which will evolve into the modern Nextel Cup. Jim Roper wins the event.
- 1950 - The first commercial drag strip, the Santa Ana Drags, begins at Orange County Airport (now John Wayne Airport) at Santa Ana, in Southern California, United States. Admission is 50 cents – or 75 cents if the ticket holder wanted to watch the mechanics work.
- 1954 - The last regular-service streetcar operated by Twin City Rapid Transit runs in Minneapolis, United States.
- 1954 - The animated Bugs Bunny short Devil May Hare debuts in theaters, introducing The Tasmanian Devil.
- 1961 - Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1970 - Signature of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
- 1976 - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Silvia Sommerlath.
- 1978 - First appearance of the comic strip Garfield.
- 1999 - Turin, Italy, is picked as the host city of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
- 1999 - Author Stephen King is struck by a minivan in a hit-and-run accident.
- 2000 - Datapoint, the company that commissioned the Intel 8008 microprocessor, sells its European operations and changes its name to Dynacore.
Births
- 1301 - Prince Morikuni, 9th Kamakura shogun of Japan (d. 1333)
- 1566 - King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625)
- 1623 - Blaise Pascal, mathematician (d. 1662)
- 1764 - José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (d. 1850)
- 1792 - Gustav Schwab, author (d. 1850)
- 1834 - Charles Spurgeon, preacher and evangelist (d. 1892)
- 1838 - Friedrich von Hessing, engineer (d. 1918)
- 1846 - Antonio Abetti, astronomer
- 1861 - Douglas Haig, British soldier and senior commander during World War I, 1st Earl Haig
- 1861 - José Rizal, poet, Filipino national hero
- 1865 - Dame May Whitty, entertainer (d. 1948)
- 1882 - Guenter von Kluge, German field marshal, (d. 1944)
- 1896 - Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor (d. 1986)
- 1897 - Moe Howard, actor, comedian; member of the Three Stooges (d. 1975)
- 1898 - James Joseph Sweeney, Roman Catholic prelate
- 1902 - Guy Lombardo, bandleader (d. 1977)
- 1903 - Lou Gehrig, United States baseball player (d. 1941)
- 1903 - Wally Hammond, cricketer (d. 1965)
- 1905 - Mildred Natwick, actress (d. 1994)
- 1914 - Alan Cranston, United States politician (d. 2000)
- 1915 - Julius Schwartz, United States editor and agent
- 1924 - Anneliese Rothenberger, soprano
- 1928 - Nancy Marchand, actress (The Sopranos) (d. 2000)
- 1928 - Barry Took, British comedy writer and broadcaster (d. 2002)
- 1930 - Gena Rowlands, actress
- 1932 - Pier Angeli, actress (d. 1972)
- 1933 - Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut
- 1938 - Wahoo McDaniel, American football player, wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, politician and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1991)
- 1947 - Salman Rushdie, author
- 1948 - Phylicia Rashad, actress
- 1948 - Nick Drake, folk guitarist
- 1951 - Ann Wilson, singer
- 1954 - Kathleen Turner, actress
- 1955 - Timothy-Allen Albertson, National Security Expert on Islamic Terrorism
- 1957 - Anna Lindh, Swedish politician and minister of foreign affairs (d. 2003)
- 1960 - Luke Morley, British guitarist and songwriter
- 1962 - Paula Abdul, singer and one of three judges on American Idol
- 1962 - Jeremy Bates, Tennis player
- 1963 - Rory Underwood, Rugby Union player
- 1964 - Boris Johnson, British politician and journalist
- 1967 - Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian cross country skier
- 1968 - Alastair Lynch, Australian Rules footballer
- 1970 - Quincy Watts, American athlete
- 1972 - Brian McBride, USA international soccer player
- 1977 - Peter Warrick, American football player
- 1978 - Dirk Nowitzki, German NBA star
Deaths
- 1692 - Rebecca Nurse, accused American witch (hanged)
- 1747 - Giovanni Bononcini Italian composer
- 1820 - Joseph Banks, naturalist and botanist
- 1902 - Frederick Augustus Albert, King of Saxony
- 1937 - J. M. Barrie, author
- 1939 - Grace Abbott, social worker, activist
- 1953 - Julius Rosenberg, convicted spy
- 1953 - Ethel Rosenberg, convicted spy
- 1966 - Ed Wynn, entertainer
- 1968 - James Joseph Sweeney, Roman Catholic prelate
- 1977 - Ali Shariati, sociologist
- 1977 - Lady Olave Baden-Powell, Chief Girl Guide
- 1989 - Wang Weilin (supposed)
- 1993 - William Golding, English novelist (b. 1911)
- 1996 - G. David Schine, investigator and businessman
- 2003 - Laura Sadler, British television actress
Holidays and observances
External links
June 18 - June 20 - May 19 - July 19 – listing of all days
See also: June 19, 1269, 1301, 1306, 1333
