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June 19June 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 Robert the Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven. *1846 - First history of 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 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 Mexico of the Mexican Empire is capital punishment by a Execution by firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro. *1870 - After all of the Confederate States of America 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 United States 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, California, 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, 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 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 Simpson, 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, astronaut *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, United States men's national soccer team football (soccer) player *1977 - Peter Warrick, American football player *1978 - Dirk Nowitzki, Germany National Basketball Association 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 Guides *1989 - Wang Weilin (supposed) *1993 - William G. Golding, English novelist (b. 1911) *1996 - G. David Schine, investigator and businessman *2003 - Laura Sadler, British television actress ==Holidays and observances== *Juneteenth – celebrates the Emancipation Proclamation * Father's Day in various countries (third Sunday in June, 2005) == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/19 BBC: On This Day] ---- June 18 - June 20 - May 19 - July 19 – historical anniversaries ml:ജൂണ് 19 mn:06 сарын 19 th:19 มิถุนายน June 19--User:Maveric149 23:49, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:June 19 selected anniversaries - Template talk:June 19 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:June_19_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Entry for the arrival of Statue of Liberty to New York harbor must have been duplicated (June 17 and June 19) - one is supposed to be a fallacy while another is true. --User:PuzzletChung See other meanings of words starting from letter: JJA | JB | JC | JD | JE | JF | JG | JH | JI | JK | JL | JM | JN | JO | JP | JR | JS | JT | JU | JW | JX | JY | JZ |Words begining with June_19: June_19 June_19 June_1922_in_the_United_Kingdom June_1940_Soviet_Ultimatum June_1981 June_19th June_19_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics) June_19_(Orthodox_Liturgics) June_19_(Orthodox_liturgics) June_19_selected_anniversaries June_19_selected_anniversaries |
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