What happened on June 19? There are more than 269 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About June 19
June 19 is the 171st day of the year 2024. There are 195 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday. This day falls under the 25th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Newton, Massachusetts 02162 sunrise occured at 05:06 AM and sunset occured at 08:26 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Gemini. The modern birthstone for this month is Pearl while the mystical birthstone is Moonstone.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 224 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For June 19
- 1179The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
- 1269King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
- 1306The Earl of Pembroke’s army defeats Bruce’s Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
- 1586English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in North America.
- 1770Emanuel Swedenborg reports the completion of the Second Coming of Christ in his work True Christian Religion.
- 1816Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson’s Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- 1821Decisive defeat of the Philikí Etaireía by the Ottomans at Drăgăşani (in Wallachia).
- 1846The first officially recorded, organized baseball match is played under Alexander Cartwright’s rules on Hoboken, New Jersey’s Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1. Cartwright umpired.
- 1850Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway.
- 1862The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
- 1865Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 13 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
- 1867Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
- 1870After all of the Southern States are formally readmitted to the United States, the Confederate States of America ceases to exist.
- 1875The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
- 1910The first Father’s Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
- 1913Natives’ Land Act in South Africa implemented.
- 1934The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States’ Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
- 1944World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
- 1953Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
- 1961Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1964The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
- 1966Shiv Sena a political party in India is founded in Mumbai.
- 1970The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed.
- 1978Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut.
- 1982In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University in Beirut, is kidnapped.
- 1982The body of God’s Banker, Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.
- 1985Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
- 1987Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
- 1990The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
- 1991The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends.
- 2009Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
- 2009War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
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Who Were Born On June 19?
- 1301Prince Morikuni, Japanese shōgun (d. 1333)
- 1566King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625)
- 1595Guru Hargobind, Indian religious figure (d. 1644)
- 1606James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (d. 1649)
- 1623Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1662)
- 1633Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (d. 1712)
- 1717Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1757)
- 1764José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (d. 1850)
- 1771Joseph Gergonne, French mathematician (d. 1859)
- 1792Gustav Schwab, German author (d. 1850)
- 1795James Braid, Scottish surgeon and pioneer of Hypnotherapy (d.1860)
- 1815Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (d. 1872)
- 1816William Henry Webb, American industrialist (d. 1899)
- 1834Charles Spurgeon, English preacher (d. 1892)
- 1846Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (d. 1928)
- 1850David Jayne Hill, American diplomat (d. 1932)
- 1851Billy Midwinter, Australian cricketer (d. 1890)
- 1854Alfredo Catalani, Italian musician (d. 1893)
- 1858Sam Walter Foss, American librarian and poet (d. 1911)
- 1861Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, British World War I military figure (d. 1928)
- 1861José Rizal, Filipino polymath and national hero (d. 1896)
- 1865Dame May Whitty, English entertainer (d. 1948)
- 1872Theodore Payne, English horticulturist (d. 1963)
- 1874Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer (d. 1941)
- 1877Charles Coburn, American actor (d. 1961)
- 1884Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French Dadaist artist and writer (d. 1974)
- 1896Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (d. 1986)
- 1897Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
- 1897Moe Howard, American actor (d. 1975)
- 1898James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (d. 1968)
- 1900Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist (d. 1986)
- 1902Guy Lombardo, Canadian bandleader (d. 1977)
- 1903Hans Litten, German jurist (d. 1938)
- 1903Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (d. 1941)
- 1903Wally Hammond, English cricketer (d. 1965)
- 1905Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994)
- 1906Sir Ernst Boris Chain, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
- 1906Walter Rauff, German colonel (d. 1984)
- 1907Clarence Wiseman, 10th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1985)
- 1909Midori Naka, Japanese actress (d. 1945)
- 1909Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (d. 1948)
- 1910Abe Fortas, American jurist (d. 1982)
- 1910Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
- 1912Don Gutteridge, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- 1912Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (d. 2005)
- 1914Alan Cranston, American politician (d. 2000)
- 1914Anthony of Sourozh, Swiss-born British religious figure (d. 2003)
- 1914Lester Flatt, American musician (d. 1979)
- 1915Julius Schwartz, American editor and agent (d. 2004)
- 1915Pat Buttram, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1917Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabweian politician (d. 1999)
- 1919Pauline Kael, American movie critic (d. 2001)
- 1921Louis Jourdan, French actor
- 1922Aage Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2009)
- 1922Fritz Schollmeyer, German football manager
- 1924Leo Nomellini, American football player (d. 2000)
- 1925Charlie Drake, British actor, writer and singer (d. 2006)
- 1928Barry Took, English comedy writer (d. 2002)
- 1928Nancy Marchand, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1929Thelma Barlow, English actress
- 1930François Abadie, French politician (d. 2001)
- 1930Gena Rowlands, American actress
- 1932Marisa Pavan, Italian-born actress
- 1932Pier Angeli, Italian-born American actress (d. 1972)
- 1933Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
- 1936Marisa Galvany, American soprano
- 1936Shirley Goodman, American singer (d. 2005)
- 1936Tommy DeVito, American musician and singer
- 1938Ian Smith, Australian actor
- 1938Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1939Al Wilson, American singer (d. 2008)
- 1939Bernd Hoss, German football manager
- 1940Shirley Muldowney, American drag racer
- 1941Conchita Carpio-Morales, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
- 1941Václav Klaus, Czech politician and President
- 1942Elaine McFarlane, American singer
- 1942Jos Brink, Dutch actor (d. 2007)
- 1942Merata Mita, New Zealander filmmaker (d. 2010)
- 1944Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician
- 1945Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel laureate
- 1945Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician
- 1946Jimmy Greenhoff, English footballer
- 1947John Ralston Saul, Canadian author
- 1947Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer
- 1947Salman Rushdie, Indian author
- 1948Nick Drake, English musician (d. 1974)
- 1948Phylicia Rashad, American actress
- 1950Ann Wilson, American musician
- 1951Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terrorist
- 1951Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist
- 1951Patty Larkin, Boston-based singer-songwriter
- 1952Robert Ainsworth, British politician
- 1953Hilary Jones, English TV doctor
- 1953Larry Dunn, American musician
- 1954Kathleen Turner, American actress
- 1956Doug Stone, American singer
- 1957Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003)
- 1958Meredith Brooks, American singer/songwriter
- 1958Sergei Makarov, Russian hockey player
- 1959Christian Wulff, President of Germany
- 1959Mark DeBarge, American singer, songwriter and trumpeter
- 1960Luke Morley, British guitarist
- 1961Frank Mischke, German footballer
- 1962Jeremy Bates, English tennis player
- 1962Paula Abdul, American singer and choreographer
- 1963Rory Underwood, English rugby union footballer
- 1964Bill Barretta, American actor and puppeteer
- 1964Boris Johnson, British politician
- 1964Brian Vander Ark, American musician
- 1964Laura Ingraham, American radio host and political commentator
- 1965Luc Donckerwolke, Belgian car designer
- 1965Sadie Frost, English actress
- 1966Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur
- 1966Michalis Romanidis, Greek basketball player
- 1967Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier
- 1967Mia Sara, American actress
- 1968Alastair Lynch, Australian rules footballer
- 1969Lara Spencer, American TV personality
- 1969Thomas Breitling, American entrepreneur
- 1970Antonis Remos, Greek singer
- 1970Brian Welch, American guitarist (Korn)
- 1970Quincy Watts, American athlete
- 1970Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician
- 1972Brian McBride, American soccer player
- 1972Dennis Lyxzén, Swedish musician
- 1972Eric Sheffer Stevens, American actor
- 1972Robin Tunney, American actress
- 1973Jahine Arnold, American football player
- 1973Yasuhiko Yabuta, Japanese baseball player
- 1973Yuko Nakazawa, Japanese singer
- 1974Bumper Robinson, American actor and voice artist
- 1974Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player
- 1975Anthony Parker, American basketball player
- 1975Geoff Ramsey, voice of Grif from Red vs Blue
- 1975Hugh Dancy, English actor
- 1975Poppy Montgomery, Australian actress
- 1976Abdoul Thiam, German footballer
- 1976Bryan Hughes, English footballer
- 1976Patrick Surtain, American football player
- 1976Ryan Hurst, American actor
- 1977Peter Warrick, American football player
- 1977Rebecca Loos, Dutch model
- 1977Veronika Vařeková, Czech supermodel
- 1978Claudio Vargas, Dominican baseball player
- 1978Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
- 1978Mía Maestro, Argentine actress
- 1978Tyson Dux, Canadian wrestler
- 1978Zoe Saldana, American actress
- 1979John Duddy, Northern Irish boxer
- 1979José Kléberson, Brazilian football player
- 1979Moonika Aava, Estonian javelin thrower
- 1979Quentin Jammer, American football player
- 1980Adel Abdulaziz, Emirati football player
- 1980Dan Ellis, Canadian hockey player
- 1980Lauren Lee Smith, Canadian actress
- 1980Milka Loff Fernandes, German actress
- 1980Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
- 1980Robbie Neilson, Scottish footballer
- 1981Moss Burmester, New Zealand swimmer
- 1981Quintin Geldenhuys, South African-born Italian rugby player
- 1982Alexander Frolov, Russian hockey player
- 1982Chris Vermeulen, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1982David Pollack, American football player
- 1982Joe Cheng, Taiwanese actor
- 1982May Andersen, Danish supermodel
- 1982Michael Yarmush, American actor
- 1982Trevor Hamilton, Northern Irish murderer
- 1983Mark Selby, British snooker player
- 1984Paul Dano, American actor
- 1985Jason Capizzi, American football player
- 1985José Ernesto Sosa, Argentine footballer
- 1986Diego Hypólito, Brazilian gymnast
- 1986Dimitris Sialmas, Greek footballer
- 1986Marvin Williams, American basketball player
- 1987Rashard Mendenhall, American football player
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Who Died On June 19?
- 1027Romuald, Italian saint (b. 951)
- 1205Roman the Great, Rus’ prince (b. 1151)
- 1282Eleanor de Montfort, wife of Llywelyn the Last (b. 1252)
- 1312Piers Gaveston, British nobleman (b. c. 1284)
- 1542Leo Jud, Swiss reformer (b. 1482)
- 1545Abraomas Kulvietis, Lithuanian reformer (b. 1509)
- 1584François, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)
- 1608Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (b. 1551)
- 1650Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
- 1747Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1669)
- 1762Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (b. 1702)
- 1768Benjamin Tasker, Sr., American colonial governor (b. 1690)
- 1786Nathanael Greene, American military commander (b. 1742)
- 1787Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France, daughter of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette (b. 1786)
- 1805Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724)
- 1820Joseph Banks, English naturalist and botanist (b. 1743)
- 1844Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (b. 1772)
- 1867Maximilian I of Mexico (b. 1832)
- 1902Albert, King of Saxony (b. 1828)
- 1903Herbert Vaughan, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1832)
- 1921Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (b. 1888)
- 1922Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (b. 1874)
- 1932Sol Plaatje, South African intellectual, writer and activist (b. 1876)
- 1937J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (b. 1860)
- 1939Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
- 1949Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim philosopher (b. 1885)
- 1951Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet (b. 1884)
- 1952Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (b. 1888)
- 1953Ethel Rosenberg, American convicted spy (b. 1915)
- 1953Julius Rosenberg, American convicted spy (b. 1918)
- 1956Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (b. 1874)
- 1966Ed Wynn, American actor (b. 1886)
- 1968James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (b. 1898)
- 1975Sam Giancana, American gangster (b. 1908)
- 1977Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (b. 1933)
- 1977Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guide (b. 1889)
- 1979Paul Popenoe, American founder of marriage counseling and scholar of eugenics (b. 1888)
- 1984Lee Krasner, American painter (b. 1908)
- 1986Coluche, French comedian (b. 1944)
- 1986Len Bias, American basketball player (b. 1963)
- 1987Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (b. 1981)
- 1988Fernand Seguin, Canadian biologist (b. 1922)
- 1988Gladys Spellman, American politician (b. 1918)
- 1991Jean Arthur, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1993Sir William Golding, English writer; Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
- 1995Peter Townsend, British military officer (b. 1914)
- 1996G. David Schine, American businessman (b. 1927)
- 1997Bobby Helms, American singer (b. 1933)
- 1997Olga Georges-Picot, French actress (b. 1944)
- 2001John Heyer, Australian documentarian (b. 1916)
- 2001Steve Broadie, American voice actor
- 2003Laura Sadler, English actress (b. 1980)
- 2007Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1919)
- 2007El Fary, Spanish singer (b. 1937)
- 2007Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
- 2007Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (b. 1932)
- 2008Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist (b. 1934)
- 2008Bennie Swain, American basketball player (b. 1930)
- 2009Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1895)
- 2010Anthony Quinton, British philosopher (b. 1925)
- 2010Manute Bol, Sudanese basketball player (b. 1962)
- 2011Don Diamond, American actor (b. 1921)
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