June 19
June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining.
Events:
- 1846 - First baseball game under recognizable modern rules in Hoboken, New Jersey.
- 1865 - Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas are finally informed of their freedom. June 19th is unofficially celebrated as Juneteenth in the United States.
- 1912 - establishment of the 8-hour work day in the United States.
- 1934 - establishment of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States. The FCC regulates radio and television broadcasts.
Births:
- 1623 - Blaise Pascal, mathematician (+ 1662)
- 1764 - José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (+ 1850)
- 1792 - Gustav Schwab, author (+ 1850)
- 1838 - Friedrich von Hessing, engineer (+ 1918)
- 1865 - Dame May Whitty, entertainer (+ 1948)
- 1896 - Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor (+ 1986
- 1902 - Guy Lombardo, bandleader (+ 1977)
- 1903 - Lou Gehrig, baseball player
- 1905 - Mildred Natwick, actress (+ 1994)
- 1914 - Alan Cranston, U. S. politician (+ 2000)
- 1924 - Anneliese Rothenberger, soprano
- 1930 - Gena Rowlands, actress
- 1932 - Pier Angeli, actress (+ 1972)
- 1933 - Viktor Patsayev, cosmanaut
- 1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, politician and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 1991)
- 1947 - Salman Rushdie, author
- 1962 - Paula Abdul, singer
- 1969 - Reddy Annappareddy
Deaths:
- 1902 - Frederick Augustus Albert, king of Saxony from 1873 to 1902
- 1937 - J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan
- 1953 - Julius Rosenberg, convicted spy
- 1953 - Ethel Rosenberg, convicted spy
- 1966 - Ed Wynn, entertainer
Holidays and Observances:
- Juneteenth - celebrates the Emancipation Proclamation
See Also:
June 18 - June 20 - May 19 - July 19 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December