June, 19th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Monday 19, 2000:
Datapoint, the company that commissioned the Intel 8008 microprocessor, sells its European operations and changes its name to Dynacore.

Saturday 19, 1999:
Author Stephen King is struck by a minivan in a hit-and-run accident.

Monday 19, 1978:
First appearance of the comic strip Garfield.

Saturday 19, 1976:
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Silvia Sommerlath.

Friday 19, 1970:
Signature of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

Monday 19, 1961:
Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.

Saturday 19, 1954:
The animated Bugs Bunny short Devil May Hare debuts in theaters, introducing The Tasmanian Devil.

Monday 19, 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 wss 50 cents; or 75 cents if the ticket holder wanted to watch the mechanics work.

Sunday 19, 1949:
NASCAR sanctions the first "strictly stock" race, which will evolve into the modern Nextel Cup. Jim Roper wins the event.

Monday 19, 1944:
The Battle of the Philippine Sea took place, where the United States Navy sank 3 Japanese aircraft carriers and shot down almost 400 aircraft in what was called The Marianas Turkey Shoot.

Saturday 19, 1943:
Race riots occur in Beaumont, Texas, United States.

Tuesday 19, 1934:
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is established. The FCC regulates radio and television broadcasts. (see the Communications Act of 1934.)

Wednesday 19, 1912:
1912 - The eight-hour work day is established in the United States.

Monday 19, 1893:
Lizzie Borden is acquitted of murder.

Sunday 19, 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.

Wednesday 19, 1867:
Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.

Monday 19, 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.

Thursday 19, 1862:
1862 - Slavery is banned in U.S territories.

Tuesday 19, 1860:
Louise of Orange-Nassau marries King Charles XV of Sweden-Norway.

Friday 19, 1846:
First baseball game under recognizable modern rules in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.

Friday 19, 1767:
Jean Chastel killed the Beast of Gévaudan.

Saturday 19, 1306:
The Earl of Pembroke's defeat Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.

Wednesday 19, 1269:
King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.

Tuesday 19, 1179:
The Norwegian battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.

Sunday 19, 2005:
Unknown - The Rossetta Stone one is found and destroyed.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/19-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 19

1982:
David Pollack, American football player (b: June 19, 1982) (Biography of David Pollack)

1978:
Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player (b: June 19, 1978) (Biography of Dirk Nowitzki)

1977:
Peter Warrick, American football player (b: June 19, 1977) (Biography of Peter Warrick)

1974:
Joshua John Fanene, American artist (b: June 19, 1974) (Biography of Joshua John Fanene)

1972:
Brian McBride, American soccer player (b: June 19, 1972) (Biography of Brian McBride)

1970:
Quincy Watts, American athlete (b: June 19, 1970) (Biography of Quincy Watts)
Rahul Gandhi, Indian Politician (b: June 19, 1970) (Biography of Rahul Gandhi)
Brian Welch, American guitarist (Ko?n) (b: June 19, 1970) (Biography of Brian Welch)

1968:
Alastair Lynch, Australian footballer (b: June 19, 1968) (Biography of Alastair Lynch)

1967:
Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier (b: June 19, 1967) (Biography of Bjørn Dæhlie)

1966:
Joichi Ito, Japanese Activist and Entrepeneur (b: June 19, 1966) (Biography of Joichi Ito)

1964:
Boris Johnson, British politician and journalist (b: June 19, 1964) (Biography of Boris Johnson)

1963:
Paula Abdul, American singer (b: June 19, 1963) (Biography of Paula Abdul)
Jeremy Bates, English tennis player (b: June 19, 1963) (Biography of Jeremy Bates)
Rory Underwood, English rugby player (b: June 19, 1963) (Biography of Rory Underwood)

1960:
Luke Morley, British guitarist and songwriter (b: June 19, 1960) (Biography of Luke Morley)

1957:
Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (b: June 19, 1957 ; d: September 11, 2003) (Biography of Anna Lindh)

1954:
Kathleen Turner, American actress (b: June 19, 1954) (Biography of Kathleen Turner)

1951:
Ann Wilson, American singer (b: June 19, 1951) (Biography of Ann Wilson)

1948:
Phylicia Rashad, American actress (b: June 19, 1948) (Biography of Phylicia Rashad)
Nick Drake, British guitarist (b: June 19, 1948 ; d: November 25, 1974) (Biography of Nick Drake)

1947:
Salman Rushdie, Indian author (b: June 19, 1947) (Biography of Salman Rushdie)

1945:
Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: June 19, 1945) (Biography of Aung San Suu Kyi)
Radovan Karad?i?, Serbian-Bosnian politician (b: June 19, 1945) (Biography of Radovan Karad?i?)

1938:
Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (b: June 19, 1938 ; d: April 18, 2002) (Biography of Wahoo McDaniel)

1933:
Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut (b: June 19, 1933 ; d: June 30, 1971) (Biography of Viktor Patsayev)

1932:
Pier Angeli, Italian-born actress (b: June 19, 1932) (Biography of Pier Angeli)

1930:
Gena Rowlands, American actress (b: June 19, 1930) (Biography of Gena Rowlands)

1928:
Barry Took, British comedy writer and broadcaster (b: June 19, 1928 ; d: March 31, 2002) (Biography of Barry Took)
Nancy Marchand, American actress (b: June 19, 1928 ; d: June 18, 2000) (Biography of Nancy Marchand)

1922:
Aage Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 19, 1922) (Biography of Aage Niels Bohr)

1915:
Julius Schwartz, American editor and agent (b: June 19, 1915 ; d: February 8, 2004) (Biography of Julius Schwartz)

1914:
Alan Cranston, American politician (b: June 19, 1914 ; d: December 31, 2000) (Biography of Alan Cranston)

1906:
Ernst Boris Chain, German-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b: June 19, 1906 ; d: August 12, 1979) (Biography of Ernst Boris Chain)

1903:
Lou Gehrig, baseball player (b: June 19, 1903 ; d: June 2, 1941) (Biography of Lou Gehrig)
Wally Hammond, English cricketer (b: June 19, 1903 ; d: July 1, 1965) (Biography of Wally Hammond)

1902:
Guy Lombardo, Canadian bandleader (b: June 19, 1902 ; d: November 5, 1977) (Biography of Guy Lombardo)

1898:
James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (b: June 19, 1898 ; d: June 19, 1968) (Biography of James Joseph Sweeney)

1897:
Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (b: June 19, 1897 ; d: May 4, 1975) (Biography of Moe Howard)

1896:
Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (b: June 19, 1896 ; d: April 24, 1986) (Biography of Wallis Simpson)

1865:
Dame May Whitty, English entertainer (b: June 19, 1865) (Biography of Dame May Whitty)

1861:
Douglas Haig, British soldier (b: June 19, 1861 ; d: January 29, 1928) (Biography of Douglas Haig)
José Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero (b: June 19, 1861 ; d: December 30, 1896) (Biography of José Rizal)

1846:
Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (b: June 19, 1846) (Biography of Antonio Abetti)

1834:
Charles Spurgeon, English preacher (b: June 19, 1834 ; d: January 31, 1892) (Biography of Charles Spurgeon)

1792:
Gustav Schwab, German author (b: June 19, 1792) (Biography of Gustav Schwab)

1764:
José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (b: June 19, 1764 ; d: September 23, 1850) (Biography of José Gervasio Artigas)

1633:
Philipp van Limborch, Dutch protestant theologian (b: June 19, 1633 ; d: April 30, 1712) (Biography of Philipp van Limborch)

1623:
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher (b: June 19, 1623 ; d: August 19, 1662) (Biography of Blaise Pascal)

1606:
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b: June 19, 1606 ; d: March 9, 1649) (Biography of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton)

1566:
King James I of England and VI of Scotland (b: June 19, 1566 ; d: March 27, 1625) (Biography of James I of England)

1507:
Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b: June 19, 1507 ; d: November 21, 1566) (Biography of Annibale Caro)

1301:
Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (b: June 19, 1301 ; d: September 25, 1333) (Biography of Prince Morikuni)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/19-june/births.html