June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 195 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1179 – The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros . Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars .
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 army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven .
1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island , after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.
1816 – Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company , near Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada.
1821 – Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia ).
1821 – Coronation of George IV of the United Kingdom .
1846 – The first officially recorded, organized baseball game 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.
1850 – Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway .
1857 – 19 June 1857 law (Loi relative à l'assainissement et de mise en culture des Landes de Gascogne): a turning point in the history of the Landes forest .
1862 – The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford .
1865 – Over 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 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth .
1867 – Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro .
1875 – The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
1910 – The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington .
1911 – the Norwegian football club Molde FK was founded.
1913 – Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
1934 – The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
1944 – World War II : First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea .
1953 – Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing , in New York.
1961 – Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
1965 – Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
1966 – Shiv Sena a political party in India is founded in Mumbai.
1970 – The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed.
1978 – Garfield , holder of the Guinness World Record for the world's most widely syndicated comic strip , makes its debut.
1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah , David S. Dodge , president of the American University of Beirut , is kidnapped.
1982 – The body of "God's Banker", Roberto Calvi , is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.
1985 – Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers , dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador .
1990 – The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 , is ratified for the first time by Norway.
1990 – The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
1991 – The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends.
2007 – The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
2009 – Mass 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.
2009 – War 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 .
2010 – The Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling was held at Storkyrkan in Stockholm .
2012 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuatorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army .
2014 – Felipe VI , Prince of Asturias, rises to the Spanish throne following the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos I .
Births
1301 – Prince Morikuni of Japan (d. 1333)
1566 – James VI and I of the United Kingdom (d. 1625)
1606 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton , Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (d. 1649)
1623 – Blaise Pascal , French mathematician and physicist (d. 1662)
1633 – Philipp van Limborch , Dutch theologian (d. 1712)
1701 – François Rebel , French violinist and composer (d. 1775)
1708 – Johann Gottlieb Janitsch , German composer (d. 1763)
1731 – Joaquim Machado de Castro , Portuguese sculptor (d. 1822)
1764 – José Gervasio Artigas , Uruguayan general (d. 1850)
1771 – Joseph Diaz Gergonne , French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1859)
1783 – Friedrich Sertürner , German pharmacist (d. 1841)
1792 – Gustav Schwab , German author (d. 1850)
1795 – James Braid , Scottish surgeon (d. 1860)
1815 – Cornelius Krieghoff , Canadian painter (d. 1872)
1816 – William H. Webb , American shipbuilder and philanthropist, founded the Webb Institute (d. 1899)
1834 – Charles Spurgeon , English pastor and author (d. 1892)
1846 – Antonio Abetti , Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1928)
1850 – David Jayne Hill , American historian and politician, 24th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1932)
1851 – Billy Midwinter , English-Australian cricketer (d. 1890)
1851 – Silvanus P. Thompson , British physicist and engineer (d. 1916)
1854 – Alfredo Catalani , Italian composer (d. 1893)
1858 – Sam Walter Foss , American poet and librarian (d. 1911)
1861 – Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig , Scottish-English field marshal (d. 1928)
1861 – Émile Haug , French geologist and paleontologist (d. 1927)
1861 – José Rizal , Filipino journalist, author, and poet (d. 1896)
1865 – May Whitty , English-American actress (d. 1948)
1871 – Alajos Szokolyi , Hungarian hurdler, jumper, and physician (d. 1932)
1872 – Theodore Payne , English-American gardener and botanist (d. 1963)
1874 – Peder Oluf Pedersen , Danish physicist and engineer (d. 1941)
1876 – Nigel Gresley , Scottish engineer (d. 1941)
1877 – Charles Coburn , American actor and singer (d. 1961)
1884 – Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes , French painter (d. 1974)
1891 – John Heartfield , German artist and political activist (d. 1968)
1893 – Madeleine Astor , American survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1940)
1896 – Rajani Palme Dutt , English journalist and politician (d. 1974)
1896 – Wallis Simpson , American wife of Edward VIII (d. 1986)
1897 – Cyril Norman Hinshelwood , English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
1897 – Moe Howard , American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1975)
1898 – James Joseph Sweeney , American bishop (d. 1968)
1900 – Laura Z. Hobson , American author (d. 1986)
1902 – Guy Lombardo , Canadian-American violinist and bandleader (d. 1977)
1903 – Mary Callery , American sculptor (d. 1977)
1903 – Lou Gehrig , American baseball player (d. 1941)
1903 – Wally Hammond , English cricketer (d. 1965)
1903 – Hans Litten , German lawyer (d. 1938)
1905 – Mildred Natwick , American actress (d. 1994)
1906 – Ernst Boris Chain , German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1906 – Knut Kroon , Swedish footballer (d. 1975)
1906 – Walter Rauff , German SS officer (d. 1984)
1907 – Clarence Wiseman , Canadian 10th General of the Salvation Army (d. 1985)
1909 – Osamu Dazai , Japanese author (d. 1948)
1909 – Midori Naka , Japanese actress (d. 1945)
1910 – Paul Flory , American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1910 – Abe Fortas , American jurist (d. 1982)
1912 – Don Gutteridge , American baseball player and manager (d. 2008)
1912 – Virginia MacWatters , American soprano (d. 2005)
1912 – George Spitz , American high jumper (d. 1986)
1914 – Alan Cranston , American journalist and politician (d. 2000)
1914 – Lester Flatt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foggy Mountain Boys and Nashville Grass ) (d. 1979)
1914 – Morgan Morgan-Giles , English admiral and politician (d. 2013)
1914 – Anthony of Sourozh , Swiss-English bishop (d. 2003)
1915 – Pat Buttram , American actor (d. 1994)
1915 – Julius Schwartz , American publisher and agent (d. 2004)
1917 – Joshua Nkomo , Zimbabwean politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 1999)
1919 – Pauline Kael , American author and critic (d. 2001)
1919 – Dave Lambert , American singer-songwriter (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross ) (d. 1966)
1920 – Yves Robert , French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1921 – Louis Jourdan , French-American actor and singer (d. 2015)
1922 – Aage Bohr , Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1922 – Fritz Schollmeyer , German footballer and manager
1923 – Bob Hank , Australian footballer and coach (d. 2012)
1924 – Cornelius , Estonian metropolitan
1924 – Erkki Kataja , Finnish pole vaulter (d. 1969)
1924 – Leo Nomellini , Italian-American football player and wrestler (d. 2000)
1924 – Ray Noorda , American computing entrepreneur (d. 2006)
1925 – Charlie Drake , English actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1928 – Nancy Marchand , American actress (d. 2000)
1928 – Barry Took , English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1930 – François Abadie , French politician (d. 2001)
1930 – Bryan Kneale , Manx sculptor
1930 – Gena Rowlands , American actress
1932 – Pier Angeli , Italian-American actress (d. 1971)
1932 – José Sanchis Grau , Spanish author and illustrator (d. 2011)
1932 – Marisa Pavan , Italian-American actress
1933 – Michael M. Ames , Canadian anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)
1933 – Viktor Patsayev , Kazakh engineer and astronaut (d. 1971)
1933 – Janusz Sidło , Polish javelin thrower (d. 1993)
1934 – Terence Clark , English diplomat, British Ambassador to Iraq
1934 – Gérard Latortue , Haitian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Haiti
1936 – Marisa Galvany , American soprano
1938 – Jean-Claude Labrecque , Canadian director and cinematographer
1938 – Wahoo McDaniel , American football player and wrestler (d. 2002)
1938 – John Sheil , English lawyer and judge
1938 – Ian Smith , Australian actor and screenwriter
1939 – Bernd Hoss , German footballer and manager
1939 – Al Wilson , American singer (d. 2008)
1940 – Shirley Muldowney , American race car driver
1940 – Paul Shane , English actor and singer (d. 2013)
1941 – Conchita Carpio-Morales , Filipino jurist
1941 – Václav Klaus , Czech politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic
1942 – Jos Brink , Dutch actor and producer (d. 2007)
1942 – Merata Mita , New Zealand director and producer (d. 2010)
1944 – Chico Buarque , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Richard Monette , Canadian actor and director (d. 2008)
1945 – Peter Bardens , English keyboard player and songwriter (Camel , Them , and Mirage ) (d. 2002)
1945 – John Hind , English bishop
1945 – Radovan Karadžić , Serbian-Bosnian politician, 1st President of Republika Srpska
1945 – Aung San Suu Kyi , Burmese politician, Nobel Prize laureate
1945 – Tobias Wolff , American author
1946 – Jimmy Greenhoff , English footballer and manager
1946 – Michael Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme , English diplomat, British Ambassador to France
1947 – Salman Rushdie , Indian author
1947 – John Ralston Saul , Canadian author
1948 – Nick Drake , Burmese-English singer-songwriter (d. 1974)
1948 – Phylicia Rashād , American actress and singer
1950 – Ann Wilson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Heart )
1951 – Ayman al-Zawahiri , Egyptian terrorist, 2nd leader of al-Qaeda
1951 – Francesco Moser , Italian cyclist
1952 – Bob Ainsworth , English politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1953 – Larry Dunn , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire )
1953 – Hilary Jones , English physician
1954 – Kathleen Turner , American actress
1956 – Danny Chauncey , American guitarist (38 Special )
1956 – Doug Stone , American singer and actor
1957 – Anna Lindh , Swedish politician, 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (d. 2003)
1958 – Sergei Makarov , Russian-American ice hockey player
1959 – Christian Wulff , German lawyer and politician, 10th President of Germany
1960 – Johnny Gray , American runner
1961 – Frank Mischke , German footballer
1961 – Joel Torre , Filipino actor
1962 – Paula Abdul , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1963 – Margarita Ponomaryova , Russian hurdler
1963 – Rory Underwood , English rugby player
1964 – Bill Barretta , American actor and puppeteer
1964 – Laura Ingraham , American radio host and author
1964 – Boris Johnson , American-English journalist and politician, Mayor of London
1964 – Sixten Sild , Estonian orienteer
1965 – Sabine Braun , German heptathlete
1965 – Luc Donckerwolke , Belgian car designer
1966 – Joi Ito , Japanese-American businessman
1966 – Michalis Romanidis , Greek basketball player
1966 – Samuel West , English actor and director
1966 – Jojo Alejar , Filipino actor and host
1967 – Bjørn Dæhlie , Norwegian skier
1967 – Araceli González , Argentinian model and actress
1967 – Mia Sara , American actress
1968 – Alastair Lynch , Australian footballer and sportscaster
1968 – Timothy Morton , American philosopher
1969 – Thomas Breitling , American journalist and businessman
1969 – Trine Pallesen , Danish actress
1969 – Marko Reikop , Estonian journalist
1970 – Rahul Gandhi , Indian politician
1970 – Antonis Remos , German-Greek singer
1970 – Quincy Watts , American runner
1970 – Brian Welch , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Korn and Love and Death )
1972 – Jean Dujardin , French actor, director, and producer
1972 – Dennis Lyxzén , Swedish singer-songwriter (Refused , AC4 , Invasionen , Step Forward , and The (International) Noise Conspiracy )
1972 – Ilya Markov , Russian race walker
1972 – Brian McBride , American soccer player
1972 – Poppy Montgomery , Australian-American actress
1972 – Robin Tunney , American actress
1973 – Jahine Arnold , American football player
1973 – Mónica Ayos , Argentinian actress
1973 – Yuko Nakazawa , Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume and Dream Morning Musume )
1973 – Yasuhiko Yabuta , Japanese baseball player
1974 – Doug Mientkiewicz , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1974 – Bumper Robinson , American actor and singer
1975 – Ed Coode , English rower
1975 – Anthony Parker , American basketball player
1975 – Geoff Ramsey , Internet Celebrity, Co-founder of Rooster Teeth and Achievement Hunter
1976 – Dennis Crowley , American businessman, co-founded Foursquare
1976 – Bryan Hughes , English footballer
1976 – Ryan Hurst , American actor
1976 – Patrick Surtain , American football player
1976 – Abdoul Thiam , German footballer
1977 – Maria Cioncan , Romanian runner (d. 2007)
1977 – Rebecca Loos , Spanish-Dutch model and television host
1978 – Tyson Dux , Canadian wrestler
1978 – Leo Giamani , American porn actor
1978 – Mía Maestro , Argentinian actress and singer
1978 – Assefa Mezgebu , Ethiopian runner
1978 – Dirk Nowitzki , German basketball player
1978 – Zoe Saldana , American actress
1978 – Claudio Vargas , Dominican baseball player
1979 – Moonika Aava , Estonian javelin thrower
1979 – John Duddy , Irish boxer
1979 – U Gambira , Burmese monk and activist
1979 – Quentin Jammer , American football player
1979 – José Kléberson , Brazilian footballer
1980 – Adel Abdulaziz , Emirati footballer
1980 – Dan Ellis , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Milka Loff Fernandes , German actress
1980 – Robbie Neilson , Scottish footballer and manager
1980 – Nuno Santos , Portuguese footballer
1980 – Lauren Lee Smith , Canadian actress
1981 – Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi , Saudi Arabian long jumper
1981 – Christina Baily , English actress
1981 – Moss Burmester , New Zealand swimmer
1981 – Quintin Geldenhuys , South African-Italian rugby player
1982 – Joe Cheng , Taiwanese actor and singer
1982 – Alexander Frolov , Russian ice hockey player
1982 – David Pollack , American football player
1982 – Chris Vermeulen , Australian motorcycle racer
1983 – Macklemore , American rapper (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis )
1983 – Gregor Arbet , Estonian basketball player
1983 – Tanja Mihhailova , Russian-Estonian singer and actress
1983 – Mark Selby , English snooker player
1983 – Aidan Turner , Irish actor
1984 – Paul Dano , American actor and producer
1984 – Wieke Dijkstra , Dutch field hockey player
1985 – Kajal Aggarwal , Indian actress
1985 – Jason Capizzi , American football player
1985 – Stéphanie Montreux , Australian actress and singer
1985 – José Ernesto Sosa , Argentinian footballer
1985 – Dire Tune , Ethiopian runner
1986 – Lázaro Borges , Cuban pole vaulter
1986 – Nazareno Casero , Argentinian actor
1986 – Sjoerd Huisman , Dutch speed skater (d. 2013)
1986 – Diego Hypólito , Brazilian gymnast
1986 – Dimitris Sialmas , Greek footballer
1986 – Marvin Williams , American basketball player
1987 – Sthefany Brito , Brazilian actress
1987 – Miho Fukuhara , Japanese singer and actress (Sweetbox )
1987 – Rashard Mendenhall , American football player
1990 – Moa Hjelmer , Swedish sprinter
1991 – Ludwig Rieder , Italian luge athlete
1992 – Oscar Taveras , Dominican baseball player (d. 2014)
1993 – KSIOlajidebt , YouTuber, video game commentator, comedian and rapper
1996 – Larisa Iordache , Romanian gymnast
Deaths
626 – Soga no Umako , Japanese son of Soga no Iname (b. 551)
1027 – Romuald , Italian mystic and saint (b. 951)
1282 – Eleanor de Montfort , English daughter of Eleanor of Leicester (b. 1252)
1312 – Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall , English politician (b. 1284)
1542 – Leo Jud , Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1482)
1545 – Abraomas Kulvietis , Lithuanian jurist (b. 1509)
1584 – Francis, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)
1608 – Alberico Gentili , Italian jurist (b. 1551)
1650 – Matthäus Merian , Swiss-German engraver and publisher (b. 1593)
1747 – Alessandro Marcello , Italian composer (b. 1669)
1762 – Johann Ernst Eberlin , German organist and composer (b. 1702)
1768 – Benjamin Tasker, Sr. , American politician, 10th Colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1690)
1786 – Nathanael Greene , American general (b. 1742)
1787 – Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France (b. 1786)
1805 – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée , French painter (b. 1724)
1820 – Joseph Banks , English botanist and author (b. 1743)
1844 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire , French zoologist and biologist (b. 1772)
1865 – Evangelos Zappas , Greek businessman and philanthropist (b. 1800)
1884 – Juan Bautista Alberdi , Argentinian politician (b. 1810)
1867 – Maximilian I of Mexico (b. 1832)
1902 – Albert of Saxony (b. 1828)
1903 – Herbert Vaughan , English archbishop (b. 1832)
1921 – Ramón López Velarde , Mexican poet (b. 1888)
1922 – Hitachiyama Taniemon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (b. 1874)
1932 – Sol Plaatje , South African journalist and activist (b. 1876)
1937 – J. M. Barrie , Scottish author and playwright (b. 1860)
1939 – Grace Abbott , American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
1940 – Maurice Jaubert , French composer and conductor (b. 1900)
1949 – Syed Zafarul Hasan , Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)
1951 – Angelos Sikelianos , Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
1953 – Ethel Rosenberg , American spy (b. 1915)
1953 – Julius Rosenberg , American spy (b. 1918)
1956 – Thomas J. Watson , American businessman (b. 1874)
1966 – Ed Wynn , American actor and singer (b. 1886)
1973 – Gustaf Molander , Swedish actor and film director (b. 1888)
1975 – Sam Giancana , American mobster (b. 1908)
1977 – Ali Shariati , Iranian sociologist and philosopher (b. 1933)
1984 – Lee Krasner , American painter (b. 1908)
1986 – Coluche , French comedian and actor (b. 1944)
1986 – Len Bias , American basketball player (b. 1963)
1988 – Fernand Seguin , Canadian biochemist and academic (b. 1922)
1988 – Gladys Spellman , American politician (b. 1918)
1989 – Betti Alver , Estonian author and poet (b. 1906)
1991 – Jean Arthur , American actress and singer (b. 1900)
1993 – William Golding , English author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1995 – Peter Townsend , Burmese-English captain and pilot (b. 1914)
1996 – G. David Schine , American businessman (b. 1927)
1997 – Olga Georges-Picot , Chinese-French actress (b. 1944)
1997 – Bobby Helms , American singer and guitarist (b. 1933)
2001 – John Heyer , Australian director and producer (b. 1916)
2001 – Steve Sheppard-Brodie , American voice actor (b. 1950)
2002 – Navleen Kumar , Indian activist (b. 1948)
2003 – Laura Sadler , English actress (b. 1980)
2007 – Antonio Aguilar , Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1919)
2007 – El Fary , Spanish singer and actor (b. 1937)
2007 – Terry Hoeppner , American football player and coach (b. 1947)
2007 – Ze'ev Schiff , Israeli journalist (b. 1932)
2008 – Barun Sengupta , Bengali journalist, founded Bartaman (b. 1934)
2008 – Bennie Swain , American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2009 – Tomoji Tanabe , Japanese engineer (b. 1895)
2010 – Manute Bol , Sudanese-American basketball player (b. 1962)
2010 – R. Kanagasuntheram , Sri Lankan physician, zoologist, and academic (b. 1919)
2010 – Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton , English philosopher and academic (b. 1925)
2010 – Paul Thiebaud , American art dealer (b. 1960)
2011 – Don Diamond , American actor (b. 1921)
2012 – Richard Lynch , American actor (b. 1936)
2012 – Emili Teixidor , Catalan journalist (b. 1933)
2012 – Norbert Tiemann , American politician, 32nd Governor of Nebraska (b. 1924)
2013 – Vince Flynn , American author (b. 1966)
2013 – James Gandolfini , American actor (b. 1961)
2013 – Gyula Horn , Hungarian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1932)
2013 – Paul Mees , Australian lawyer and academic (b. 1961)
2013 – Filip Topol , Czech singer-songwriter and pianist (Psí vojáci ) (b. 1965)
2013 – Slim Whitman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
2014 – Tahira Asif , Pakistani politician (b. 1961)
2014 – Gerry Goffin , American songwriter (b. 1939)
2014 – Ibrahim Touré , Ivorian footballer (b. 1985)
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