June 19Birthdays & History

On this day: June 19 in history

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1. 325The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.Middle EastEurope
2. 978Byzantine forces loyal to emperor Basil II under Bardas Phokas the Younger defeat rebel forces under Bardas Skleros in the battle of Pankaleia (approximate date).Europe
3. 1306The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.Europe
4. 1586English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.EuropeNorth America
5. 1718At least 73,000 people die in the 1718 Tongwei–Gansu earthquake due to landslides in the Qing dynasty.Asia
6. 1785The Boston King's Chapel adopts James Freeman's revised prayer book, without the Nicene Creed, establishing it as the first Unitarian congregation in the United States.North America
7. 1791The first New Church place of worship the Birmingham New Jerusalem Temple was dedicated on the 19th day of June, 1791, in Birmingham, England. The auspiciousness of this date was noted at the time.Middle EastEurope
8. 1800War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.Europe
9. 1811The Carlton House Fête is held in London to celebrate the establishment of the Regency era.Europe
10. 1816Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.North America
11. 1821Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).EuropeMiddle East
12. 1846The 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.North America
13. 1850Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.Europe
14. 1862President Abraham Lincoln signs the Territorial Slavery Act of 1862, which prohibits slavery in all current and future United States territories.North America
15. 1865Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are officially informed of their freedom. The anniversary was officially celebrated in Texas and other states as Juneteenth. On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the United States.North America
16. 1867Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.Latin America
17. 1875The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.Middle East
18. 1903Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.Europe
19. 1910The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.North America
20. 1913Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.Africa
21. 1921The village of Knockcroghery, Ireland, is burned by British forces.Europe
22. 1926King Roger, an opera about Roger II of Sicily by Karol Szymanowski, is premiered at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw.Europe
23. 1934The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).North America
24. 1943The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.North America
25. 1945The Smoke Tragedy leaves 355 workers dead in the underground copper mine of El Teniente, Chile.Latin America
26. 1947Pan Am Flight 121 crashes in the Syrian Desert near Mayadin, Syria, killing 15 and injuring 21.Middle East
27. 1953Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.North America
28. 1960Charlotte Motor Speedway holds its first NASCAR race, the inaugural World 600.North America
29. 1961Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.Middle EastEurope
30. 1964The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.North America
31. 1965Nguyễn 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.Asia
32. 1978Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication.North America
33. 1982The People's Armed Police is de facto founded; it is officially established 10 months later on April 5, 1983.Asia
34. 1985Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.Latin AmericaNorth America
35. 1987Aeroflot Flight N-528 crashes at Berdiansk Airport in present-day Ukraine, killing eight people.Europe
36. 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.Europe
37. 1988Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.EuropeAsia
38. 1990The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.Europe
39. 1990The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.Europe
40. 1991The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn.Europe
41. 2005Following a series of Michelin tire failures during the United States Grand Prix weekend at Indianapolis, and without an agreement being reached, 14 cars from seven teams in Michelin tires withdraw after completing the formation lap, leaving only six cars from three teams on Bridgestone tires to race.North America
42. 2007The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.Middle East
43. 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.Asia
44. 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.Asia
45. 2012WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requests asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army; he will remain there until 2019.EuropeLatin AmericaNorth America
46. 2018Antwon Rose II is fatally shot in East Pittsburgh by East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld after being involved in a near-fatal drive-by shooting.North America
47. 2018The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued.North America
48. 2020Animal rights advocate Regan Russell is run over and killed by a transport truck outside of a pig slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario.North America

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