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windsor,
duchess
windsor, duchess
June 19
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
.
1770
-
Emanuel Swedenborg
reports the completion of the
Second Coming of Christ
in his work
True Christian Religion
.
1807
-
Admiral
Dmitry Senyavin
destroys the
Ottoman
fleet in the
Battle of Athos
.
1816
-
Battle of Seven Oaks
between
North West Company
and
Hudson's Bay Company
, near
Winnipeg
,
Manitoba
,
Canada
.
1821
- Decisive defeat of the
Philikí Etaireía
by the Ottomans at
Drăgăşani
(in
Wallachia
).
1846
- The first
baseball
game under recognizable modern rules is played in
Hoboken, New Jersey
,
United States
.
1850
-
Princess Louise of the Netherlands
marries
Crown Prince Karl
of
Sweden-Norway
.
1862
-
U.S. Congress
prohibits
slavery
in United States territories, nullifying the
Dred Scott Case
.
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 13 other contiguous states as
Juneteenth
.
1867
-
Maximilian I
of the
Mexican Empire
is
executed
by a
firing squad
in
Querétaro, Querétaro
.
1870
- After all of the
Southern States
are formally readmitted to the United States, the Confederate States of America ceases to exist.
1875
- The
Herzegovinian rebellion
against the
Ottoman Empire
begins.
1910
- The first
Father's Day
is celebrated in
Spokane
,
Washington
.
1914
- A
radiotelegraphic
link is established between
Germany
and the United States.
German Emperor
Wilhelm II
and
U.S. President
Woodrow Wilson
exchange telegrams to mark the event.
1934
- The
Communications Act of 1934
establishes the United States'
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC).
1943
-
Race riots
occur in
Beaumont, Texas
.
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
.
1970
- The
Patent Cooperation Treaty
is signed.
1982
- In one of the first militant attacks by
Hezbollah
,
David S. Dodge
, president of the
American University in Beirut
, is kidnapped.
1982 - The body of
God's Banker
,
Roberto Calvi
is found hanging beneath
Blackfriars Bridge
in
London
.
1986
-
Len Bias
, an American
college basketball
player suffered a fatal
cardiac arrhythmia
that resulted from a cocaine overdose less than 48 hours after being selected by the
Boston Celtics
.
1987
- The
ETA
commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket,
Hipercor
, killing 21 and injuring 45.
2006
- Prime ministers of several northern
European
nations participate in a ceremonial "laying of the first stone" at the
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
in
Spitsbergen
, Norway.
Births
1301
-
Prince Morikuni
, Japanese shogun (d.
1333
)
1507
-
Annibale Caro
, Italian poet (d.
1566
)
1566
- King
James I of England
and VI of Scotland (d.
1625
)
1606
-
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
, Scottish statesman (d.
1649
)
1623
-
Blaise Pascal
, French mathematician and philosopher (d.
1662
)
1633
-
Philipp van Limborch
, Dutch Protestant theologian (d.
1712
)
1717
-
Johann Stamitz
, Czech violinist and composer (d.
1757
)
1764
-
José Gervasio Artigas
, father of Uruguay (d.
1850
)
1771
-
Joseph Gergonne
, French mathematician (d.
1859
)
1792
-
Gustav Schwab
, German author (d.
1850
)
1815
-
Cornelius Krieghoff
, Canadian painter (d.
1872
)
1816
-
William Henry Webb
, American industrialist (d.
1899
)
1834
-
Charles Spurgeon
, English preacher (d.
1892
)
1846
-
Antonio Abetti
, Italian astronomer (d.
1928
)
1850
-
David Jayne Hill
, American diplomat (d.
1932
)
1851
-
Billy Midwinter
, Australian cricketer (d.
1890
)
1854
-
Alfredo Catalani
, Italian musician (d.
1893
)
1858
-
Sam Walter Foss
, American librarian and poet (d.
1911
)
1861
-
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
, British soldier (d.
1928
)
1861 -
José Rizal
, Filipino poet and national hero (d.
1896
)
1865
-
Dame May Whitty
, English entertainer (d.
1948
)
1874
-
Peder Oluf Pedersen
, Danish engineer (d.
1941
)
1877
-
Charles Coburn
, American actor (d.
1961
)
1884
-
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
, French Dadaist artist and writer (d.
1974
)
1896
-
Wallis Simpson
,
Duchess of Windsor
(d.
1986
)
1897
-
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
, English chemist,
Nobel laureate
(d.
1967
)
1897 -
Moe Howard
, American actor (d.
1975
)
1898
-
James Joseph Sweeney
, American Catholic prelate (d.
1968
)
1900
-
Laura Z. Hobson
, American novelist (d.
1986
)
1902
-
Guy Lombardo
, Canadian bandleader (d.
1977
)
1903
-
Lou Gehrig
, American baseball player (d.
1941
)
1903 -
Wally Hammond
, English cricketer (d.
1965
)
1903 -
Hans Litten
, German jurist (d.
1938
)
1905
-
Mildred Natwick
, American actress (d.
1994
)
1906
-
Ernst Boris Chain
, German-born biochemist,
Nobel laureate
(d.
1979
)
1906 -
Walter Rauff
, German colonel (d.
1984
)
1907
-
Clarence Wiseman
, 10th General of
The Salvation Army
(d.
1985
)
1909
-
Osamu Dazai
, Japanese author (d.
1948
)
1910
-
Paul Flory
, American chemist,
Nobel laureate
(d.
1985
)
1910 -
Abe Fortas
, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d.
1982
)
1912
-
Don Gutteridge
, American baseball player
1912 -
Virginia MacWatters
, American soprano (d.
2005
)
1914
-
Anthony Bloom
, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church (d.
2003
)
1914 -
Alan Cranston
, American politician (d.
2000
)
1914 -
Lester Flatt
, American musician (d.
1979
)
1915
-
Julius Schwartz
, American editor and agent (d.
2004
)
1917
-
Joshua Nkomo
, Vice President of Zimbabwe (d.
1999
)
1919
-
Louis Jourdan
, French actor
1919 -
Pauline Kael
, American movie critic (d.
2001
)
1922
-
Aage Niels Bohr
, Danish physicist,
Nobel laureate
1924
-
Leo Nomellini
, American football player (d.
2000
)
1925
-
Charlie Drake
, British actor, writer and singer (d.
2006
)
1928 -
Nancy Marchand
, American actress (d.
2000
)
1928 -
Barry Took
, English comedy writer (d.
2002
)
1929
-
Thelma Barlow
, English actress
1930
-
Gena Rowlands
, American actress
1932
-
Pier Angeli
, Italian-born American actress (d.
1972
)
1932 -
Marisa Pavan
, Italian-born actress
1933
-
Viktor Patsayev
, Soviet cosmonaut
1936
-
Tommy DeVito
, American musician and singer
1936 -
Shirley Goodman
, American singer (d.
2005
)
1936 -
Marisa Galvany
, American soprano
1938
-
Wahoo McDaniel
, American football player and wrestler (d.
2002
)
1938 -
Ian Smith
, Australian actor
1939
-
Al Wilson
, American singer (d.
2008
)
1940
-
Shirley Muldowney
, Racecar Driver
1941
-
Václav Klaus
, Czech politician and President
1941 -
Conchita Carpio-Morales
, Filipino
Supreme Court
jurist
1942
-
Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane
, musician
1942 -
Jos Brink
, Dutch actor (d.
2007
)
1944
-
Chico Buarque
, Brazilian musician
1945
-
Aung San Suu Kyi
, Burmese politician,
Nobel laureate
1945 -
Radovan Karadžić
, Serbian-Bosnian politician
1947
-
Paula Koivuniemi
, Finnish singer
1947 -
Salman Rushdie
, Indian author
1948
-
Phylicia Rashad
, American actress
1948 -
Nick Drake
, English musician (d.
1974
)
1950
-
Ann Wilson
, American musician
1951
-
Ayman al-Zawahiri
, Egyptian terrorist
1951 -
Francesco Moser
, Italian cyclist
1953
-
Larry Dunn
, American musician
1954
-
Kathleen Turner
, American actress
1956
-
Doug Stone
, American singer
1957
-
Anna Lindh
, Swedish politician (d.
2003
)
1959
-
Mark DeBarge
, American singer, songwriter and trumpeter
1960
-
Luke Morley
, British guitarist
1962 -
Jeremy Bates
, English tennis player
1962
-
Paula Abdul
, American singer and choreographer
1963
-
Rory Underwood
, English rugby union footballer
1964
-
Boris Johnson
, British politician
1964 -
Brian Vander Ark
, American musician
1965
-
Sadie Frost
, English actress
1965 -
Luc Donckerwolke
, Belgian car designer
1966
-
Joichi Ito
, Japanese entrepreneur
1967
-
Bjørn Dæhlie
, Norwegian skier
1967 -
Mia Sara
, American actress
1968
-
Alastair Lynch
, Australian rules footballer
1969
-
Lara Spencer
, American TV personality
1969 -
Thomas Breitling
, American entrepreneur
1970
-
Quincy Watts
, American athlete
1970 -
Rahul Gandhi
, Indian politician
1970 -
Brian Welch
, American guitarist
1970 -
Antonis Remos
, Greek singer
1972
-
Brian McBride
, American soccer player
1972 -
Poppy Montgomery
, Australian actress
1972 -
Dennis Lyxzén
, Swedish musician
1972 -
Robin Tunney
, American actress
1973
-
Jahine Arnold
, American football player
1973 -
Yasuhiko Yabuta
, Japanese baseball player
1974
-
Doug Mientkiewicz
, American baseball player
1975
-
Anthony Parker
, American basketball player
1975 -
Hugh Dancy
, English actor
1976
-
Bryan Hughes
, English footballer
1976 -
Patrick Surtain
, American football player
1977
-
Peter Warrick
, American football player
1977 -
Veronika Vařeková
, Czech supermodel
1978
-
Tyson Dux
, Canadian wrestler
1978 -
Dirk Nowitzki
, German basketball player
1978 -
Zoe Saldana
, American actress
1978 -
Claudio Vargas
, Dominican baseball player
1978 -
Mía Maestro
, Argentine actress
1979
-
John Duddy
, Northern Irish boxer
1979 -
Quentin Jammer
, American football player
1979 -
John Ford
, American software engineer
1980
-
Adel Abdulaziz
, Emiratie football player
1980 -
Lauren Lee Smith
, Canadian actress
1982
-
David Pollack
, American football player
1982 -
Joe Cheng
, Taiwanese actor
1982 -
Alexander Frolov
, Russian hockey player
1983
-
Mark Selby
, British snooker player
1984
-
Paul Dano
, American actor
1985
-
John Decyk
, American martial artist
1986
-
Marvin Williams
, American basketball player
1987
-
Rashard Mendenhall
, American football player
1991
-
Pontus Ekhem
, Swedish hockey player
1995
-
Blake Woodruff
, American actor
2008
-
Maddie Aldridge
, daughter of Jamie Lynn Spears
Deaths
1312
-
Piers Gaveston
, French favorite of
Edward II of England
1542
-
Leo Jud
, Swiss reformer (b.
1482
)
1545
-
Abraomas Kulvietis
Lithuanian reformer (b.
1509
)
1584
-
François, Duke of Anjou
(b.
1555
)
1608
-
Alberico Gentili
, Italian jurist (b.
1551
)
1650
-
Matthäus Merian
, Swiss engraver (b.
1593
)
1747
-
Alessandro Marcello
, Italian composer (b.
1669
)
1762
-
Johann Ernst Eberlin
, German composer (b.
1702
)
1768
-
Benjamin Tasker
, Governor of Maryland (b.
1690
)
1786
-
Nathanael Greene
, American
Revolutionary
general (b.
1742
)
1805
-
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
, French painter (b.
1724
)
1820
-
Joseph Banks
, English naturalist and botanist (b.
1743
)
1844
-
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
, French naturalist (b.
1772
)
1867
-
Maximilian I
, Mexican Emperor (b.
1832
)
1902
-
Albert, King of Saxony
(b.
1828
)
1921
-
Ramón López Velarde
, Mexican poet (b.
1888
)
1937
-
J. M. Barrie
, Scottish author (b.
1860
)
1939
-
Grace Abbott
, American social worker and activist (b.
1878
)
1949
-
Syed Zafarul Hasan
, Prominent Muslim philosopher (b.
1885
)
1951
-
Angelos Sikelianos
, Greek poet (b.
1884
)
1952
-
Heinrich Schlusnus
, German baritone (b.
1888
)
1953
-
Julius Rosenberg
, American spy (b.
1918
)
1953 -
Ethel Rosenberg
, American spy (b.
1915
)
1956
-
Thomas J. Watson
, American businessman (
IBM
) (b.
1874
)
1966
-
Ed Wynn
, American actor (b.
1886
)
1968
-
James Joseph Sweeney
, American Catholic prelate (b.
1898
)
1975
-
Sam Giancana
, American gangster (b.
1908
)
1977
-
Ali Shariati
, Iranian sociologist (b.
1933
)
1977 - Lady
Olave Baden-Powell
, English founder of the Girl Guide (b.
1889
)
1979
-
Paul Popenoe
, American eugenicist (b.
1888
)
1984
-
Lee Krasner
, American painter (b.
1908
)
1986
-
Coluche
, French comedian (b.
1944
)
1986 -
Len Bias
, American basketball player (b.
1963
)
1987
-
Teresa Cormack
, New Zealand murder victim (b.
1981
)
1988
-
Fernand Seguin
, Canadian biologist (b.
1922
)
1988 -
Gladys Spellman
, American. Congresswoman (b.
1918
)
1991
-
Jean Arthur
, American actress (b.
1900
)
1993
-
William Golding
, English writer,
Nobel laureate
(b.
1911
)
1995
-
Peter Townsend
, RAF officer (b.
1914
)
1996
-
G. David Schine
, American businessman (b.
1927
)
1997
-
Olga Georges-Picot
, French actress (b.
1944
)
1997 -
Bobby Helms
, American singer (b.
1933
)
2001
-
John Heyer
, Australian documentary filmmaker (b.
1916
)
2003
-
Laura Sadler
, English actress (b.
1980
)
2007
-
El Fary
, Spanish singer (b.
1937
)
2007 -
Terry Hoeppner
, American football coach (b.
1947
)
2007 -
Antonio Aguilar
, Mexican singer and actor (b.
1919
)
2007 -
Ze'ev Schiff
, Israeli journalist (b.
1932
)
2008 -
Barun Sengupta
, Bengali journalist (b.
1934
)
2008 -
Bennie Swain
, American basketball player (b.
1930
)
Holidays and observances
Juneteenth
– celebrates the
Emancipation Proclamation
.
Saint Romuald
(d.
1027
)
Blessed
Odo of Cambrai
Saint Juliana Falconieri
Gervasius and Protasius
(Roman Catholic Calendar)
Garfield the Cat
Day
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