Today June 19th in history click read more below to view detail events, deaths, births, Holidays and observances, and video clips in hisotry. Please comments, last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
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 Dragasani (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.
1978 – The Garfield comic strip debuts.
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)
1595 – Guru Har Gobind- 6th sikh guru (d. 1644)
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 Karadžic, 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 Vareková, 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 – May Andersen, Danish supermodel
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
1991 – Michael McShae, American Actor
1995 – Blake Woodruff, American actor
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)
1903 – Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster (b. 1832)
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)
