Public Holidays on June 19

• 🇺🇸 Juneteenth National Independence Day
• 🌍 Dragon Boat Festival (China, Hong Kong)
• 🌍 Midsummer Eve (Finland, Sweden)
• 🌍 端午節 (Hong Kong, Taiwan)
• 🌍 Juhannusaatto (Finland)
• 🌍 端午节 (China)

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On This Day in History — June 19

• 2012 — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested 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.
• 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.
• 2007 — The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
• 1991 — The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends.
• 1990 — The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.

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Notable Births on June 19

• 1992 — C. J. Mosley, American football player
• 1990 — Moa Hjelmer, Swedish sprinter
• 1990 — Xavier Rhodes, American football player
• 1988 — Jacob deGrom, American baseball player
• 1987 — Rashard Mendenhall, American football player
• 1987 — Mutsumi Tamura, Japanese voice actress

Notable Deaths on June 19

• 2017 — Otto Warmbier, American college student detained in North Korea (b. 1994)
• 2016 — Anton Yelchin, American actor (b. 1989)
• 2015 — Earl Norem, American painter and illustrator (b. 1924)
• 2015 — James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer (b. 1925)
• 2014 — Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt, German general (b. 1915)
• 2014 — Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (b. 1939)

Public Holidays on June 20

• 🌍 Midsummer Day (Finland, Sweden)
• 🌍 General Manuel Belgrano Memorial Day (Argentina)
• 🌍 Juhannuspäivä (Finland)
• 🌍 Midsommardagen (Sweden)
• 🌍 Paso a la Inmortalidad del General Don Manuel Belgrano (Argentina)

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On This Day in History — June 20

• 2003 — The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
• 1994 — The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
• 1991 — German Bundestag votes to move seat of government to Berlin.
• 1990 — Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
• 1990 — The 7.4 Mw Manjil-Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000-50,000, and injuring 60,000-105,000.
• 1982 — The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.

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Notable Births on June 20

• 1999 — Yui Mizuno, Japanese singer
• 1996 — Sam Bennett, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1994 — Leonard Williams, American football player
• 1993 — Sead Kolašinac, Bosnian footballer
• 1991 — Kalidou Koulibaly, Senegalese footballer
• 1991 — Rick ten Voorde, Dutch footballer

Notable Deaths on June 20

• 2017 — Prodigy, (Albert Johnson), American music artist (b. 1974)
• 2015 — Angelo Niculescu, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 2015 — Miriam Schapiro, Canadian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2013 — Ingvar Rydell, Swedish footballer (b. 1922)
• 2012 — LeRoy Neiman, American painter (b. 1921)
• 2012 — Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (b. 1919)