Also on June 19
🏛️ Public Holidays
US: Juneteenth National Independence Day
Also observed in: Dragon Boat Festival (CN,HK) · Midsummer Eve (FI,SE) · 端午節 (HK,TW) · Juhannusaatto (FI) · 端午节 (CN)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2012 — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of... ↗
- 2009 — Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances... ↗
- 2009 — War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the... ↗
- 2007 — The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured. ↗
- 1991 — The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 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