On This Day — June 19

Famous events, births, and deaths from June 19 in history, plus the public holidays, religious observances, sports, and national days happening on this date today.

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37 events · 186 births · 86 deaths recorded for June 19.

🕰️ Notable Events on 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. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
2007 — The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured. Wikipedia ↗
1991 — The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends. Wikipedia ↗
1990 — The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway. Wikipedia ↗
1990 — The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow. Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs. Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Basque 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. Wikipedia ↗
1985 — Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador. Wikipedia ↗
1982 — In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped. Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut. Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Nguyễn 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. Wikipedia ↗
1964 — The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate. Wikipedia ↗
1961 — Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom. Wikipedia ↗
1953 — Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York. Wikipedia ↗
1949 — The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Wikipedia ↗
1944 — World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Wikipedia ↗
1943 — The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II. Wikipedia ↗
1934 — The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Wikipedia ↗
1913 — Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented. Wikipedia ↗
1910 — The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington. Wikipedia ↗
1903 — Benito Mussolini, then a radical Socialist, arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike. Wikipedia ↗
1875 — The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins. Wikipedia ↗
1867 — Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro. Wikipedia ↗
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 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth. Wikipedia ↗
1862 — The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford. Wikipedia ↗
1850 — Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway. Wikipedia ↗
1846 — The 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. Wikipedia ↗
1821 — Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia). Wikipedia ↗
1816 — Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Wikipedia ↗
1800 — War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria. Wikipedia ↗
1586 — English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America. Wikipedia ↗
1306 — The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven. Wikipedia ↗
1269 — King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver. Wikipedia ↗
1179 — The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars. Wikipedia ↗
325 — The original Nicene Creed was presented at the First Council of Nicaea. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on June 19

1992 — C. J. Mosley, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1990 — Moa Hjelmer, Swedish sprinter Wikipedia ↗
1990 — Xavier Rhodes, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Jacob deGrom, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Rashard Mendenhall, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Mutsumi Tamura, Japanese voice actress Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Aoiyama Kōsuke, Bulgarian sumo wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Lázaro Borges, Cuban pole vaulter Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Diego Hypólito, Brazilian gymnast Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Marvin Williams, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1985 — Ai Miyazato, Japanese golfer Wikipedia ↗
1985 — José Ernesto Sosa, Argentinian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1985 — Dire Tune, Ethiopian runner Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Paul Dano, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Wieke Dijkstra, Dutch field hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Macklemore, American rapper Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Alexander Frolov, Russian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Chris Vermuelen, Australian motorcycle racer Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi, Saudi Arabian long jumper Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Moss Burmester, New Zealand swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Jean Carroll, Irish cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Dan Ellis, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Robbie Neilson, Scottish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer Wikipedia ↗
1979 — José Kléberson, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Zoe Saldana, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Claudio Vargas, Dominican baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Dennis Crowley, American businessman, co-founded Foursquare Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Bryan Hughes, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Anita Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Hugh Dancy, English actor and model Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Anthony Parker, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1974 — Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Jahine Arnold, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Yuko Nakazawa, Japanese singer Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Yasuhiko Yabuta, Japanese baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Jean Dujardin, French actor Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Ilya Markov, Russian race walker Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Brian McBride, American soccer player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Poppy Montgomery, Australian-American actress Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Robin Tunney, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1971 — Chris Armstrong, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Rahul Gandhi, Indian lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Quincy Watts, American sprinter and football player Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Brian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1968 — Alastair Lynch, Australian footballer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1968 — Timothy Morton, American philosopher and academic Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier and businessman Wikipedia ↗
1966 — Michalis Romanidis, Greek basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Sabine Braun, German heptathlete Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Sadie Frost, English actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
1964 — Brent Goulet, American soccer player and manager Wikipedia ↗
1964 — Boris Johnson, British journalist and politician, Mayor of London Wikipedia ↗
1964 — Brian Vander Ark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1963 — Laura Ingraham, American radio host and author Wikipedia ↗
1963 — Margarita Ponomaryova, Russian hurdler Wikipedia ↗
1963 — Rory Underwood, English rugby player, lieutenant, and pilot Wikipedia ↗
1962 — Paula Abdul, American singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, and presenter Wikipedia ↗
1962 — Jeremy Bates, English tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Andrew Dilnot, English economist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Johnny Gray, American runner and coach Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Luke Morley, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Patti Rizzo, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
1959 — Mark DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player Wikipedia ↗
1959 — Christian Wulff, German lawyer and politician, 10th President of Germany Wikipedia ↗
1958 — Sergei Makarov, Russian-American ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1957 — Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1957 — Jean Rabe, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
1955 — Mary O'Connor, New Zealand runner Wikipedia ↗
1955 — Mary Schapiro, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1954 — Mike O'Brien, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales Wikipedia ↗
1954 — Lou Pearlman, American music producer and fraudster (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1954 — Kathleen Turner, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1954 — Richard Wilkins, New Zealand-Australian journalist and television presenter Wikipedia ↗
1952 — Bob Ainsworth, English politician, Secretary of State for Defence Wikipedia ↗
1951 — Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terrorist Wikipedia ↗
1951 — Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist Wikipedia ↗
1950 — Neil Asher Silberman, American archaeologist and historian Wikipedia ↗
1950 — Ann Wilson, American singer-songwriter and musician Wikipedia ↗
1948 — Nick Drake, English singer-songwriter (d. 1974) Wikipedia ↗
1948 — Phylicia Rashad, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1947 — Salman Rushdie, Indian-English novelist and essayist Wikipedia ↗
1947 — John Ralston Saul, Canadian philosopher and author Wikipedia ↗
1946 — Jimmy Greenhoff, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1945 — Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician and convicted war criminal, 1st President of Republika Srpska Wikipedia ↗
1945 — Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
1945 — Tobias Wolff, American short story writer, memoirist, and novelist Wikipedia ↗
1942 — Merata Mita, New Zealand director and producer (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1941 — Václav Klaus, Czech economist and politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic Wikipedia ↗
1939 — Bernd Hoss, German footballer and manager (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1939 — John F. MacArthur, American minister and theologian Wikipedia ↗
1938 — Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1937 — André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1936 — Marisa Galvany, American soprano and actress Wikipedia ↗
1934 — Gérard Latortue, Haitian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Haiti Wikipedia ↗
1933 — Viktor Patsayev, Kazakh engineer and astronaut (d. 1971) Wikipedia ↗
1932 — Pier Angeli, Italian actress (d. 1971) Wikipedia ↗
1932 — José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1932 — Marisa Pavan, Italian actress Wikipedia ↗
1930 — Gena Rowlands, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1928 — Tommy DeVito, American singer and guitarist (The Four Seasons) Wikipedia ↗
1928 — Nancy Marchand, American actress (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
1926 — Erna Schneider Hoover, American mathematician and inventor Wikipedia ↗
1923 — Bob Hank, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1922 — Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1922 — Marilyn P. Johnson, American educator and diplomat, 8th United States Ambassador to Togo Wikipedia ↗
1921 — Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1920 — Yves Robert, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1919 — Pauline Kael, American film critic (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1917 — Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean guerrilla leader and politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1915 — Pat Buttram, American actor (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1915 — Julius Schwartz, American publisher and agent (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1914 — Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
1914 — Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1979) Wikipedia ↗
1913 — Helene Madison, American swimmer (d. 1970) Wikipedia ↗
1912 — Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
1912 — Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1910 — Sydney Allard, English race car driver, founded the Allard Company (d. 1966) Wikipedia ↗
1910 — Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1910 — Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1982) Wikipedia ↗
1909 — Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (d. 1948) Wikipedia ↗
1909 — Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (d. 1948) Wikipedia ↗
1907 — Clarence Wiseman, Canadian 10th General of the Salvation Army (d. 1985) Wikipedia ↗
1906 — Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) Wikipedia ↗
1906 — Knut Kroon, Swedish footballer (d. 1975) Wikipedia ↗
1906 — Walter Rauff, German SS officer (d. 1984) Wikipedia ↗
1905 — Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1903 — Mary Callery, American-French sculptor and academic (d. 1977) Wikipedia ↗
1903 — Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (d. 1941) Wikipedia ↗
1903 — Wally Hammond, English cricketer and coach (d. 1965) Wikipedia ↗
1903 — Hans Litten, German lawyer (d. 1938) Wikipedia ↗
1902 — Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and bandleader (d. 1977) Wikipedia ↗
1897 — Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967) Wikipedia ↗
1897 — Moe Howard, American comedian (d. 1975) Wikipedia ↗
1896 — Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (d. 1974) Wikipedia ↗
1896 — Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward VIII (d. 1986) Wikipedia ↗
1894 — Lloyd Hall, African American chemist and inventor (d. 1971) Wikipedia ↗
1891 — John Heartfield, German photographer and activist (d. 1968) Wikipedia ↗
1888 — Arthur Massey Berry, Canadian soldier and pilot (d. 1970) Wikipedia ↗
1886 — Finley Hamilton, American lawyer and politician (d. 1940) Wikipedia ↗
1884 — Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French painter and historian (d. 1974) Wikipedia ↗
1883 — Gladys Mills Phipps, American horse breeder (d. 1970) Wikipedia ↗
1881 — Maginel Wright Enright, American illustrator (d. 1966) Wikipedia ↗
1877 — Charles Coburn, American actor (d. 1961) Wikipedia ↗
1876 — Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (d. 1941) Wikipedia ↗
1874 — Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (d. 1941) Wikipedia ↗
1872 — Theodore Payne, English-American gardener and botanist (d. 1963) Wikipedia ↗
1871 — Alajos Szokolyi, Hungarian hurdler, jumper, and physician (d. 1932) Wikipedia ↗
1865 — May Whitty, English actress (d. 1948) Wikipedia ↗
1861 — Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish-English field marshal (d. 1928) Wikipedia ↗
1861 — Émile Haug, French geologist and paleontologist (d. 1927) Wikipedia ↗
1861 — José Rizal, Filipino journalist, author, and poet (d. 1896) Wikipedia ↗
1858 — Sam Walter Foss, American poet and librarian (d. 1911) Wikipedia ↗
1855 — George F. Roesch, American lawyer and politician (d. 1917) Wikipedia ↗
1854 — Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (d. 1893) Wikipedia ↗
1854 — Hjalmar Mellin, Finnish mathematician and theorist (d. 1933) Wikipedia ↗
1854 — Eleanor Norcross, American painter (d. 1923) Wikipedia ↗
1851 — Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (d. 1890) Wikipedia ↗
1851 — Silvanus P. Thompson, English physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 1916) Wikipedia ↗
1850 — David Jayne Hill, American historian and politician, 24th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1932) Wikipedia ↗
1846 — Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1928) Wikipedia ↗
1845 — Cléophas Beausoleil, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1904) Wikipedia ↗