On This Day: 19 June

19 June in world history

• 2012Facing allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, requested asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
• 2009War in Afghanistan: British forces began Operation Panther's Claw, in which more than 350 troops made an aerial assault on Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan.
• 2005Following a series of Michelin tire failures during the United States Grand Prix weekend at Indianapolis, and without an agreement being reached, 14 cars from seven teams in Michelin tires withdraw after completing the formation lap, leaving only six cars from
• 1987Basque 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.
• 1978Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication.
• 1964The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
• 1961Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1953Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
• 1947Pan Am Flight 121 crashes in the Syrian Desert near Mayadin, Syria, killing 15 and injuring 21.
• 1943The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
• 1939American baseball player Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now commonly known in the United States as "Lou Gehrig's disease".
• 1926King Roger, an opera about Roger II of Sicily by Karol Szymanowski, was premiered at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw.
• 1867Second French intervention in Mexico: Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico was executed by firing squad in Querétaro City.
• 1865Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are officially informed of their freedom. The anniversary was officially celebrated in Texas and other states as Juneteenth. On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially
• 1846The first officially recorded baseball game in U.S. history using modern rules was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, with the "New York Nine" defeating the New York Knickerbockers 23–1.
• 1838The Maryland province of the Jesuits contracted to sell 272 slaves to buyers in Louisiana in one of the largest slave sales in American history.
• 1821Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).
• 1785The proprietors of King's Chapel, Boston, voted to adopt James Freeman's Book of Common Prayer, thus establishing the first Unitarian church in the Americas.

Born on 19 June

• 1975Hugh Dancy, English actor and model
• 1970Rahul Gandhi, Indian politicianIndia
• 1962Ashish Vidyarthi, Indian actorIndia
• 1957Subcomandante Marcos, Mexican insurgent and EZLN leader
• 1950Neil Asher Silberman, American archaeologist and historian
• 1947Salman Rushdie, Indian-English novelist and essayistIndia

Died on 19 June

• 2019Etika, American YouTuber and streamer (born 1990)
• 2010Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer, journalist and political activist (born 1938)
• 2008Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist, founded Bartaman (born 1934)India
• 1981Subhash Mukherjee, Indian scientist and physician who created India's first, and the world's second, child using in-vitro fertilisation (born 1931)India

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 19 June in history?

2012: Facing allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, requested asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. 2009: War in Afghanistan: British forces began Operation Panther's Claw, in which more than 350 troops made an aerial assault on Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan. 2005: Following a series of Michelin tire failures during the United States Grand Prix weekend at Indianapolis, and without an agreement being reached, 14 cars from seven teams in Michelin tires withdraw after completing the formation lap, leaving only six cars from. 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.

Which famous people were born on 19 June?

Hugh Dancy, English actor and model (1975); Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician (1970); Ashish Vidyarthi, Indian actor (1962); Subcomandante Marcos, Mexican insurgent and EZLN leader (1957).

Which day is observed on 19 June?

New Church Day; Day of the Independent Hungary (Hungary); Feast of Forest (Palawan); Juneteenth (United States); Labour Day (Trinidad and Tobago).