June 19
June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining.
Events:
- 1865 - Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas are finally informed of their freedom. June 19th is unofficially celebrated as Juneteenth in the United States.
- 1912 - establishment of the 8-hour work day in the United States.
- 1934 - establishment of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States. The FCC regulates radio and television broadcasts.
Births:
- 1623 - Blaise Pascal, mathematician (+ 1662)
- 1764 - José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (+ 1850)
- 1792 - Gustav Schwab, author (+ 1850)
- 1838 - [[Friedrich von Hessing], engineer (+ 1918)
- 1902 - Guy Lombardo, bandleader
- 1903 - Lou Gehrig, baseball player
- 1924 - Anneliese Rothenberger, soprano
- 1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, politician and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 1991)
- 1947 - Salman Rushdie, author
Deaths:
- 1902 - Frederick Augustus Albert, king of Saxony from 1873 to 1902
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
June 18 - June 20 - May 19 - July 19 -- listing of all days
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