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History Events on June 19

By  Janet E Mountcastle  19 Jun   85 Views

History Events on June 19

United States Congress
The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.

#United_States_Congress

In 1862
Roanoke Island
English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.

#Roanoke_Island

In 1586
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini, a radical Socialist, arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.

#Benito_Mussolini

In 1903
Natives Land Act, 1913
Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.

#Natives_Land_Act,_1913

In 1913
WikiLeaks
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.

#WikiLeaks

In 2012
Communications Act of 1934
The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

#Communications_Act_of_1934

In 1934
World War II
World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

#World_War_II

In 1944
History of baseball in the United States
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.

#History_of_baseball_in_the_United_States

In 1846
Battle of Seven Oaks
Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

#Battle_of_Seven_Oaks

In 1816
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.

#Philadelphia_Eagles

In 1943
Patent
The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued.

#Patent

In 2018
Father's Day
The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.

#Father's_Day

In 1910
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.

#Pope_John_Paul_II

In 1988
Louise of the Netherlands
Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway.

#Louise_of_the_Netherlands

In 1850
USS Arizona (BB-39)
USS Arizona (BB-39) is launched.

#USS_Arizona_(BB-39)

In 1915
Filiki Eteria
Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Dr?g??ani (in Wallachia).

#Filiki_Eteria

In 1821
Emancipation Proclamation
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.

#Emancipation_Proclamation

In 1865
Trondheim
The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.

#Trondheim

In 1179
Maximilian I of Mexico
Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.

#Maximilian_I_of_Mexico

In 1867
Nicene Creed
The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.

#Nicene_Creed

In 325
ETA (separatist group)
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.

#ETA_(separatist_group)

In 1987
Kuwait
Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.

#Kuwait

In 1961
War of the Second Coalition
War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.

#War_of_the_Second_Coalition

In 1800
Earl of Pembroke
The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.

#Earl_of_Pembroke

In 1306
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.

#Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964

In 1964
Cold War
Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.

#Cold_War

In 1953
Nguy?n Cao K?
Nguy?n Cao K? becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguy?n V?n Thi?u becomes the figurehead chief of state.

#Nguy?n_Cao_K?

In 1965
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.
In 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.
In 2009
The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
In 2007
The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends.
In 1991
The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
In 1990
The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
In 1990
Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
In 1985
Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut.
In 1978
The first NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
In 1949
The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
In 1875

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