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| Birthday June 19, 1556 James VI, of Scotland (1567-1625)/James I of England (1603-25) |
| Birthday June 19, 1623 Blaise Pascal, mathematician, physicist, religious writer |
| Birthday June 19, 1856 Elbert Hubbard, Essayist |
| Birthday June 19, 1896 Duchess of Windsor, divorcee |
| Birthday June 19, 1902 Guy Lombardo, conductor |
| Birthday June 19, 1903 Henry Louis Gehrig Yankees,"Iron Horse" |
| Birthday June 19, 1908 Mildred Natwick, Actress |
| Birthday June 19, 1908 Quentin N Burdick, (Sen-D-NC) |
| Birthday June 19, 1909 Osamu Dazai, Japanese novelist (Tsugaru, No Longer Human) |
| Birthday June 19, 1914 Alan Cranston, (Seb-D-CA) Pres candidate |
| Birthday June 19, 1919 Pauline Kael, Movie critic |
| Birthday June 19, 1921 Howell Heflin, (Sen-D-AL) |
| Birthday June 19, 1921 Louis Jourdan, France |
| Birthday June 19, 1922 Aage N. Bohr, Danish physicist, studied atomic nucleus (Nobel 1975) |
| Birthday June 19, 1924 Leo Nomellini, NFL defensive tackle (San Francisco 49ers) |
| Birthday June 19, 1928 Nancy Marchand, Actress |
| Birthday June 19, 1932 Pier Angeli, in Italy |
| Birthday June 19, 1933 Viktor I. Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 11) |
| Birthday June 19, 1936 Gena Rowlands, in Cambria Wisc |
| Birthday June 19, 1943 Malcolm McDowell, (Clockwork Orange) |
| Birthday June 19, 1949 Kathleen Turner, (Peggy Sue got Married) |
| Birthday June 19, 1951 Ann Wilson, in San Diego (Heart) |
| Birthday June 19, 1959 Mark DeBarge, Rocker |
| Birthday June 19, 1978 Garfield, the cat "Big fat hairy deal" |
| History June 19, 0240 BC Eratosthenes estimates circumference of earth |
| History June 19, 1586 English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island NC |
| History June 19, 1756 146 English people imprisoned in Black Hole of Calcutta |
| History June 19, 1778 Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge |
| History June 19, 1812 US declares war on England |
| History June 19, 1846 1st baseball game-NY Nines 23 Knickerbockers 1 (Hoboken - NJ) |
| History June 19, 1856 First Republican national convention ends |
| History June 19, 1861 Anaheim PO established |
| History June 19, 1862 Slavery outlawed in US territories |
| History June 19, 1864 CSS Alabama sinks off coast of France |
| History June 19, 1864 USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama |
| History June 19, 1867 Mexican Emperor Maximilian executed - Mexican republic restored |
| History June 19, 1867 Emperor of Mexico executed |
| History June 19, 1868 Father De Smet talks peace with Sitting Bull |
| History June 19, 1875 Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio |
| History June 19, 1886 Taft marries Helen Herron |
| History June 19, 1892 A bloody fingerprint elicits a mother's evil tale in Argentina |
| History June 19, 1905 First nickelodeon opens |
| History June 19, 1910 Father's Day celebrated for 1st time in Spokane Wash |
| History June 19, 1917 Britain's King George V changes royal surname |
| History June 19, 1917 After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles & surnames They took the name Windsor |
| History June 19, 1931 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct |
| History June 19, 1932 1st concert given in SF's Stern Grove |
| History June 19, 1934 Nathanael West's A Cool Million is published |
| History June 19, 1934 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created |
| History June 19, 1938 Montana flood causes train wreck |
| History June 19, 1944 United States scores major victory against Japanese in Battle of the Philippine Sea |
| History June 19, 1946 1st TV sports spectacular - Joe Louis vs Billy Conn |
| History June 19, 1947 1st plane to exceed 600 mph - Albert Boyd Muroc Ca |
| History June 19, 1953 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg executed at Sing Sing Prison Ossining NY (Julius takes 3 tries - Ethel 5) |
| History June 19, 1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed |
| History June 19, 1955 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100 |
| History June 19, 1961 Kuwait gains independence from Britain |
| History June 19, 1961 US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to belief in existence of God |
| History June 19, 1963 Charter members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen |
| History June 19, 1963 Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to earth |
| History June 19, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 survived an 83-day filibuster in Senate |
| History June 19, 1965 Ky becomes premier of South Vietnam |
| History June 19, 1968 South Vietnamese president signs general mobilization bill |
| History June 19, 1970 Carole King has her first #1 hit as a performer |
| History June 19, 1970 A Nikolayev and V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9 |
| History June 19, 1972 Curt Flood case decided |
| History June 19, 1973 Pete Rose & Willie Davis both get career hit # 2000 |
| History June 19, 1976 US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from earth |
| History June 19, 1977 Red Sox set record of 16 HRs in 3 games All against Yanks |
| History June 19, 1977 Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cent bishop John Neumann 1st US male saint |
| History June 19, 1981 European Space Agency's Ariane carries two satellites into orbit |
| History June 19, 1981 Boeing Coml Chinook two-rotor helicopter gets certified |
| History June 19, 1986 Len Bias 1st pick of Celtics suffers fatal cocaine-induced seizure |
| History June 19, 1986 Artificial heart recipient Murray P Haydon died in Louisville Ky |
| History June 19, 1987 Wee Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak ends |
| History June 19, 2005 Controversy at U.S. Grand Prix |
| History June 19, 2013 James Gandolfini, TV's Tony Soprano, dies at 51 |