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June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 195 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.[1]
  • 1179 – 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.[2]
  • 1306 – The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
  • 1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.
  • 1770New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
  • 1800War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.
  • 1816Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  • 1821 – Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).
  • 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.
  • 1850 – Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.
  • 1862 – The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
  • 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.
  • 1867Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
  • 1875 – The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • 1903Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
  • 1910 – The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
  • 1913Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
  • 1934 – The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
  • 1943 – The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
  • 1949 – The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
  • 1953Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
  • 1960 – The first NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
  • 1961Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
  • 1965Nguyễn 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.
  • 1985 – Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
  • 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.
  • 1988Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.
  • 1990 – The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
  • 1990 – The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
  • 1991 – The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn.
  • 2007 – The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
  • 2009Mass 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.
  • 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.
  • 2012WikiLeaks 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.
  • 2018 – The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued.[3]
  • 2018 – Antwon Rose II was fatally shot in East Pittsburgh by East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld after being involved in a near-fatal drive-by shooting.[4]

Births[]

  • 1301Prince Morikuni, shōgun of Japan (d. 1333)
  • 1417Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (d. 1468)
  • 1566James VI and I of the United Kingdom (d. 1625)
  • 1590Philip Bell, British colonial governor (d. 1678)
  • 1595Hargobind, sixth Sikh guru (d. 1644)
  • 1598Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1677)
  • 1606James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (d. 1649)
  • 1623Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1662)
  • 1633Philipp van Limborch, Dutch author and theologian (d. 1712)
  • 1701François Rebel, French violinist and composer (d. 1775)
  • 1731Joaquim Machado de Castro, Portuguese sculptor (d. 1822)
  • 1764José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (d. 1850)
  • 1771Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1859)
  • 1776Francis Johnson, American lawyer and politician (d. 1842)
  • 1783Friedrich Sertürner, German chemist and pharmacist (d. 1841)
  • 1793Joseph Earl Sheffield, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1882)
  • 1795James Braid, Scottish-English surgeon (d. 1860)
  • 1797Hamilton Hume, Australian explorer (d. 1873)
  • 1815Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (d. 1872)
  • 1816William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist, founded the Webb Institute (d. 1899)
  • 1833Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (d. 1904)
  • 1834Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (d. 1892)
  • 1840Georg Karl Maria Seidlitz, German entomologist and academic (d. 1917)
  • 1843Mary Sibbet Copley, American philanthropist (d. 1929)
  • 1845Cléophas Beausoleil, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1904)
  • 1846Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1928)
  • 1850David Jayne Hill, American historian and politician, 24th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1932)
  • 1851Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (d. 1890)
  • 1851 – Silvanus P. Thompson, English physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 1916)
  • 1854Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (d. 1893)
  • 1854 – Hjalmar Mellin, Finnish mathematician and theorist (d. 1933)
  • 1855George F. Roesch, American lawyer and politician (d. 1917)
  • 1858Sam Walter Foss, American poet and librarian (d. 1911)
  • 1861Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish-English field marshal (d. 1928)
  • 1861 – Émile Haug, French geologist and paleontologist (d. 1927)
  • 1861 – José Rizal, Filipino journalist, author, and poet (d. 1896)
  • 1865May Whitty, English actress (d. 1948)
  • 1871Alajos Szokolyi, Hungarian hurdler, jumper, and physician (d. 1932)
  • 1872Theodore Payne, English-American gardener and botanist (d. 1963)
  • 1874Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (d. 1941)
  • 1876Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (d. 1941)
  • 1877Charles Coburn, American actor (d. 1961)
  • 1881Maginel Wright Enright, American illustrator (d. 1966)
  • 1883Gladys Mills Phipps, American horse breeder (d. 1970)
  • 1884Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French painter and historian (d. 1974)
  • 1886Finley Hamilton, American lawyer and politician (d. 1940)
  • 1888Arthur Massey Berry, Canadian soldier and pilot (d. 1970)
  • 1891John Heartfield, German photographer and activist (d. 1968)
  • 1896Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (d. 1974)
  • 1896 – Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward VIII (d. 1986)
  • 1897Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
  • 1897 – Moe Howard, American comedian (d. 1975)
  • 1902Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and bandleader (d. 1977)
  • 1903Mary Callery, American-French sculptor and academic (d. 1977)
  • 1903 – Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (d. 1941)
  • 1903 – Wally Hammond, English cricketer and coach (d. 1965)
  • 1903 – Hans Litten, German lawyer (d. 1938)
  • 1905Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994)
  • 1906Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
  • 1906 – Knut Kroon, Swedish footballer (d. 1975)
  • 1906 – Walter Rauff, German SS officer (d. 1984)
  • 1907Clarence Wiseman, Canadian 10th General of the Salvation Army (d. 1985)
  • 1909Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (d. 1948)
  • 1909 – Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (d. 1948)
  • 1910Sydney Allard, English race car driver, founded the Allard Company (d. 1966)
  • 1910 – Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
  • 1910 – Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1982)
  • 1912Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008)
  • 1912 – Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (d. 2005)
  • 1913Helene Madison, American swimmer (d. 1970)
  • 1914Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (d. 2000)
  • 1914 – Lester Flatt, American bluegrass singer-songwriter, guitarist, and mandolin player (d. 1979)
  • 1915Pat Buttram, American actor (d. 1994)
  • 1915 – Julius Schwartz, American publisher and agent (d. 2004)
  • 1917Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean guerrilla leader and politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 1999)
  • 1919Pauline Kael, American film critic (d. 2001)
  • 1920Yves Robert, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
  • 1921Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (d. 2015)
  • 1922Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
  • 1922 – Marilyn P. Johnson, American educator and diplomat, 8th United States Ambassador to Togo
  • 1923Bob Hank, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2012)
  • 1926Erna Schneider Hoover, American mathematician and inventor
  • 1927Luciano Benjamín Menéndez, Argentine general and human rights violator (d. 2018)
  • 1928Tommy DeVito, American singer and guitarist
  • 1928 – Nancy Marchand, American actress (d. 2000)
  • 1930Gena Rowlands, American actress
  • 1932Pier Angeli, Italian actress (d. 1971)
  • 1932 – José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (d. 2011)
  • 1932 – Marisa Pavan, Italian actress
  • 1933Viktor Patsayev, Kazakh engineer and astronaut (d. 1971)
  • 1934Gérard Latortue, Haitian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Haiti
  • 1936Marisa Galvany, American soprano and actress
  • 1937André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (d. 2015)
  • 1938Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (d. 2002)
  • 1939Bernd Hoss, German footballer and manager (d. 2016)
  • 1939 – John F. MacArthur, American minister and theologian
  • 1941Václav Klaus, Czech economist and politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic
  • 1942Merata Mita, New Zealand director and producer (d. 2010)
  • 1944Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer, composer, writer and poet
  • 1945Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician and convicted war criminal, 1st President of Republika Srpska
  • 1945 – Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1945 – Tobias Wolff, American short story writer, memoirist, and novelist
  • 1946Jimmy Greenhoff, English footballer and manager
  • 1947Salman Rushdie, Indian-English novelist and essayist
  • 1947 – John Ralston Saul, Canadian philosopher and author
  • 1948Nick Drake, English singer-songwriter (d. 1974)
  • 1948 – Phylicia Rashad, American actress
  • 1950Neil Asher Silberman, American archaeologist and historian
  • 1950 – Ann Wilson, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1951Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terrorist
  • 1951 – Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist
  • 1952Bob Ainsworth, English politician, Secretary of State for Defence
  • 1954Mike O'Brien, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
  • 1954 – Lou Pearlman, American music producer and fraudster (d. 2016)
  • 1954 – Kathleen Turner, American actress
  • 1954 – Richard Wilkins, New Zealand-Australian journalist and television presenter
  • 1955Mary O'Connor, New Zealand runner
  • 1955 – Mary Schapiro, American lawyer and politician
  • 1957Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2003)
  • 1957 – Jean Rabe, American journalist and author
  • 1958Sergei Makarov, Russian-American ice hockey player and coach
  • 1959Mark DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player
  • 1959 – Christian Wulff, German lawyer and politician, 10th President of Germany
  • 1960Andrew Dilnot, English economist and academic
  • 1960 – Johnny Gray, American runner and coach
  • 1960 – Luke Morley, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1960 – Patti Rizzo, American golfer
  • 1962Paula Abdul, American singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, and presenter
  • 1962 – Jeremy Bates, English tennis player
  • 1962 – Ashish Vidyarthi, Indian actor
  • 1963Laura Ingraham, American radio host and author
  • 1963 – Margarita Ponomaryova, Russian hurdler
  • 1963 – Rory Underwood, English rugby player, lieutenant, and pilot
  • 1964Brent Goulet, American soccer player and manager
  • 1964 – Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and former Mayor of London
  • 1964 – Brian Vander Ark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1965Sabine Braun, German heptathlete
  • 1965 – Sadie Frost, English actress and producer
  • 1966Michalis Romanidis, Greek basketball player
  • 1967Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier and businessman
  • 1968Alastair Lynch, Australian footballer and sportscaster
  • 1968 – Timothy Morton, American philosopher and academic
  • 1968Kimberly Anne "Kim" Walker, American film and television actress (d. 2001)
  • 1970Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician
  • 1970 – Quincy Watts, American sprinter and football player
  • 1970 – Brian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1971José Emilio Amavisca, Spanish footballer
  • 1971 – Chris Armstrong, English footballer
  • 1972Jean Dujardin, French actor
  • 1972 – Ilya Markov, Russian race walker
  • 1972 – Brian McBride, American soccer player and coach
  • 1972 – Poppy Montgomery, Australian-American actress
  • 1972 – Robin Tunney, American actress
  • 1973Jahine Arnold, American football player
  • 1973 – Yuko Nakazawa, Japanese singer
  • 1973 – Yasuhiko Yabuta, Japanese baseball player
  • 1974Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player, coach, and manager
  • 1974Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi, Bangladeshi member of parliament
  • 1975Hugh Dancy, English actor and model
  • 1975 – Anthony Parker, American basketball player
  • 1976Anar Baghirov, Azerbaijani lawyer
  • 1976 – Dennis Crowley, American businessman, co-founded Foursquare
  • 1976 – Bryan Hughes, English footballer and manager
  • 1976 – Anita Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1978Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
  • 1978 – Zoe Saldana, American actress
  • 1978 – Claudio Vargas, Dominican baseball player
  • 1979José Kléberson, Brazilian footballer
  • 1980Jean Carroll, Irish cricketer
  • 1980 – Dan Ellis, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1980 – Robbie Neilson, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1980 – Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
  • 1981Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi, Saudi Arabian long jumper
  • 1981 – Moss Burmester, New Zealand swimmer
  • 1982Alexander Frolov, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1982 – Chris Vermuelen, Australian motorcycle racer
  • 1983Macklemore, American rapper
  • 1983 – Aidan Turner, Irish actor
  • 1984Paul Dano, American actor
  • 1984 – Wieke Dijkstra, Dutch field hockey player
  • 1984 – Andri Eleftheriou, Cypriot sport shooter[5]
  • 1985Ai Miyazato, Japanese golfer
  • 1985 – José Ernesto Sosa, Argentinian footballer
  • 1985 – Dire Tune, Ethiopian runner
  • 1986Aoiyama Kōsuke, Bulgarian sumo wrestler
  • 1986 – Lázaro Borges, Cuban pole vaulter
  • 1986 – Diego Hypólito, Brazilian gymnast
  • 1986 – Marvin Williams, American basketball player[6]
  • 1987Rashard Mendenhall, American football player[7]
  • 1988Jacob deGrom, American baseball player
  • 1990Moa Hjelmer, Swedish sprinter
  • 1990 – Xavier Rhodes, American football player[8]
  • 1992Keaton Jennings, South African-English cricketer
  • 1992 – C. J. Mosley, American football player[9]
  • 1993Olajide Olatunji, English YouTuber[10]

Deaths[]

  • 404Huan Xuan, Jin-dynasty warlord and emperor of Huan Chu (b. 369)
  • 626Soga no Umako, Japanese son of Soga no Iname (b. 551)
  • 930Xiao Qing, chancellor of Later Liang (b. 862)
  • 1027Romuald, Italian mystic and saint (b. 951)
  • 1185Taira no Munemori, Japanese soldier (b. 1147)[11]
  • 1282Eleanor de Montfort, Welsh princess (b. 1252)
  • 1312Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English politician (b. 1284)
  • 1341Juliana Falconieri, Italian nun and saint (b. 1270)
  • 1364Elisenda of Montcada, queen consort and regent of Aragon (b. 1292)
  • 1504Bernhard Walther, German astronomer and humanist (b. 1430)
  • 1542Leo Jud, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1482)
  • 1545Abraomas Kulvietis, Lithuanian-Russian lawyer and jurist (b. 1509)
  • 1567Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg (b. 1507)
  • 1584Francis, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)
  • 1608Alberico Gentili, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1551)
  • 1650Matthäus Merian, Swiss-German engraver and publisher (b. 1593)
  • 1747Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1669)
  • 1747 – Nader Shah, Persian leader (b. 1688)
  • 1762Johann Ernst Eberlin, German organist and composer (b. 1702)
  • 1768Benjamin Tasker Sr., American soldier and politician, 10th Colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1690)
  • 1786Nathanael Greene, American general (b. 1742)
  • 1805Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter and educator (b. 1724)
  • 1820Joseph Banks, English botanist and author (b. 1743)
  • 1844Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French zoologist and biologist (b. 1772)
  • 1864Richard Heales, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Victoria (b. 1822)
  • 1864 – Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, American soldier (b. 1843)
  • 1865Evangelos Zappas, Greek-Romanian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1800)
  • 1867Miguel Miramón, Unconstitutional president of Mexico, 1859-1860 (b. 1832)[12]
  • 1867 – Maximilian I of Mexico (b. 1832)
  • 1874Ferdinand Stoliczka, Moravian palaeontologist and ornithologist (b. 1838)
  • 1884Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian-French politician and diplomat (b. 1810)
  • 1903Herbert Vaughan, English cardinal (b. 1832)
  • 1918Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (b. 1888)
  • 1921Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (b. 1888)
  • 1922Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (b. 1874)
  • 1932Sol Plaatje, South African journalist and activist (b. 1876)
  • 1937J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (b. 1860)
  • 1939Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
  • 1940Maurice Jaubert, French composer and conductor (b. 1900)
  • 1941C. V. Hartman, Swiss botanist and anthropologist (b. 1862)
  • 1941 – Otto Hirsch, German jurist and politician (b. 1885)
  • 1949Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)
  • 1951Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
  • 1953Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1915)
  • 1953 – Julius Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1918)
  • 1956Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (b. 1874)
  • 1962Frank Borzage, American film director and actor (b. 1894)
  • 1966Ed Wynn, American actor and comedian (b. 1886)
  • 1968James Joseph Sweeney, American bishop (b. 1898)
  • 1975Sam Giancana, American mob boss (b. 1908)
  • 1977Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and philosopher (b. 1933)
  • 1979Paul Popenoe, American explorer and scholar, founded Relationship counseling (b. 1888)
  • 1981Anya Phillips, Chinese-American band manager and co-founder of the Mudd Club (b. 1955)[13]
  • 1984Lee Krasner, American painter and educator (b. 1908)
  • 1986Len Bias, American basketball player (b. 1963)
  • 1987Margaret Carver Leighton, American author (b. 1896)
  • 1988Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (b. 1922)
  • 1988 – Gladys Spellman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1918)
  • 1989Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (b. 1906)
  • 1990George Addes, American trade union leader, co-founded United Automobile Workers (b. 1911)
  • 1990 – Isabella Smith Andrews, New Zealand writer (b. 1905)[14]
  • 1991Jean Arthur, American actress (b. 1900)
  • 1993William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
  • 1995Peter Townsend, Burmese-English captain and pilot (b. 1914)
  • 2001Stanley Mosk, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1912)
  • 2001 – John Heyer, Australian director and producer (b. 1916)
  • 2004Clayton Kirkpatrick, journalist and newspaper editor (b. 1915)[15]
  • 2007Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1919)
  • 2007 – Alberto Mijangos, Mexican-American painter and educator (b. 1925)
  • 2007 – Terry Hoeppner, American football player and coach (b. 1947)
  • 2007 – Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist and author (b. 1932)
  • 2008Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist, founded Bartaman (b. 1934)
  • 2009Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese engineer and surveyor (b. 1895)
  • 2010Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (b. 1962)
  • 2010 – Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton, English philosopher and academic (b. 1925)
  • 2010 – Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer, journalist and political activist (b. 1938)
  • 2012Norbert Tiemann, American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Nebraska (b. 1924)
  • 2013Vince Flynn, American author (b. 1966)
  • 2013 – James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (b. 1961)
  • 2013 – Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1932)
  • 2013 – Dave Jennings, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1952)
  • 2013 – Filip Topol, Czech singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1965)
  • 2013 – Slim Whitman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
  • 2014Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt, German general (b. 1915)
  • 2014 – Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (b. 1939)
  • 2014 – Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (b. 1985)
  • 2015James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer (b. 1925)
  • 2016Anton Yelchin, American actor (b. 1989)
  • 2017Otto Warmbier, American college student detained in North Korea (b. 1994)[16]
  • 2018Koko, western lowland gorilla and user of American Sign Language (b. 1971)[17]
  • 2019Etika, American YouTuber and streamer (b. 1990)[18]

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Deodatus (or Didier) of Nevers (or of Jointures)
    • Gervasius and Protasius (Catholic Church)
    • Hildegrim of Châlons
    • Juliana Falconieri
    • Romuald
    • Ursicinus of Ravenna
    • Zosimus
    • June 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • New Church feast day
    • New Church Day
  • Day of the Independent Hungary (Hungary)
  • Feast of Forest (Palawan)
  • Juneteenth (United States, especially African Americans)
  • Labour Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
  • Laguna Day (Laguna)
  • Never Again Day (Uruguay)
  • World Sickle Cell Day (International)

References[]

  1. Karl Joseph von Hefele (1871). A History of the Councils of the Church: To the close of the Council of Nicea, A.D. 325. T. & T. Clark. pp. 275–.
  2. Kari Ellen Gade (2009). Poetry from the Kings' Sagas 2. Brepols. p. 637. ISBN 978-2-503-51897-8.
  3. US patent 10,000,000, Joseph Marron, "COHERENT LADAR USING INTRA-PIXEL QUADRATURE DETECTION", issued Jun. 19, 2018, assigned to Raytheon Company 
  4. Silverman, Darran Simon Hollie. "East Pittsburgh police officer fatally shot 17-year-old Antwon Rose fleeing traffic stop". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  5. "Shooting | Athlete Profile: Andri ELEFTHERIOU - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  6. "Marvin Williams". NBA.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  7. "Rashard Mendenhall". NFL.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  8. "Xavier Rhodes". NFL.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  9. "C.J. Mosley". NFL.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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