June 19 in History

Historical Events on June 19

1586 English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.

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.

1903 Benito Mussolini, then a radical Socialist, arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.

1943 The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.

1944 World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

1949 The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

1961 Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.

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.

2012 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.

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Famous Birthdays on June 19

1861 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

1861 José Rizal

1945 Aung San Suu Kyi

1964 Boris Johnson

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Famous Deaths on June 19

1867 Maximilian I of Mexico

1937 J. M. Barrie

1984 Lee Krasner

2013 James Gandolfini

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