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June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining.
Events
1300-1899
1900-1999
- 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.
- 1949 - NASCAR sanctions the first "strictly stock" race, which will evolve into the modern Nextel Cup. Jim Roper wins the event.
- 1950 - The first commercial drag strip, the Santa Ana Drags, begins at Orange County Airport (now John Wayne Airport) at Santa Ana, in Southern California. Admission is 50 cents -- or 75 cents if the ticket holder wanted to watch the mechanics work.
- 1954 - The last regular-service streetcar operated by Twin City Rapid Transit runs in Minneapolis
- 1954 - The animated Bugs Bunny short Devil May Hare debuts in theaters, introducing The Tasmanian Devil.
- 1970 - Signature of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
- 1976 - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Silvia Sommerlath.
- 1978 - first appearance of the comic strip Garfield.
- 1999 - Torino is picked as the host city of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
- 1999 - The Los Angeles radio station KROQ opens the seventh annual of the KROQ Weenie Roast with Blink-182, Freestylers, Kid Rock, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Lit, Live, The Living End, Lo Fidelity Allstars, Metallica, Moby, Orgy, Pennywise, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smash Mouth and Sugar Ray.
2000-2099
Births
1300-1899
- 1301 - Prince Morikuni, 9th Kamakura shogun of Japan (d. 1333)
- 1566 - James I, King of England (d. 1625)
- 1623 - Blaise Pascal, mathematician (d. 1662)
- 1764 - José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (d. 1850)
- 1792 - Gustav Schwab, author (d. 1850)
- 1834 - Charles Spurgeon, preacher and evangelist (d. 1892)
- 1838 - Friedrich von Hessing, engineer (d. 1918)
- 1861 - José Rizal, poet, Filipino national hero
- 1865 - Dame May Whitty, entertainer (d. 1948)
- 1882 - Guenter von Kluge, German field marshal, (d. 1944)
- 1896 - Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor (d. 1986)
- 1897 - Moe Howard, actor, comedian; member of the Three Stooges (d. 1975)
1900-1999
- 1902 - Guy Lombardo, bandleader (d. 1977)
- 1903 - Lou Gehrig, baseball player (d. 1941)
- 1903 - Wally Hammond, cricketer (d. 1965)
- 1905 - Mildred Natwick, actress (d. 1994)
- 1914 - Alan Cranston, United States politician (d. 2000)
- 1924 - Anneliese Rothenberger, soprano
- 1928 - Nancy Marchand, actress (The Sopranos) (d. 2000)
- 1928 - Barry Took, British comedy writer and broadcaster
- 1930 - Gena Rowlands, actress
- 1932 - Pier Angeli, actress (d. 1972)
- 1933 - Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut
- 1938 - Wahoo McDaniel, American football player, wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, politician and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1991)
- 1947 - Salman Rushdie, author
- 1948 - Phylicia Rashad, actress
- 1948 - Nick Drake, folk guitarist
- 1951 - Ann Wilson, singer
- 1954 - Kathleen Turner, actress
- 1957 - Anna Lindh, Swedish politician and minister of foreign affairs (d. 2003)
- 1960 - Luke Morley, British guitarist and songwriter
- 1962 - Paula Abdul, singer and one of three judges on American Idol
- 1967 - Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian cross country skier
- 1970 - Quincy Watts, American athlete
- 1977 - Peter Warrick, American football player
- 1978 - Dirk Nowitzki, German NBA star
Deaths
1600-1899
1900-1999
- 1902 - Frederick Augustus Albert, king of Saxony from 1873 to 1902
- 1937 - J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan
- 1939 - Grace Abbott, social worker, activist
- 1953 - Julius Rosenberg, convicted spy
- 1953 - Ethel Rosenberg, convicted spy
- 1966 - Ed Wynn, entertainer
- 1976 - Jean Neftin, actor, writer
- 1977 - Ali Shariati, sociologist
- 1977 - Lady Olave Baden-Powell GBE (nee Soames) Chief Girl Guide
- 1989 - Wang Weilin (supposed)
- 1993 - William Golding, novelist
- 1996 - G. David Schine, investigator and businessman
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
June 18 - June 20 - May 19 - July 19 -- listing of all days
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