June 19
June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1566 - James VI, King of Scotland (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)
- 1863 - Dr. Jose P. Rizal, poet, Philippine 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)
- 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 - Barry Took, British comedy writer and broadcaster
- 1930 - Gena Rowlands, actress
- 1932 - Pier Angeli, actress (d. 1972)
- 1933 - Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut
- 1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, politician and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1991)
- 1947 - Salman Rushdie, author
- 1948 - Phylicia Rashad, actress
- 1954 - Kathleen Turner, actress
- 1957 - Anna Lindh, Swedish politician and minister of foreign affairs (d. 2003)
- 1962 - Paula Abdul, singer and one of three judges on American Idol
- 1967 - Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian cross country skier
- 1970 - Quincy Watts, American athlete
- 1978 - Dirk Nowitzki, German NBA star
Deaths
- 1692 - Rebecca Nurse, hanged during the Salem Witch Trials
- 1747 - Giovanni Bononcini composer
- 1820 - Joseph Banks, naturalist and botanist
- 1863 - Dr. Jose P. Rizal, poet, Filipino hero
- 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
- 1977 - Ali Shariati, sociologist
- 1977 - Lady Olave Baden-Powell GBE (nee Soames) Chief Girl Guide
- 1989 - Wang Weilin (supposed)
- 1993 - William Golding, novellist
- 1996 - G. David Schine, investigator and businessman
Holidays and observances
June 18 - June 20 - May 19 - July 19 -- listing of all days
