# On this day: June 19

June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years), with 195 days left until the end of the year.

## June 19 in one line

Headline entries for June 19, from Wikipedia: in 1846, The first officially recorded baseball game in U.S. history using modern rules was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, with the "New York Nine" defeating the New York Knickerbockers 23–1; born 1623: Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and physicist (died 1662); died 1993: William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911). In 2026 it is a Friday, in 2027 a Saturday.

## Events on June 19

- 325 The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed)
- 1306 The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Methven)
- 1718 An earthquake on the Tibetan Plateau led to the deaths of more than 73,000 people. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1718_Tongwei%E2%80%93Gansu_earthquake)
- 1785 The proprietors of King's Chapel, Boston, voted to adopt James Freeman's Book of Common Prayer, thus establishing the first Unitarian church in the Americas. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_(Unitarian))
- 1821 Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia). [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filiki_Eteria)
- 1838 The Maryland province of the Jesuits contracted to sell 272 slaves to buyers in Louisiana in one of the largest slave sales in American history. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838_Jesuit_slave_sale)
- 1846 The first officially recorded baseball game in U.S. history using modern rules was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, with the "New York Nine" defeating the New York Knickerbockers 23–1. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball)
- 1850 Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_the_Netherlands)
- 1867 Second French intervention in Mexico: Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico was executed by firing squad in Querétaro City. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I_of_Mexico)
- 1875 The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire)
- 1903 Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini)
- 1910 The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane%2C_Washington)
- 1926 King Roger, an opera about Roger II of Sicily by Karol Szymanowski, was premiered at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Roger_(opera))
- 1939 American baseball player Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now commonly known in the United States as "Lou Gehrig's disease". [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig)
- 1953 Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed as spies for passing nuclear weapons secrets to the Soviet Union. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg)
- 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964)
- 1965 Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, the commander of the South Vietnam Air Force, was appointed prime minister at the head of a military regime. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Cao_K%E1%BB%B3)
- 1970 The international Patent Cooperation Treaty was signed, providing a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_Cooperation_Treaty)
- 1978 Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield)
- 1987 The Basque separatist group ETA detonated a car bomb at a Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona, killing 21 people and injuring 45 others. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipercor_bombing)
- 2005 Only six race cars competed in the United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, after all the Michelin-shod entrants were withdrawn due to safety concerns. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_United_States_Grand_Prix)
- 2009 War in Afghanistan: British forces began Operation Panther's Claw, in which more than 350 troops made an aerial assault on Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Panther's_Claw)
- 2009 Mass rioting broke out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishou_incident)
- 2010 The royal wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling took place in Stockholm Cathedral. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Victoria%2C_Crown_Princess_of_Sweden%2C_and_Daniel_Westling)
- 2012 Facing allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, requested asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange)
- 2018 The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent)

## Born on June 19

- 1566 James VI and I of the United Kingdom (died 1625) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I)
- 1623 Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and physicist (died 1662) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal)
- 1861 José Rizal, Filipino journalist, author, and poet (died 1896) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rizal)
- 1896 Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, American wife of the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, Duke of Windsor (died 1986) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_Simpson)
- 1897 Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_N._Hinshelwood)
- 1906 Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Chain)
- 1909 Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (died 1948) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dazai)
- 1922 Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aage_Bohr)
- 1930 Gena Rowlands, American actress (died 2024) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gena_Rowlands)
- 1941 Václav Klaus, Czech economist and politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Klaus)
- 1945 Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel Prize laureate [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi)
- 1945 Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician and convicted war criminal, 1st President of Republika Srpska [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radovan_Karad%C5%BEi%C4%87)
- 1947 Salman Rushdie, Indian-English novelist and essayist [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie)
- 1951 Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terrorist (died 2022) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayman_al-Zawahiri)
- 1954 Kathleen Turner, American actress [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Turner)
- 1959 Christian Wulff, German lawyer and politician, 10th President of Germany [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Wulff)
- 1962 Paula Abdul, American singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, and presenter [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul)
- 1964 Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and former Mayor of London [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson)
- 1970 Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi)
- 1972 Jean Dujardin, French actor [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Dujardin)
- 1978 Zoe Saldaña, American actress [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Salda%C3%B1a)
- 1978 Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki)

## Died on June 19

- 1747 Nader Shah, Persian leader (born 1688) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Shah)
- 1820 Joseph Banks, English botanist and author (born 1743) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Banks)
- 1844 Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French zoologist and biologist (born 1772) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Geoffroy_Saint-Hilaire)
- 1867 Maximilian I of Mexico (born 1832) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I_of_Mexico)
- 1937 J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (born 1860) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie)
- 1962 Frank Borzage, American film director and actor (born 1894) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Borzage)
- 1977 Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and philosopher (born 1933) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shariati)
- 1989 Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (born 1906) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betti_Alver)
- 1991 Jean Arthur, American actress (born 1900) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Arthur)
- 1993 William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Golding)
- 2013 James Gandolfini, American actor (born 1961) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gandolfini)
- 2013 Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1932) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyula_Horn)
- 2016 Anton Yelchin, American actor (born 1989) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Yelchin)
- 2020 Ian Holm, British actor (born 1931) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Holm)

## Holidays and observances

- Christian feast day: Deodatus (or Didier) of Nevers (or of Jointures) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deodatus_of_Nevers)
- Christian feast day: Gervasius and Protasius (Catholic Church) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervasius_and_Protasius)
- Christian feast day: Hildegrim of Châlons [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegrim_of_Ch%C3%A2lons)
- Christian feast day: Juliana Falconieri [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_Falconieri)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Michelina of Pesaro [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelina_of_Pesaro)
- Christian feast day: Rémy Isoré [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9my_Isor%C3%A9)
- Christian feast day: Romuald [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romuald)
- Christian feast day: Ursicinus of Ravenna [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursicinus_of_Ravenna)
- Christian feast day: Zosimus [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosimus_(martyr))
- Christian feast day: June 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_19_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- New Church Day [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Church_Day)
- Day of the Independent Hungary (Hungary) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Hungary)
- Feast of Forest (Palawan) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Philippines)
- Juneteenth (United States) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth)
- Labour Day (Trinidad and Tobago) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day)
- Laguna Day (Laguna) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Philippines)
- Birthday of Jose Gervasio Artigas (Uruguay) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gervasio_Artigas)
- World Sickle Cell Day (International) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle_cell_disease)
- Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's commencement of work at the Workers' Party Central Committee (DPRK) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_North_Korea)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia — “June 19”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_19) — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/June 19”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_19) — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence)](https://github.com/vacanza/holidays) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article [“June 19”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_19) and the articles it links to ([authors and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_19?action=history)), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for June 19 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.

## June 19 in the calendar

| Year | Weekday | ISO week | Moon (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Friday | 2026-W25 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
| 2027 | Saturday | 2027-W24 | 🌕 Full Moon |
| 2028 | Monday | 2028-W25 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |
| 2029 | Tuesday | 2029-W25 | 🌓 First Quarter |
| 2030 | Wednesday | 2030-W25 | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |

Moon phases are for the day in UTC; at the edges of a phase your local date can differ.

## Public holidays on June 19

- [🇺🇸 United States](https://whathappen.today/holidays/united-states/): Juneteenth National Independence Day (2026 and 2027)
- [🇨🇳 China](https://whathappen.today/holidays/china/): Dragon Boat Festival (2026)

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