What are the important events that happened on June 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 19: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 19 is the 171st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 195 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 6, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,645,920 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaheptacontahenagon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 224 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,198 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 19 Historical Events
- 1179 –The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
- 1586 –English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in North America.
- 1770 –Emanuel Swedenborg reports the completion of the Second Coming of Christ in his work True Christian Religion.
- 1816 –Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson’s Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- 1934 –The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States’ Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
- 1944 –World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
- 1966 –Shiv Sena a political party in India is founded in Mumbai.
- 1978 –Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut.
- 1991 –The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends.
- 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.
Who were born on June 19?
- 1595 –Guru Hargobind, Indian religious figure (d. 1644)
- 1846 –Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (d. 1928)
- 1858 –Sam Walter Foss, American librarian and poet (d. 1911)
- 1861 –José Rizal, Filipino polymath and national hero (d. 1896)
- 1903 –Hans Litten, German jurist (d. 1938)
- 1905 –Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994)
- 1939 –Bernd Hoss, German football manager
- 1959 –Mark DeBarge, American singer, songwriter and trumpeter
- 1980 –Milka Loff Fernandes, German actress
- 1982 –Chris Vermeulen, Australian motorcycle racer
Who died on June 19?
- 1922 –Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (b. 1874)
- 1939 –Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
- 1996 –G. David Schine, American businessman (b. 1927)
- 1997 –Bobby Helms, American singer (b. 1933)
- 2001 –John Heyer, Australian documentarian (b. 1916)
- 2003 –Laura Sadler, English actress (b. 1980)
- 2007 –El Fary, Spanish singer (b. 1937)
- 2007 –Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
- 2007 –Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (b. 1932)
- 2010 –Manute Bol, Sudanese basketball player (b. 1962)
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