June 19

Monday 19, 2000:

Datapoint, the company that commissioned the Intel 8008 microprocessor, sells its European operations and changes its name to Dynacore.

Saturday 19, 1999:

Author Stephen King is struck by a minivan in a hit-and-run accident.

Monday 19, 1978:

First appearance of the comic strip Garfield.

Saturday 19, 1976:

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Silvia Sommerlath.

Friday 19, 1970:

Signature of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

Monday 19, 1961:

Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.

Saturday 19, 1954:

The animated Bugs Bunny short Devil May Hare debuts in theaters, introducing The Tasmanian Devil.

Monday 19, 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, United States. Admission wss 50 cents; or 75 cents if the ticket holder wanted to watch the mechanics work.

Sunday 19, 1949:

NASCAR sanctions the first "strictly stock" race, which will evolve into the modern Nextel Cup. Jim Roper wins the event.

Monday 19, 1944:

The Battle of the Philippine Sea took place, where the United States Navy sank 3 Japanese aircraft carriers and shot down almost 400 aircraft in what was called The Marianas Turkey Shoot.

Saturday 19, 1943:

Race riots occur in Beaumont, Texas, United States.

Tuesday 19, 1934:

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is established. The FCC regulates radio and television broadcasts. (see the Communications Act of 1934.)

Wednesday 19, 1912:

1912 - The eight-hour work day is established in the United States.

Monday 19, 1893:

Lizzie Borden is acquitted of murder.

Sunday 19, 1870:

After all of the Southern States are formally readmitted to the United States of America, the Confederate States of America (a/k/a the CSA) ceases to exist.

Wednesday 19, 1867:

Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.

Monday 19, 1865:

Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is henceforth unofficially celebrated as Juneteenth.

Thursday 19, 1862:

1862 - Slavery is banned in U.S territories.

Tuesday 19, 1860:

Louise of Orange-Nassau marries King Charles XV of Sweden-Norway.

Friday 19, 1846:

First baseball game under recognizable modern rules in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.

Friday 19, 1767:

Jean Chastel killed the Beast of Gévaudan.

Saturday 19, 1306:

The Earl of Pembroke's defeat Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.

Wednesday 19, 1269:

King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.

Tuesday 19, 1179:

The Norwegian battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.

Sunday 19, 2005:

Unknown - The Rossetta Stone one is found and destroyed.

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