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- 0240 -BC- Eratosthenes estimates circumference of Earth
- 1179 The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
- 1269 King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
- 1306 The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
- 1586 English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island NC
- 1754 Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies & Iroquois indians
- 1770 Emanuel Swedenborg reports the completion of the Second Coming of Christ in his work True Christian Religion.
- 1778 Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge
- 1807 Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
- 1815 Napoleon defeated at Waterloo by Duke Wellington and was exiled to St. Helena where he died on May 8, 1821.
- 1816 Battle of Seven Oaks between Northwest Company and Hudson Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- 1821 Decisive defeat of the Philik Etairea by the Ottomans at Drgani (in Wallachia).
- 1835 New Orleans gives US govt Jackson Square to be used as a mint
- 1846 First baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1
- 1846 The first baseball game under recognizable modern rules is played in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.
- 1850 Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway.
- 1861 Anaheim Post Office established
- 1862 Slavery outlawed in US territories
- 1862 U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying the Dred Scott Case.
- 1864 CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France
- 1865 All slaves in Texas freed
- 1865 Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 13 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
- 1867 Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Quertaro, Quertaro.
- 1867 The first Belmont Stakes, Ruthless wins
- 1868 Maj Gen E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC
- 1870 After all of the Southern States are formally readmitted to the United States of America, the Confederate States of America ceases to exist.
- 1875 Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio
- 1910 Father's Day celebrated for first time (Spokane, Wash)
- 1914 A radiotelegraphic link is established between Germany and the United States and German Emperor Wilhelm II and US President Woodrow Wilson exchange telegrams to mark the event.
- 1917 After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles & surnames, they take the name Windsor
- 1928 Amelia Erhart flies across the Atlantic Ocean, the first woman to do so in a 21-hour flight to Wales.
- 1930 C Jackson & H E Wood discovers asteroid #1595 Tanga
- 1931 The first photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct
- 1932 Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China PR
- 1934 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created
- 1934 The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
- 1938 "Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47
- 1938 Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris
- 1938 Italy defeats Hungary 4-2 during the 1938 FIFA World Cup to become the first national team to defend a title.
- 1940 "Brenda Starr," first cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago
- 1940 HMS ORPHEUS, sunk north of Tobruk, eastern Libya by Italian destroyer "Turbine".
- 1943 Race riots occur in Beaumont, Texas.
- 1944 The Battle of the Philippine Sea takes place.
- 1946 On television for the first time a sports spectacular-Joe Louis vs Billy Conn
- 1947 The first plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca
- 1949 NASCAR sanctions the first "strictly stock" race, which will evolve into the modern Nextel Cup. Jim Roper wins the event.
- 1950 A G Wilson discovers asteroid #1980 Tezcatlipoca
- 1952 "I've Got A Secret" debuted on CBS with Garry Moore as host
- 1952 1 RAR in action in Jamestown Line, Korea
- 1953 Albert W Dent, elected president of Natl Health Council
- 1959 Senate rejects Ike's appointment of Lewis Strauss for Sec of Comm
- 1961 Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1961 Visitor posting - Nicole Ann O'Connell was born, La Mirada, California (Incredible person) :-) - USA
- 1961 US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God
- 1963 2 Russian space missions return to Earth
- 1963 Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen
- 1963 Valentina Tereshkova first woman in space returns to Earth
- 1967 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD
- 1968 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign
- 1968 Number one hit on UK music charts - The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash
- 1969 State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances
- 1970 A Nikolayev & V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9
- 1970 Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published
- 1970 The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is signed.
- 1970 Visitor posting - Gerald Aubrey Walsh Jr. was born - USA
- 1970 UK hist Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister
- 1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance
- 1971 Number one hit on UK music charts - Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
- 1973 Pete Rose & Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000
- 1974 KC Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0
- 1976 US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth
- 1977 Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann first US male saint
- 1978 Garfield comic strip launches.
- 1981 Boeing commercial Chinook 2-rotor helicopter is certified
- 1981 European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit
- 1981 Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, S Africa
- 1981 India's APPLE satellite, first to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched
- 1982 In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University in Beirut, is kidnapped.
- 1982 Visitor posting - Del & Kim got married!
- 1984 The first live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline)
- 1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place
- 1986 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup
- 1987 Ben & Jerry Ice Cream & Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia
- 1987 ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
- 1987 Geffen records sign their first artist (Donna Summer)
- 1987 Wee Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak ends
- 1988 Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie
- 1991 2 of Mia Farrow's daughters arrested for shoplifting lingerie
- 1993 Visitor posting - Kaitlyn Jayne Smith was born on this day :) - Australia
- 1995 Visitor posting - Justin Pranaitis was born in Honaloulou Hawaii at 10:57 P.M. - USA
- 1995 Visitor posting - JJ Tufts was born on this day. :) - USA
- 1996 Visitor posting - Ivannah Maris Martinez was born in Aricebo, Puerto Rico on June 19, 1996!
- 1997 Visitor posting - Shaun Michael Strahan was born(: - USA
- 1997 Visitor posting - Aaron Cooper was born - USA
- 1997 Visitor posting - Cara was born - USA
- 1999 Dallas Stars defeat the Buffalo Sabres in 3OT to win the Stanley Cup Buffalo, NY
- 2000 The last rail on the order books of Sysco (Sydney Steel) is rolled.
- 2009 Jun 19, 2009 Avery Grace C. was born at 7:31 PM. Such a beautiful baby. - Canada
- 2010 Happy FIRST Birthday Avery - Canada
- 2010 Visitor posting - Andrew and Kim Valentine were married - USA
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