June 19

June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining.

Births:

• 1623 -- Blaise Pascal (mathematician)
• 1903 -- Lou Gehrig (baseball player)
• 1947 -- Salman Rushdie (author)

Events:

• 1865 -- Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas are finally informed of their freedom. June 19th is unofficially celebrated as Juneteenth in the United States.
• 1912 -- establishment of the 8-hour work day in the United States
• 1934 -- establishment of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States. The FCC regulates radio and television broadcasts.

Deaths:

• 1902 -- Frederick Augustus Albert (King of the former Saxony from 1828 to 1902)

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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