1800s / 19th century history on the 19th of June
1846 : The first officially recorded baseball game was played. The game was between New York Base Ball Club and the Knickerbockers, at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.
1862 : The U.S. Congress prohibited slavery in United States territories.
1900s / 20th century history on the 19th of June
1910 : The 1st Father’s Day was celebrated, in Spokane, Washington, USA.
1937 : Sir J. M. Barrie the Scottish novelist died of pneumonia, aged 77 (born in 1860). He was best known the creator of Peter Pan. Official website : JMBarrie.co.uk
1947 : Sir Salman Rushdie the Indian-English novelist was born Ahmed Salman Rushdie in Bombay, India. Official website : SalmanRushdie.com
1953 : Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed, after being convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets. They were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. Both of them refused to admit any wrongdoing and proclaimed their innocence right up to their deaths in the electric chair. The Rosenbergs were the first U.S. citizens to be convicted and executed for espionage during peacetime.
1962 : Paula Abdul the American singer-songwriter was born in San Fernando, California, USA. Official website : PaulaAbdul.com
1964 : Boris Johnson the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was born Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson in New York City, USA. Official website : Boris-Johnson.org.uk
1983 : Macklemore the American rapper was born Benjamin Hammond Haggerty in Seattle, Washington, USA. Official website : macklemore.com
2000s / 21st century history on the 19th of June
2012 : Julian Assange the WikiLeaks founder requested asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, for his fear of being extradited to the United States, after he published classified documents online, which included footage of civilian killings by the US army.
2016 : Anton Yelchin the American actor died from a freak car accident in his driveway, aged 27 (born in 1989). Official websites : AntonYelchinofficial.com | AntonYelchinFoundation.org
2018 : The 10,000,000th United States Patent was issued.
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