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June 19 Events in History - June 19 Birthdays - June 19 Deaths
June 19, 2000 NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers beat Indiana Pacers 4 games to 2
June 19, 1999 Stanley Cup Finals, Dallas Stars beat Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2
June 19, 1997 "Forever Tango!," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City
June 19, 1995 New York Yankees announce agreement with Darryl Strawberry
June 19, 1994 "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances
June 19, 1994 "She Loves Me" closes at Atkinson Theater New York City after 294 performances
June 19, 1994 "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" closes at Cort New York City after 72 performances
June 19, 1994 94th U.S. Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 279 at Oakmont CC in Oakmont Pa
June 19, 1994 Ernesto Samper elected president of Colombia
June 19, 1994 Lisa Kiggens wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament
June 19, 1994 Tigers tie record of hitting home runs in 25th consecutive games
June 19, 1993 Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* vs. England at Lord's
June 19, 1993 Mandy Smith (Bill Wyman's ex-wife) weds Pat van den Hauwe
June 19, 1992 "Batman Returns" opens
June 19, 1992 Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
June 19, 1992 Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in New York City
June 19, 1992 Inkhata-blood bath in Boipatong South-Africa
June 19, 1992 New York Yankees 1st game in Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards
June 19, 1991 2 of Mia Farrow's daughters arrested for shoplifting lingerie
June 19, 1991 Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police
June 19, 1991 New York Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987
June 19, 1990 Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark
June 19, 1989 Mets Dwight Gooden wins his 100th game (100-37)
June 19, 1988 88th U.S. Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Country Club Mass
June 19, 1988 Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie
June 19, 1988 Namphy takes control of Haitian government
June 19, 1988 Shirley Furlong wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
June 19, 1988 World's Largest Sausage completed at 13 miles long
June 19, 1988 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hours 20 mins
June 19, 1987 ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed
June 19, 1987 Geffen records sign their 1st artist, Donna Summer
June 19, 1987 Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation
June 19, 1987 Ben and Jerry Ice Cream and Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia
June 19, 1986 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup
June 19, 1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place
June 19, 1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair
June 19, 1984 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger, Nightline
June 19, 1983 "Octopussy" premieres in US
June 19, 1983 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
June 19, 1981 Boeing commercial Chinook 2-rotor helicopter is certified
June 19, 1981 European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit
June 19, 1981 Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, South Africa
June 19, 1981 India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched
June 19, 1980 Battle between police and demonstrators in Capetown, 34 killed
June 19, 1979 In New York 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as Yank mgr
June 19, 1979 Mali's constitution goes into effect
June 19, 1978 "Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St. New York City for 1577 performances
June 19, 1978 Garfield, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip
June 19, 1978 Ian Botham takes 8-34 vs. Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling
June 19, 1977 77th U.S. Golf Open: Hubert Green shoots a 278 at Southern Hills Tulsa
June 19, 1977 Indians fire manager Frank Robinson and replace him with Jeff Torborg
June 19, 1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
June 19, 1977 Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st U.S. male saint
June 19, 1977 Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks
June 19, 1976 King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Dutchess Silvia Sommerlath
June 19, 1976 U.S. Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth
June 19, 1974 Kansas City Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0
June 19, 1974 Yemen Arab Republic, North Yemen, suspends constitution
June 19, 1973 "Rocky Horror Picture Show," stage production opens in London
June 19, 1973 Pete Rose and Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000
June 19, 1972 Hurricane Agnes, kills 118 in New York and Florida
June 19, 1972 40,000 pilots strike against naval officer
June 19, 1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance
June 19, 1970 A Nikolayev and V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9
June 19, 1970 Conservatives win British parliamentary election
June 19, 1970 Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published
June 19, 1970 Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 2nd of 3 times in 28 days
June 19, 1969 State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances
June 19, 1968 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign
June 19, 1967 Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army
June 19, 1967 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD
June 19, 1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
June 19, 1965 Algerian coup under colonel Houari Boumedienne, President Ben Bella fired
June 19, 1965 KYW-AM in Cleveland Ohio returns call letters to Philadelphia
June 19, 1964 Bob Dylan completes U.K. tour
June 19, 1964 Cambuur Leeuwarden BVO soccer team forms in Leeuwarden
June 19, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27
June 19, 1963 2 Russian space missions return to Earth
June 19, 1963 Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen
June 19, 1963 Greek government of Pipinolis forms
June 19, 1963 Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to Earth
June 19, 1961 "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by Coasters peaks at #23
June 19, 1961 Charlie Finley, changes A's manager Joe Gordon (26-33) for Hank Bauer
June 19, 1961 Kuwait declares independence from U.K.
June 19, 1961 New York Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs
June 19, 1961 U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God
June 19, 1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
June 19, 1960 Loretta Lynn records "Honky Tonk Girl"
June 19, 1956 Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin end partnership after 16 films
June 19, 1955 55th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Fleck shoots a 287 at Olympic CC in SF
June 19, 1955 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100
June 19, 1955 Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history
June 19, 1954 54th U.S. Golf Open: Ed Furgol shoots a 284 at Baltusrol GC in NJ
June 19, 1954 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Western Golf Open
June 19, 1954 Tasmanian Devil, debuts in "Devil May Hare" by Warner Bros
June 19, 1953 Albert W. Dent, elected president of National Health Council
June 19, 1953 WCSouth Carolina TV channel 5 in Charleston, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting
June 19, 1953 WTPennsylvania (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast
June 19, 1952 "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host
June 19, 1948 Panama and Costa Rica recognize Israel
June 19, 1948 U.S.S.R. blocks access road to West Berlin
June 19, 1947 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca
June 19, 1946 1st TV sports spectacular-Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn
June 19, 1944 Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down
June 19, 1944 French troops free Elba
June 19, 1944 Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot"
June 19, 1944 Japanese troops conquer Changsha China
June 19, 1943 "Shiek Of Arahy" Spike Jones and City Slickers peaks at #19
June 19, 1943 NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers merge, (dissolves on Dec 5)
June 19, 1942 Paul Waner, is 7th to get 3,000 hits
June 19, 1941 Cheerios Cereal invents an O-shaped cereal
June 19, 1941 Romania orders Jews to evacuate Darabani
June 19, 1941 U.S. president Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act
June 19, 1940 "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago
June 19, 1940 German 7th Armour division under gen-maj Rommel occupies Cherbourg
June 19, 1940 Goering orders seizure of Dutch horses, car, buses and ships
June 19, 1938 "Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47
June 19, 1938 Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris
June 19, 1938 Paul Waner (Pirates) homers off Pete Sivess (Phillies) in DH
June 19, 1938 Reds Johnny Vander Meer extends his string of hitless innings to 21 2/3 before Debs Garms singles for Boston in 4th
June 19, 1937 Franco-troops conquer Bilbao Basques
June 19, 1936 Dutch Premier Colijn denies relation with German call-girl
June 19, 1936 German boxer Max Schmeling World Champion KOs Joe Louis
June 19, 1936 Joe McCarthy is named to manage AL All-Stars, rather than high-strung Mickey Cochrane, who is very close to a nervous breakdown
June 19, 1934 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created
June 19, 1933 Austrian government-Dollfuss bans nazi-organizations
June 19, 1932 Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China PR
June 19, 1931 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct
June 19, 1926 DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry
June 19, 1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m (3:52.6)
June 19, 1923 "Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts
June 19, 1923 Baldwin-Mellon-agreement concerning Britain entering the war
June 19, 1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:28.2)
June 19, 1921 Turk and Christian of Palestine sign a friendship treaty against Jews
June 19, 1917 After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor
June 19, 1914 54th British Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 306 at Prestwick Club
June 19, 1912 Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A and L State College
June 19, 1910 1st airship in service "Germany"
June 19, 1910 Father's Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash)
June 19, 1894 28th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Henry of Navarre wins in 1:56
June 19, 1893 Lizzie Bordon acquitted
June 19, 1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Man with the Twisted Lip"
June 19, 1881 Muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan
June 19, 1875 Formal opening of U.S. Marine Hospital at Presidio
June 19, 1868 Maj Gen E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC
June 19, 1867 1st Belmont: J Gilpatrick aboard Ruthless wins in 3:05
June 19, 1865 Siege of Richmond, Virginia
June 19, 1865 Union Gen Granger declares slaves are free in Texas
June 19, 1864 CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France
June 19, 1864 Skirmish at Pine Knob Georgia
June 19, 1863 Battle at Middleburg Virginia, 100+ casualties
June 19, 1862 Slavery outlawed in U.S. territories
June 19, 1861 Anaheim Post Office established
June 19, 1861 Francis Pierpont is elected provisional governor of West Virginia
June 19, 1850 Swedish/Norwegian crown prince Charles weds Dutch princess Wilhelmina
June 19, 1848 Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott open 1st women's rights convention
June 19, 1846 1st baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1
June 19, 1835 New Orleans gives U.S. government Jackson Square to be used as a mint
June 19, 1829 Sir Robert Peel found London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies)
June 19, 1825 Gioacchino Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims," premieres
June 19, 1778 Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge
June 19, 1770 General Church of New Jerusalem established
June 19, 1754 Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies and Iroquois indians
June 19, 1669 Polish parliament selects Litouwer Michael Wisniopwiecki as king
June 19, 1631 Peace of Cherasco: Charles de Gonzaga-Nevers becomes duke of Mantua
June 19, 1621 Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece
June 19, 1588 Spanish Armada heavily destroyed in storm at Coruna
June 19, 1586 English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island, North Carolina
June 19, 1572 Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater
June 19, 1502 Emperor Maximilian I and England sign treaty of Antwerp
June 19, 1464 French King Louis XI forms postal service
June 19, 1369 Duke Philip the Stout marries Margaretha van Male
June 19, 1286 Rabbenu Mir of Rothenbur imprisoned in fortress of Ensisheim
June 19, 1269 King Louis IX of Frances decrees all Jews must wear a badge of shame
June 19, 1205 Pope Innocent III fires Adolf I as archbishop of Cologne
June 19, 987 Louis IV, crowned king of France



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