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June 19th History
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June 19th In Pop Culture History

June 19, 548 (fiction) Hank Morgan appeared at King Authur's Court, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Book

1586(?) - English colonists leave Roanoke Island, and disappeared. The only clue found was the word "CROATOAN" carved into a tree.

1718 (Earthquake) Gansu, China

1846 - The first officially recorded, organized baseball game was played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1.

1862 - The US Congress prohibited slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.

1867 - The first running of the Belmont Stakes horserace in the US, the oldest of the three American horse races that constitute the Triple Crown.

1905 - The first nickelodeon theater opened in Pittsburgh, PA.

1910 - The first Father's Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington.

1941 - Cheerie Oats, later renamed Cheerios, was invented.

1949 - The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

1952 - I've Got A Secret premiered on CBS

1953 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for spying for the Soviet Union, at Sing Sing, in New York.

1961 #1 Hit June 19, 1961 - June 25, 1961: Pat Boone - Moody River

1965 #1 Hit June 19, 1965 - June 25, 1965: Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)

1971 #1 Hit June 19, 1971 - July 23, 1971: Carole King - It's Too Late / I Feel the Earth Move

June 19, 19** Birthday (fictional) Garfield, Comic strip started in 1978

1978 - Broadway Show - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Musical) June 19, 1978

June 19, 2009 - The Apple iPhone GS was released.

2010 #1 Hit June 19, 2010 - July 30, 2010: Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg - California Gurls

2011 - Falling Skies premiered on TNT

2012 - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuatorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents.

June 19th Celebrity Birthdays

Consider This:
Paula Abdul (1962)
Lou Gehrig (1903)
Julius Schwartz (1915)
Moe Howard (1897)
Charles Coburn (1877)
Louis Jourdan (1919)
Brian "Head" Welch (1970)
Poppy Montgomery (1972)
Phylicia Rashad (1948)		 Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.


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