June 19th, 1340

Born on June 19th, 1340

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 249,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 161 days, exactly on December 10th, 2024, people who were born on June 19th, 1340 will be 250,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 19th?

June 19th, 2012

Facing allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, Julian Assange (pictured), the founder of WikiLeaks, requested asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

June 19th, 2010

The royal wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling took place in Stockholm Cathedral.

June 19th, 2009

War in Afghanistan: British forces began Operation Panther's Claw, in which more than 350 troops made an aerial assault on Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan.

June 19th, 2005

Only six race cars competed in the United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, after all the Michelin-shod entrants were withdrawn due to safety concerns.

June 19th, 1987

The Basque separatist group ETA detonated a car bomb at a Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona, killing 21 people and injuring 45 others.

June 19th, 1965

Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, the commander of the South Vietnam Air Force, was appointed prime minister at the head of a military regime.

June 19th, 1953

Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (pictured) were executed as spies for passing nuclear weapons secrets to the Soviet Union.

June 19th, 1939

American baseball player Lou Gehrig (pictured) was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now commonly known in the United States as "Lou Gehrig's disease".

June 19th, 1867

Second French intervention in Mexico: Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico was executed by firing squad in Querétaro City.

June 19th, 1846

The first officially recorded baseball game in U.S. history using modern rules was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, with the "New York Nine" defeating the New York Knickerbockers 23–1.

June 19th, 1838

The Maryland province of the Jesuits contracted to sell 272 slaves to buyers in Louisiana in one of the largest slave sales in American history.

June 19th, 1785

The proprietors of King's Chapel, Boston, voted to adopt James Freeman's Book of Common Prayer, thus establishing the first Unitarian church in the Americas.

June 19th, 2018

Antwon Rose II was fatally shot in East Pittsburgh by East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld after being involved in a near-fatal drive-by shooting.

June 19th, 2012

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army.

June 19th, 2009

War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 19th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 19th?

39

Blaise Pascal

French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623–1662)

*June 19th, 1623, Clermont-Ferrand †August 19th, 1662, Paris

60

Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

*June 19th, 1964, New York City

43

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

79

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

88

Wolfram von Soden

German Assyriologist

*June 19th, 1908, Berlin †October 6th, 1996, Münster

79

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

70

Kathleen Turner

American actress

*June 19th, 1954, Springfield

47

Doug Clark

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1977, Torquay

77

Salman Rushdie

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

*June 19th, 1947, Mumbai

65

Christian Wulff

10th German Federal President

*June 19th, 1959, Osnabrück

58

James VI and I

King of Scotland (1566–1625), England and Ireland (1603–25)

*June 19th, 1566, Edinburgh †March 27th, 1625, Theobalds House

41

Aidan Turner

Irish actor

*June 19th, 1983, Clondalkin

89

Mildred Natwick

American actress

*June 19th, 1905, Baltimore †October 25th, 1994, New York City

71

Nancy Marchand

American actress (1928-2000)

*June 19th, 1928, Buffalo †June 18th, 2000, Stratford

35

Oksana Masters

Ukrainian-born American paralympic rower and cross-country skier

*June 19th, 1989, Khmelnytskyi

63

Bidya Devi Bhandari

President of Nepal

*June 19th, 1961, Mane Bhanjyang

46

Zoe Saldaña

American actress

*June 19th, 1978, Passaic

76

Bernd Hoss

German football player and manager (1939-2016)

*June 19th, 1939, Nürtingen †April 6th, 2016, Freiburg im Breisgau

59

Christine Lambrecht

German politician (born 1965)

*June 19th, 1965, Mannheim

Same year
Born in 1340

58

John of Gaunt

English magnate of the House of Plantagenet (1340-1399)

*June 24th, 1340, Ghent †February 3rd, 1399, Leicester Castle

27

John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray

English Baron

*June 24th, 1340, Epworth †January 1st, 1368, Turkey

75

John, Duke of Berry

French duke

*November 30th, 1340, Vincennes †June 15th, 1416, Paris

35

Cansignorio della Scala

Lord of Verona

*March 5th, 1340, Verona †October 19th, 1375, Verona

70

Theophanes the Greek

Byzantine-Russian artist (c.1340-c.1410)

*January 1st, 1340, Constantinople †January 1st, 1410, Moscow

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Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, New Church feast day) which are celebrated on June 19th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1340 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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