June 19th, 1909

Born on June 19th, 1909

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 42,000 days old!

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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Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, after all the Michelin-shod entrants were withdrawn due to safety concerns.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, 2020

Animal rights advocate Regan Russell is run over and killed by a transport truck outside of a pig slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario.

June 19th, 2018

Antwon Rose II is 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 requests 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; he will remain there until 2019.

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

Born on June 19th, 1909

38

Osamu Dazai

Japanese author

*June 19th, 1909, Kanagi †June 13th, 1948, Mitaka

39

Rūdolfs Jurciņš

Latvian basketball player (1909–1948)

*June 19th, 1909, Riga †July 22nd, 1948, Riga

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Born in 1909

69

Walter Arnold

German sculptor and politician (1909-1979)

*August 27th, 1909, Leipzig †July 11th, 1979, Dresden

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

85

Jessica Tandy

British actress (1909–1994)

*June 7th, 1909, London †September 11th, 1994, Fairfield County

82

Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)

*October 28th, 1909, Dublin †April 28th, 1992, Madrid

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

*April 29th, 1909, Owensboro †September 12th, 1994, Woodland Hills

65

U Thant

Third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1909-1974)

*January 22nd, 1909, Pantanaw †November 25th, 1974, New York City

73

Isa Miranda

Italian actress (1905-1982)

*July 5th, 1909, Milan †July 8th, 1982, Rome

47

Art Tatum

American jazz pianist

*October 13th, 1909, Toledo †November 5th, 1956, Los Angeles

103

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italian neurologist (1909-2012)

*April 22nd, 1909, Turin †December 30th, 2012, Nomentano

92

Ernst Gombrich

Austrian art historian

*March 30th, 1909, Vienna †November 3rd, 2001, London

106

Hans Erni

Swiss painter and engraver (1909-2015)

*February 21st, 1909, Lucerne †March 21st, 2015, Lucerne

75

Larry Clinton

American musician (1909–1985)

*August 17th, 1909, Brooklyn †May 2nd, 1985, Tucson

43

Marcel Lepan

French coxswain

*September 14th, 1909, Boulogne-sur-Mer †March 10th, 1953, Boulogne-sur-Mer

87

Daniel Mayer

French politician, member of the French Resistance (1909-1996)

*April 29th, 1909, Paris †December 29th, 1996, Orsay

89

Gratien Gélinas

Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator

*December 8th, 1909, Mauricie †March 16th, 1999, Deux-Montagnes

98

Alexander King

British chemist and environmentalist (1909-2007)

*January 26th, 1909, Langside †February 28th, 2007, London

68

Gertrude Abercrombie

American painter (1909-1977)

*February 17th, 1909, Austin †July 3rd, 1977, Chicago

34

Simone Weil

(1909-1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, writer and social activist

*February 3rd, 1909, Paris †August 24th, 1943, Ashford

104

Frits Thors

Dutch television presenter

*September 13th, 1909, Amsterdam †April 19th, 2014, Laren

50

Stepan Bandera

Ukrainian nationalist leader (1909–1959)

*January 1st, 1909, Staryi Uhryniv †October 15th, 1959, Munich

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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

No: With 365 days 1909 is a normal year and no leap year.

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