June 19th, 1947

Born on June 19th, 1947

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What happened on June 19th, 1947?

June 19th, 1947

Pan Am Flight 121 crashes in the Syrian Desert near Mayadin, Syria, killing 15 and injuring 21.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_121

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Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, after all the Michelin-shod entrants were withdrawn due to safety concerns.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

Basque separatist group ETA detonated a car bomb at the 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 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 Jesuits' Maryland province 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 prayer book, 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.

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

Born on June 19th, 1947

76

Salman Rushdie

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

*June 19th, 1947, Mumbai

76

Paula Koivuniemi

Finnish singer

*June 19th, 1947, Seinäjoki

76

Youn Yuh-jung

South Korean actress

*June 19th, 1947, Kaesong

68

Jerry Rix

Dutch singer (1947-2016)

*June 19th, 1947, Amsterdam †January 3rd, 2016, Rhodes

76

John R. Saul

Canadian writer, International PEN president and public intellectual

*June 19th, 1947, Ottawa

73

John Hinch

British musician (1947-2021)

*June 19th, 1947, Lichfield †April 29th, 2021, London

60

Steve Ryan

American actor (1947-2007)

*June 19th, 1947, Manhattan †September 3rd, 2007, Duarte

69

Jagoda Kaloper

Croatian actress (1947-2016)

*June 19th, 1947, Zagreb †October 1st, 2016, Vienna

69

Kiran Ashar

Indian cricketer (1947-2017)

*June 19th, 1947, Mumbai †May 27th, 2017, Mumbai

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

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

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

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

59

Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

*June 19th, 1964, New York City

69

Kathleen Turner

American actress

*June 19th, 1954, Springfield

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

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

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

75

Phylicia Rashad

American actress (born 1948)

*June 19th, 1948, Houston

72

Francesco Moser

Italian cyclist

*June 19th, 1951, Giovo

64

Christian Wulff

10th German Federal President

*June 19th, 1959, Osnabrück

70

Daria Nicolodi

Italian actress

*June 19th, 1950, Florence †November 26th, 2020, Rome

46

Doug Clark

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1977, Torquay

88

Wolfram von Soden

German Assyriologist

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

76

Bernd Hoss

German football player and manager (1939-2016)

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

26

Nick Drake

British singer-songwriter

*June 19th, 1948, Yangon †November 25th, 1974, Tanworth-in-Arden

62

Bidya Devi Bhandari

President of Nepal

*June 19th, 1961, Mane Bhanjyang

71

Nancy Marchand

American actress (1928-2000)

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

71

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Islamic terrorist and al-Qaeda leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon

*June 19th, 1951, Maadi †July 31st, 2022, Kabul

58

Christine Lambrecht

German politician (born 1965)

*June 19th, 1965, Mannheim

61

Paula Abdul

American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality

*June 19th, 1962, San Fernando

40

Aidan Turner

Irish actor

*June 19th, 1983, Clondalkin

Same year
Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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