June 19th, 1953

Born on June 19th, 1953

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What happened on June 19th, 1953?

June 19th, 1953

Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War

June 19th, 1953

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg

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Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, after all the Michelin-shod entrants were withdrawn due to safety concerns.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

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, 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.

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

Born on June 19th, 1953

71

Ken Davitian

Armenian actor

*June 19th, 1953, Los Angeles

71

Larry Dunn

American musician

*June 19th, 1953, Denver

71

Harald Wehmeier

German journalist

*June 19th, 1953, Osnabrück

71

Jean-Michel Martin

Belgian racing driver

*June 19th, 1953, Brussels metropolitan area

71

Moira Foot

English actress

*June 19th, 1953, Northampton

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

70

Kathleen Turner

American actress

*June 19th, 1954, Springfield

60

Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

*June 19th, 1964, New York City

79

Aung San Suu Kyi

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

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

79

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

43

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

77

Salman Rushdie

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

*June 19th, 1947, Mumbai

73

Francesco Moser

Italian cyclist

*June 19th, 1951, Giovo

65

Christian Wulff

10th German Federal President

*June 19th, 1959, Osnabrück

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

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

63

Bidya Devi Bhandari

President of Nepal

*June 19th, 1961, Mane Bhanjyang

47

Doug Clark

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1977, Torquay

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

88

Wolfram von Soden

German Assyriologist

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

62

Paula Abdul

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

*June 19th, 1962, San Fernando

70

Daria Nicolodi

Italian actress

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

59

Christine Lambrecht

German politician (born 1965)

*June 19th, 1965, Mannheim

76

Phylicia Rashad

American actress (born 1948)

*June 19th, 1948, Houston

70

Anthony Phelan

Australian actor

*June 19th, 1954, Australia

76

Bernd Hoss

German football player and manager (1939-2016)

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

72

Philippe Manoury

French composer

*June 19th, 1952, Tulle

Same year
Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*March 26th, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

71

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

71

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

71

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

71

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

71

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, 16th arrondissement of Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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