What are the important events that happened on June 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 19: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 19 is the 171^st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 195 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 6, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 477,432 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaheptacontahenagon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 224 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,198 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 19 Historical Events

• 1179 –
  The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
• 1586 –
  English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in North America.
• 1846 –
  The first officially recorded, organized baseball match is 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. Cartwright umpired.
• 1850 –
  Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway.
• 1867 –
  Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
• 1910 –
  The first Father’s Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
• 1913 –
  Natives’ Land Act in South Africa implemented.
• 1944 –
  World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
• 1970 –
  The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed.
• 1987 –
  Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.

Who were born on June 19?

• 1566 –
  King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625)
• 1872 –
  Theodore Payne, English horticulturist (d. 1963)
• 1898 –
  James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (d. 1968)
• 1912 –
  Don Gutteridge, American baseball player (d. 2008)
• 1912 –
  Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (d. 2005)
• 1914 –
  Anthony of Sourozh, Swiss-born British religious figure (d. 2003)
• 1936 –
  Marisa Galvany, American soprano
• 1941 –
  Václav Klaus, Czech politician and President
• 1964 –
  Laura Ingraham, American radio host and political commentator
• 1970 –
  Brian Welch, American guitarist (Korn)

Who died on June 19?

• 1282 –
  Eleanor de Montfort, wife of Llywelyn the Last (b. 1252)
• 1312 –
  Piers Gaveston, British nobleman (b. c. 1284)
• 1542 –
  Leo Jud, Swiss reformer (b. 1482)
• 1584 –
  François, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)
• 1820 –
  Joseph Banks, English naturalist and botanist (b. 1743)
• 1902 –
  Albert, King of Saxony (b. 1828)
• 1922 –
  Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (b. 1874)
• 1956 –
  Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 2007 –
  Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
• 2009 –
  Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1895)