June 19

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June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining.

Events

1306 - Forces of Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruce's Scottish rebels at the Battle of Methven
1846 - First baseball game under recognizable modern rules in Hoboken, New Jersey.
1865 - Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas are finally informed of their freedom. June 19th is unofficially celebrated as Juneteenth in the United States.
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
1912 - establishment of the 8-hour work day in the United States.
1934 - establishment of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States. The FCC regulates radio and television broadcasts.
1978 - first appearance of the comic strip Garfield.
2000 - Datapoint, the company that commissioned the Intel 8008 microprocessor, sells its European operations and changes its name to Dynacore.

See Also:

June 18 - June 20 - May 19 - July 19 -- listing of all days