![]() ![]() 1990 – The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.1990 – The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.1988 – Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.1987 – Aeroflot Flight N-528 crashes at Berdiansk Airport in present-day Ukraine, killing eight people.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 45.1985 – Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.1978 – Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication.1965 – Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.1961 – Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.1960 – The first NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.1953 – Cold War : Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.1947 – Pan Am Flight 121 crashes in the Syrian Desert near Mayadin, Syria, killing 15 and injuring 21.1943 – The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.1934 – The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).1921 – The village of Knockcroghery, Ireland, was burned by British forces.1913 – Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.1910 – The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.1903 – Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.1875 – The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.1867 – Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the United States. The anniversary was officially celebrated in Texas and other states as Juneteenth. 1865 – Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are officially informed of their freedom.Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. 1850 – Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.1846 – The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright 's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey 's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23–1.1821 – Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia ).1816 – Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.1800 – War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.1785 – The Boston King's Chapel adopts James Freeman 's revised prayer book, sans Nicene Creed, establishing it as the first Unitarian congregation in the United States.This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770." 1770 – New Church Day : Emanuel Swedenborg wrote: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reigns.1718 – At least 73,000 people died in the 1718 Tongwei–Gansu earthquake due to landslides in the Qing dynasty.It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy. 1667 – Second Anglo-Dutch War : The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins.1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.1306 – The Earl of Pembroke 's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars. 1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim ), Norway.325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar 195 days remain until the end of the year. ![]()
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