06-19-2004, 07:32 AM
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June 19th
1306 ~ Forces of Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruce's Scottish rebels at the Battle of Methven.
1623 ~ Birthday of Blaise Pascal, Mathematician.
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.
1882 ~ Birthday of William F. Halsey Jr., American admiral.
1896 ~ Birthday of Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor.
1945 ~ Birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi, politician and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1947 ~ Birthday of Salman Rushdie, Author.
1953 ~ Executions of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, convicted spies.
1976 ~ King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden married Silvia Sommerlath.
1978 ~ First appearance of the comic strip “Garfield”.
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