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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. Events. Pre-1600. 325 ...
Events. 1846 – The first baseball game under recognizable modern rules is played in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.; 1862 – U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying the Dred Scott Case.
It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name is a portmanteau of the words "June" and "nineteenth", as it was on June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.
General Order No. 3, June 19, 1865 When the war ended, Granger was given command of the District of Texas [ 12 ] on June 10, 1865. [ 13 ] On June 19, 1865, in the city of Galveston , one of the first orders of business was to post Granger's General Order No. 3 which began with: [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
1566 - King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625); 1623 - Blaise Pascal, (pictured) French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1662); 1861 - José Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero (d.
On June 19, 1939, 500 white rioters vandalized and burned down their home. Lee was twelve years old at the time. [ 11 ] Recalling it years later, she said, "The fact that it happened on the 19th day of June has spurred me to make people understand that Juneteenth is not just a festival."
On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived at the port of Galveston, Texas and announced that slavery had been ended with General Order No. 3. The Juneteenth Flag has the date of June 19, 1865 displayed on it. One year later freed slaves in Texas celebrated the first Juneteenth on June 19, and it was called "Jubilee Day". [10]
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