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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 ...
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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.
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José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda [7] (Spanish: [xoˈse riˈsal,-ˈθal], Tagalog: [hoˈse ɾiˈsal]; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered a national hero (pambansang bayani) of the Philippines.
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."
Zoë Yadira Saldaña-Perego (/ s ɑː l ˈ d æ n ə / sahl-DAN-ə, [2] Latin American Spanish: [ˈso.e salˈdaɲa]; née Saldaña Nazario; born June 19, 1978) is an American actress.. Known primarily for her work in science fiction film franchises, she has starred in four of the six highest-grossing films of all time, including all films that form the top three (Avatar, Avatar: The Way of ...