Born on June 19
June 19 birthdays & history
If you were born on June 19, you share a birthday with Blaise Pascal, Aung San Suu Kyi and Salman Rushdie. June 19 babies are Gemini, with pearl as their birthstone and the rose as their birth flower. June 19 is the 171st day of the year in leap years (170th in other years).
Famous people born on June 19
- 1623Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and physicist
- 1945Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1947Salman Rushdie, Indian-English novelist and essayist
- 1861José Rizal, Filipino journalist, author, and poet
- 1922Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1978Zoe Saldaña, American actress
- 1972Jean Dujardin, French actor
- 1954Kathleen Turner, American actress
- 1909Osamu Dazai, Japanese author
- 1930Gena Rowlands, American actress
What happened on June 19
- 1785The proprietors of King's Chapel, Boston, voted to adopt James Freeman's Book of Common Prayer, thus establishing the first Unitarian church in the Americas.
- 1811The Carlton House Fête is held in London to celebrate the establishment of the Regency era.
- 1850Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.
- 1910The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
- 1913Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
- 1926King Roger, an opera about Roger II of Sicily by Karol Szymanowski, was premiered at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw.
- 1934The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
- 1960Charlotte Motor Speedway holds its first NASCAR race, the inaugural World 600.
- 1961Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1970The international Patent Cooperation Treaty was signed, providing a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states.
- 2005Only six race cars competed in the United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, after all the Michelin-shod entrants were withdrawn due to safety concerns.
- 2010The royal wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling took place in Stockholm Cathedral.
Also observed on June 19
- New Church Day
- Day of the Independent Hungary (Hungary)
- Feast of Forest (Palawan)
- Juneteenth (United States)
- Labour Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Laguna Day (Laguna)
Questions, answered
What star sign is June 19?
People born on June 19 are Gemini. Their birthstone is pearl and their birth flower is the rose.
Which famous people were born on June 19?
Blaise Pascal (1623), Aung San Suu Kyi (1945), Salman Rushdie (1947), José Rizal (1861), Aage Bohr (1922), Zoe Saldaña (1978) were all born on June 19.
What happened on June 19 in history?
Among other things: in 1970, The international Patent Cooperation Treaty was signed, providing a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states; in 2005, Only six race cars competed in the United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, after all the Michelin-shod entrants were withdrawn due to safety concerns; in 2010, The royal wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling took place in Stockholm Cathedral.
Can I get a newspaper front page from June 19?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any June 19 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “June 19”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.