Year 1862
The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
JUNE 19
Daily Historical Chronicle
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19 June: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 19 June.
Observances & Special Days
World Sickle Cell Day (International)
World Sauntering Day
Year 1949
People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union.
Year 1961
Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
Year 1966
‘Shiv Sena’ a political party in India was founded in Mumbai.
Year 1978
Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut.
Year 1979
Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party.
Year 1981
India’s Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment (APPLE) satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched.
Year 1989
E. S. Venkataramaiah became the 19th Chief Justice of India.
Year 1990
NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan.
Year 1990
13 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men.
Year 1991
Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM.
Year 1999
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the Maitreyi Express to Kolkata to Dhaka bus service.
Born 1595
Guru Hargobind, the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion.
Born 1623
Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, writer, and Catholic theologian.
Born 1871
Madhavrao Sapre was born.
Born 1877
Pandurang Chimanaji Patil, famous agriculturist ofMaharashtra, was born.
Born 1901
Raj Chandra Bose, an Indian mathematician, and statistician was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh.
Born 1931
Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa.
Born 1945
Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese politician.
Born 1947
Salman Rushdie, a British Indian novelist, and essayist.
Born 1958
Mukesh Khanna, an Indian television and film actor.
Born 1962
Ashish Vidyarthi, an Indian film actor, and motivational speaker.
Born 1970
Rahul Gandhi, an Indian politician.
Born 1985
Kajal Aggarwal, an Indian film actress, and model.
Died 1747
Nader Shah, one of the most powerful Iranian rulers.
Died 1949
Syed Zafarul Hasan, a prominent twentieth-century Pakistani Muslim philosopher.
Died 1956
Thomas J. Watson Sr., an American businessman.
Died 1993
William Golding, a British novelist, playwright, and poet.
Died 2020
Vidyaben Shah, an Indian social worker, and activist.