June 19

June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining.

Births:

• 1623 -- Blaise Pascal (mathematician)
• 1903 -- Lou Gehrig (baseball player)
• 1947 -- Salman Rushdie (author)

Events:

• 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.
• 1912 -- establishment of the 8-hour work day in the United States
• 1934 -- establishment of the [Federal Communications Commission]? (FCC) in the United States. The FCC regulates radio and television broadcasts.