History of June 19

On June 19 the following events have occured in our world's history.

0240 - BC Eratosthenes estimates circumference of earth
1586 - English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island NC
1756 - 146 English people imprisoned in Black Hole of Calcutta
1778 - Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge
1812 - US declares war on England
1846 - 1st baseball game-NY Nines 23 Knickerbockers 1 (Hoboken - NJ)
1861 - Anaheim PO established
1862 - Slavery outlawed in US territories
1867 - Mexican Emperor Maximilian executed - Mexican republic restored
1875 - Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio
1910 - Father's Day celebrated for 1st time in Spokane Wash
1917 - After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles & surnames They took the name Windsor
1931 - 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct
1932 - 1st concert given in SF's Stern Grove
1934 - Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created
1946 - 1st TV sports spectacular - Joe Louis vs Billy Conn
1947 - 1st plane to exceed 600 mph - Albert Boyd Muroc Ca
1953 - Julius & Ethel Rosenberg executed at Sing Sing Prison Ossining NY (Julius takes 3 tries - Ethel 5)
1955 - Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100
1961 - Kuwait gains independence from Britain
1961 - US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to belief in existence of God
1963 - Charter members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen
1963 - Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to earth
1964 - Civil Rights Act of 1964 survived an 83-day filibuster in Senate
1970 - A Nikolayev and V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9
1973 - Pete Rose & Willie Davis both get career hit # 2000
1976 - US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from earth
1977 - Red Sox set record of 16 HRs in 3 games All against Yanks
1977 - Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cent bishop John Neumann 1st US male saint
1981 - Boeing Coml Chinook two-rotor helicopter gets certified
1981 - European Space Agency's Ariane carries two satellites into orbit
1986 - Artificial heart recipient Murray P Haydon died in Louisville Ky
1986 - Len Bias 1st pick of Celtics suffers fatal cocaine-induced seizure
1987 - Wee Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak ends