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Historical events & facts — June 19
What happened on June 19?
On June 19, 1865, enslaved people in Texas finally learned of the abolition of slavery, proclaimed by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863 with the Emancipation Proclamation, but which took two years to reach Texas due to the limited federal presence. The date became a celebration of the African American community — "Juneteenth" — and was declared a federal holiday in the US in 2021.
On June 19, 1961, Kuwait gained independence from the British Protectorate that had controlled it since 1899. The small emirate, governed by the Al-Sabah family, would become one of the world's wealthiest countries thanks to its oil reserves. In 1990, Saddam Hussein's Iraqi invasion triggered the First Gulf War, which concluded with the restoration of Kuwaiti sovereignty in 1991.
On June 19, 1867, Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico — the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian that Napoleon III had imposed as sovereign of Mexico — was executed by firing squad on the Cerro de las Campanas in Querétaro. His death, ordered by President Benito Juárez, ended the Second Mexican Empire and was immortalised by painter Édouard Manet in several versions of "The Execution of Emperor Maximilian".
Notable birthdays — June 19
Famous people born on June 19
Silvanus P. Thompson
Silvanus Phillips Thompson was an English professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1891 and was known for his work as an electrical engineer and as an author. Thompson's most enduring publication is his 1910 text Calculus Made Easy, which teaches the fundamentals of infinitesimal calculus, and is still in print.
Moe Howard
Moe Howard was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the leader and straight man of The Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures, short films, and television for four decades. The group started out as Ted Healy and His Stooges, an act that toured the vaudeville circuit.
Rūdolfs Jurciņš
Rūdolfs Jurciņš was a Latvian basketball player. He played as a center.
Marilyn P. Johnson
Marilyn Priscilla Johnson was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Togo. She was appointed to that position on September 23, 1978, and left her post on July 29, 1981.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat, and author who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Union Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the general secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since the party's founding in 1988 and was registered as its chairperson while it was a legal party from 2011 to 2023.
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