June 19th
Today in America's Present Past
1750 | Poet Lemuel Hopkins was born.
1778 | War of Independence: The Continental Army breaks its Valley Forge encampment.
1786 | General Nathaniel Greene died.
1794 | Founder Richard Henry Lee died.
1811 | Founder Samuel Chase died.
1816 | Entrepreneur William Henry Webb was born.
1863 | Civil War: Battle at Middleburg, Virginia.
1865 | Civil War: General Granger declares Texas slave free, marking the end of U.S. slavery (a.k.a. Juneteenth).
1886 | POTUS: President Taft weds Helen Herron.
1897 | Actor Moe Howard was born.
1903 | Baseball Pro Lou Gehrig was born.
1910 | The first celebration of “Father’s Day.”
1912 | Tennessee University is formed.
1953 | Soviet spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed.
1956 | Entrepreneur Thomas Watson died.
1962 | Musician Paula Abdul was born.
1964 | Congress: Enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
1983 | Musician Macklemore was born.
2013 | Actor James Gandolfini died.