June 19

June 19 is the 170th day of the year, 195 days remaining

1269 - King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
1846 - The first baseball game under recognizable modern rules is played in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.
1910 - The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
1912 - The eight-hour work day is established in the United States.
1914 - A radiotelegraphic link is established between Germany and the United States and German Emperor Wilhelm II and US President Woodrow Wilson exchange telegrams to mark the event.
1961 - Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.

Happy Birthday

1922 - Aage Niels Bohr, Danish physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aage_Niels_Bohr

1954 - Kathleen Turner, American actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Turner

1962 - Paula Abdul, American singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Abdul

1978 - Garfield
First comic strip of Garfield is published. This day is considered Garfield's birthday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield