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Old 06-19-2006, 01:04 PM
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June 19th

1623 ~ Birthday of Blaise Pascal, Mathematician.

1865 ~ More two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas were finally informed of their freedom.

1886 ~ The proposed annexation of Nova Scotia, Canada, by the United States lampooned.

1896 ~ Birthday of Wallis Warfield, the future Duchess of Windsor.

1934 ~ The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was established.

1937 ~ Death of J.M. Barrie, Author, creator of the character Peter Pan.

1945 ~ Birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi, Politician, recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.

1953 ~ Death of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, convicted spies.

1978 ~ First appearance of the comic strip Garfield.

1982 ~ Roberto Calvi, an Italian banker, was found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge in London.
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