June 19 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on June 19, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♊︎ Gemini
May 21 – Jun 20
Birth stone
Pearl
Birth flower
Rose
How common
#146 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous June 19 birthdays
Elbert Hubbard · American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher1856
José Rizal · Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath1861
Charles Coburn · American film, theater actor1877
Wallis Simpson · American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor1896
Paul Flory · American chemist1910
Aage Bohr · Danish physicist1922
Gena Rowlands · American actress1930
Václav Klaus · President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 20131941
Aung San Suu Kyi · Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League1945
Salman Rushdie · Indian-born English and American novelist1947
Kathleen Turner · American actress1954
Christian Wulff · 10th German Federal President1959
Bidya Devi Bhandari · President of Nepal1961
Paula Abdul · American singer1962
Boris Johnson · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 20221964
Jean Dujardin · French actor1972
Zoe Saldaña · American actress, dancer, and model1978
Macklemore · American rapper1983
Paul Dano · American actor1984
On this day in history
1838The Maryland province of the Jesuits contracted to sell 272 slaves to buyers in Louisiana in one of the largest slave sales in American history.
1846The first officially recorded baseball game in U.S. history using modern rules was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, with the "New York Nine" defeating the New York Knickerbockers 23–1.
1939American baseball player Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now commonly known in the United States as "Lou Gehrig's disease".
2018The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued.
1970The international Patent Cooperation Treaty was signed, providing a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states.
2009War in Afghanistan: British forces began Operation Panther's Claw, in which more than 350 troops made an aerial assault on Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan.
2010The royal wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling took place in Stockholm Cathedral.
2012Facing allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, requested asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
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