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2019-06-19

2019-06-19

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Juneteenth
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Juneteenth

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Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, referring to June 19, 1865, the day w…

Chernobyl disaster
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Chernobyl disaster
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On 26 April 1986, reactor no.‍4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union,…

Central Park jogger case
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Central Park jogger case
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The Central Park jogger case was a criminal case concerning the assault and rape of Trisha Meili, a woman who was runnin…

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On This Day

10 events
2012
Assange_v_Swedish_Prosecution_Authority
Facing allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, Julian Assange (pictured), the founder of WikiLeaks, requested asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
2010
Wedding_of_Victoria,_Crown_Princess_of_Sweden,_and_Daniel_Westling
The royal wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling took place in Stockholm Cathedral.
2009
Shishou_incident
Mass rioting broke out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
2009
War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
War 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.
2005
Auto_racing
Only six race cars competed in the United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, after all the Michelin-shod entrants were withdrawn due to safety concerns.
1987
Basque_nationalism
The Basque separatist group ETA detonated a car bomb at a Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona, killing 21 people and injuring 45 others.
1970
Patent_Cooperation_Treaty
The international Patent Cooperation Treaty was signed, providing a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states.
1965
Nguyễn_Cao_Kỳ
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, the commander of the South Vietnam Air Force, was appointed prime minister at the head of a military regime.
1953
Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg
Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (pictured) were executed as spies for passing nuclear weapons secrets to the Soviet Union.
1939
Lou_Gehrig
American baseball player Lou Gehrig (pictured) was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now commonly known in the United States as "Lou Gehrig's disease".

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