Historical Events -  June 19

1862: The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.

1961: Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.

1966: ‘Shiv Sena’ a political party in India was founded in Mumbai.

1978: Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut.

1981: India’s Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment (APPLE) satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched.

1989: E. S. Venkataramaiah became the 19th Chief Justice of India.

1999: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the Maitreyi Express to Kolkata to Dhaka bus service.

Famous birthdays and birth anniversaries 

1595: Guru Hargobind, the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion.

1623: Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, writer, and Catholic theologian.

1945: Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese politician.

1947: Salman Rushdie, a British Indian novelist, and essayist.

1958: Mukesh Khanna, an Indian television and film actor.

1962: Ashish Vidyarthi, an Indian film actor, and motivational speaker.

1970: Rahul Gandhi, an Indian politician.

1985: Kajal Aggarwal, an Indian film actress, and model.

Death Anniversaries -  June 19

1747: Nader Shah, one of the most powerful Iranian rulers.

1949: Syed Zafarul Hasan, a prominent twentieth-century Pakistani Muslim philosopher.

1956: Thomas J. Watson Sr., an American businessman.

1993: William Golding, a British novelist, playwright, and poet.

2020: Vidyaben Shah, an Indian social worker, and activist.