Tuesday, June 19, 2012

June 19th in History



240 BC - Eratosthenes estimated the circumference of the Earth using two sticks.

1586 - English colonists sailed away from Roanoke Island, NC, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in America.

1778 - U.S. General George Washington's troops finally left Valley Forge after a winter of training.

1821 - The Ottomans defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Dragasani.

1862 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln outlined his Emancipation Proclamation, which outlawed slavery in U.S. territories.

1865 - The emancipation of slaves was proclaimed in Texas.

1917 - During World War I, King George V ordered the British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames. On July 17, 1917, the family took the name "Windsor".

1942 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington, DC, to discuss the invasion of North Africa with U.S. President Roosevelt.

Famous Birthdays:





1623 - Blaise Pascal, Mathematician, Physicist, Inventor, The unit of pressure is named after him (pascal, pa)



1936 - Tommy DeVito, Singer

1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, Political activist, Politician, Human rights activist.

1954 - Kathleen Turner, Actress

1962 - Paula Abdul, Singer/dancer

1980 - Lauren Lee Smith, Actress




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