June 19 is the 171st day of the Gregorian calendar. There are 195 days left until the end of the year.
Saint of the day: today Saint Romuald is venerated. He was born in Ravenna in 952 and died in Fabriano on 19 June 1027. He was an Italian abbot, hermit and founder of the Camaldolese Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict.
June Proverb
Daûr Sant Gervâs gran calôr che al no dâ pâs
It happened today
1324 – The Kingdom of Sardinia is born
1846 – The first baseball game recognizable by modern rules takes place in Hoboken (New Jersey).
1912 – Establishment of the 8-hour workday in the United States
1926 – Karol Szymanowski’s opera King Roger debuts at the Teatro Grande in Warsaw
1938 – At the Stade olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes, near Paris, the Italian national football team defeats Hungary 4-2 and wins the Rimet Cup for the second time in a row
1946 – The Tricolor without the Savoy coat of arms becomes the national flag of the Italian Republic
1970 – Firma del Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
1982 – In Baccaiano di Montespertoli the Monster of Florence kills Paolo Mainardi, aged 22, and Antonella Migliorini, aged 19.
1999 – Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, marries Lady Sophie Rhys-Jones at Saint George’s Chapel in Windsor
2000 – Datapoint, the company that commissioned the Intel 8008 microprocessor, sells its European facility and changes its name to Dynacore
2001 – The Paralympic Games are combined with the regular four-yearly Olympic Games
2014 – Madrid, Philip of Bourbon becomes king of Spain, succeeding the abdicated Juan Carlos I
Nati
Alessandro Fullin – Italian actor and comedian (19 June 1964)
Luigi Gigio Alberti – Italian actor (19 June 1956)
Massimiliano Gallo – Italian actor and singer (19 June 1968)
My Master – Argentine television and film actress (19 June 1978)
Zoe Yadira Saldana Nazario – American actress (June 19, 1978)
Poppy Montgomery – born Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue, is an Australian actress (19 June 1975)
Anna Maria Pierangeli – she was an Italian actress (19 June 1932)
2024-06-18 18:08:52
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