June 19th -------------- *This Day In History* -------------- MsPriss©

This day in history for June 19th;

240 -BC- Eratosthenes estimates circumference of Earth.

1536 -- Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, was beheaded.

1778 -- Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge.

1835 -- New Orleans gives US govt Jackson Square to be used as a mint.

1861 -- Anaheim Post Office established

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

1864 -- The USS Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama off of Cherbourg, France.

1912 -- The U.S. government established the 8-hour work day.

1931 -- 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct

1932 -- Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China PR.

1934 -- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created.

1938 -- "Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47.

1939 -- In Atlanta, GA, legislation was enacted that disallowed pinball machines in the city.

1943 -- Henry Kissinger was naturalized a United States citizen.

1947 -- 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca.

1961 -- Kuwait regains complete independence from Britain

1961 -- The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Maryland's constitution that required state officeholders to profess a belief in God

1963 -- Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to Earth

1964 -- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the U.S. Senate.

1967 -- Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD.

1976 -- US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth

1978 -- Garfield was in newspapers around the U.S. for the first time.

1981 -- Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, S Africa.

1988 -- In Santa Barbara, CA, a team of 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins.

1998 -- Gateway was fined more than $400,000 for illegally shipping personal computers to 16 countries subject to U.S. export controls.

1999 -- Stephen King was struck from behind by a mini-van while walking along a road in Maine.

I hope everyone enjoys this day in history!!

MsPriss *PrissieHuggzz* :)

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