Historical
events that took place on the 19th of June
1865:
Union leader Granger declared that slaves were free in Texas
1881:
Muhammad Ahmad became the Mahdi of Sudan
1910:
Father’s day was celebrated for the 1st time
1932: 200 people were killed by
hailstones in the Hunan Province of China
1938:
The ‘Olympian flyer’ express train crashed in Montana killing 47 people
1961:
Kuwait declared its independence from the United Kingdom
1967:
Muhammad Ali was convicted for refusing induction in the United States Army
1972:
Hurricane killed 118 people in New York and Florida
1979:
Mali’s Constitution became effective
1991:
Pablo Escobar, the Colombian drug lord surrendered to the Police
1994:
Ernesto Samper was elected as the President of Colombia
2010:
Rival clashes between nomadic groups in Sudan left at least 48 people dead
2012:
A man in Saudi Arabia was beheaded on charges of sorcery and witchcraft
2015:
Hawaii raised the legal smoking age of residents from 18-21
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