June 19 - Happy Birthday!

Famous people with your birthday
* Aage Niels Bohr, physicist, Nobel laureate
* Lou Gehrig, baseball player
* Kathleen Turner, actress
* Paula Abdul, singer and choreographer
* Poppy Montgomery, actress
* Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun

This day in history
* 1846 - The first baseball game under recognizable modern rules is played in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.
* 1862 - U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying the Dred Scott Case.
* 1865 - Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 13 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
* 1910 - The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
* 1934 - The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
* Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
Holidays and interesting facts
* Juneteenth – celebrates the legal end of slavery in the US.


Make the day meaningful (Brought to you by So what can I do?)
* Juneteenth wasn't the real end of slavery, so take steps to end slavery and human trafficking.