since it maybe shobbos for 39…here goes….
June 19th:
1988 – World’s Largest Sausage/hot dog completed at 13 miles long
1988 – 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hours 20 minutes
1964 – Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27
1961 – Kuwait declares independence from U.K.
1948 – Panama and Costa Rica recognize Israel
1948 – U.S.S.R. blocks access road to West Berlin
1944 – Japanese troops conquer Changsha China
1944 – Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam “Turkey Shoot”
1941 – Cheerios Cereal invents an O-shaped cereal
1941 – Romania orders Jews to evacuate Darabani
1941 – U.S. president Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act
1917 – After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor
1910 – Father’s Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash) .
1862 – Slavery outlawed in U.S. territories
1861 – Anaheim Post Office established
1286 – Rabbenu Mir of Rothenbur imprisoned in fortress of Ensisheim
1269 – King Louis IX of Frances decrees all Jews must wear a badge of shame