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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_19" title="June 19">June 19</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth" title="Juneteenth">Juneteenth</a></b> in the United States (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1718" title="1718">1718</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1718_Tongwei%E2%80%93Gansu_earthquake" title="1718 Tongwei–Gansu earthquake">An earthquake</a></b> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Plateau" title="Tibetan Plateau">Tibetan Plateau</a> led to the deaths of more than 73,000 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838" title="1838">1838</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">Jesuits</a>' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> province contracted to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838_Jesuit_slave_sale" title="1838 Jesuit slave sale">sell 272 slaves</a></b> to buyers in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> in one of the largest slave sales in American history.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953" title="1953">1953</a> – Americans <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg" title="Julius and Ethel Rosenberg">Julius and Ethel Rosenberg</a></b> were executed as spies for passing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a> secrets to the Soviet Union.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Cao_K%E1%BB%B3" title="Nguyễn Cao Kỳ">Nguyễn Cao Kỳ</a></b>, the commander of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam_Air_Force" title="South Vietnam Air Force">South Vietnam Air Force</a>, was appointed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Vietnam" title="Prime Minister of Vietnam">prime minister</a> at the head of a military regime.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_nationalism" title="Basque nationalism">Basque separatist</a> group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETA_(separatist_group)" title="ETA (separatist group)">ETA</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipercor_bombing" title="Hipercor bombing">detonated a car bomb</a></b> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipercor" title="Hipercor">Hipercor</a> shopping centre in Barcelona, killing 21 people and injuring 45 others.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Gaveston,_1st_Earl_of_Cornwall" title="Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall">Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1312); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_Simpson" title="Wallis Simpson">Wallis Simpson</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1896); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Sands_Johnson" title="Doris Sands Johnson">Doris Sands Johnson</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1921); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rg_Widmann" title="Jörg Widmann">Jörg Widmann</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1973)</p>
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