June 19

325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.

1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing in the attempt to establish England’s first permanent settlement in North America.

1846 – The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright’s rules on Hoboken, New Jersey’s Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23–1 with  Cartwright umpiring.

1865 – Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is officially celebrated as Juneteenth.

1875 – Aided with weapons and volunteers from the principalities of Montenegro and Serbia, Herzegovinian Serbs rebel against the moslem Ottoman Empire’s treatment of Christians in the province of Bosnia.

1910 – The first Father’s Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.

1934 – The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

1949 – The first ever NASCAR race is held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper wins the inaugural event.

1953 –Convicted of espionage for the communist Soviet Union, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison, in New York. After the fall of the Soviet Union, and release of documents by the Russian government, their treason is confirmed.

1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed by Congress and sent to President Johnson for signing into law.

2017 – Otto Warmbier, an American college student is detained in North Korea

2018 – The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued.