So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

June 19th


- Ásatrú Alliance Founding Day (Germanic Neopaganism)
- Birthday of José Gervasio Artigas (Uruguay)
- Christian Feast Day
- Feast of Forest (Palawan)
- Juneteenth (United States, especially African Americans)
- Labour Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Laguna Day (Laguna)
- Surigao del Sur Day (Surigao del Sur)

June 19th


- 2006 - Prime ministers of several northern European nations participate in a ceremonial "laying of the first stone" at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Spitsbergen, Norway.
- 1990 - The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, was ratified for the first time by Norway.
- 1987 - Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
- 1982 - In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University in Beirut, is kidnapped.
- 1982 - The body of God's Banker, Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.
- 1978 - Garfield appears in his first comic strip.
- 1970 - The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed.
- 1966 - Shiv Sena a political party in India is founded in Mumbai.
- 1964 - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
- 1961 - Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1953 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
- 1944 - World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
- 1943 - Race riots occur in Beaumont, Texas.
- 1934 - The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
- 1915 - The USS Arizona (BB-39) is launched from the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York.
- 1910 - The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
- 1875 - The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
- 1870 - After all of the Southern States are formally readmitted to the United States, the Confederate States of America ceases to exist.
- 1867 - Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
- 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.
- 1862 - The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying the Dred Scott Case.
- 1850 - Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway.
- 1846 - The first officially recorded, organized baseball match was 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. Cartwright umpired.
- 1821 - Decisive defeat of the Philikí Etaireía by the Ottomans at Dr?g??ani (in Wallachia).
- 1816 - Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- 1807 - Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
- 1770 - Emanuel Swedenborg reports the completion of the Second Coming of Christ in his work True Christian Religion.
- 1586 - English colonists leave Roanoke Island, N.C., after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in America.
- 1306 - The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
- 1269 - King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
- 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.

June 19th


- 1987 - Rashard Mendenhall, American football player
- 1986 - Diego Hypólito, Brazilian gymnast.
- 1986 - Marvin Williams, American basketball player
- 1985 - José Ernesto Sosa, Argentine footballer
- 1985 - Jason Capizzi, American football player
- 1984 - Paul Dano, American actor
- 1983 - Mark Selby, British snooker player
- 1982 - Chris Vermeulen, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1982 - David Pollack, American football player
- 1982 - May Andersen, Danish supermodel
- 1982 - Joe Cheng, Taiwanese actor
- 1982 - Michael Yarmush, American actor
- 1982 - Alexander Frolov, Russian hockey player
- 1982 - Trevor Hamilton, Northern Irish murderer
- 1981 - Moss Burmester, New Zealand swimmer
- 1981 - Quintin Geldenhuys, South African-born Italian rugby player
- 1980 - Adel Abdulaziz, Emiratie football player
- 1980 - Milka Loff Fernandes, German actress
- 1980 - Lauren Lee Smith, Canadian actress
- 1980 - Robbie Neilson, Scottish footballer
- 1980 - Dan Ellis, Canadian hockey player
- 1979 - Moonika Aava, Estonian javelin thrower
- 1979 - John Duddy, Northern Irish boxer
- 1979 - Quentin Jammer, American football player
- 1979 - José Kléberson, Brazilian football player
- 1978 - Tyson Dux, Canadian wrestler
- 1978 - Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
- 1978 - Zoe Saldana, American actress
- 1978 - Claudio Vargas, Dominican baseball player
- 1978 - Mía Maestro, Argentine actress
- 1977 - Peter Warrick, American football player
- 1977 - Veronika Va?eková, Czech supermodel
- 1977 - Rebecca Loos, Dutch model
- 1976 - Abdoul Thiam, German footballer
- 1976 - Bryan Hughes, English footballer
- 1976 - Patrick Surtain, American football player
- 1975 - Anthony Parker, American basketball player
- 1975 - Hugh Dancy, English actor
- 1974 - Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player
- 1974 - Bumper Robinson, American actor and voice artist
- 1973 - Jahine Arnold, American football player
- 1973 - Yuko Nakazawa, Japanese singer
- 1973 - Yasuhiko Yabuta, Japanese baseball player
- 1972 - Brian McBride, American soccer player
- 1972 - Poppy Montgomery, Australian actress
- 1972 - Dennis Lyxzén, Swedish musician
- 1972 - Eric Sheffer Stevens, American actor
- 1972 - Robin Tunney, American actress
- 1970 - Quincy Watts, American athlete
- 1970 - Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician
- 1970 - Brian Welch, American guitarist (Korn)
- 1970 - Antonis Remos, Greek singer
- 1969 - Lara Spencer, American TV personality
- 1969 - Thomas Breitling, American entrepreneur
- 1968 - Alastair Lynch, Australian rules footballer
- 1967 - Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier
- 1967 - Mia Sara, American actress
- 1966 - Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur
- 1965 - Sadie Frost, English actress
- 1965 - Luc Donckerwolke, Belgian car designer
- 1964 - Laura Ingraham, American radio host and political commentator
- 1964 - Boris Johnson, British politician
- 1964 - Brian Vander Ark, American musician
- 1963 - Rory Underwood, English rugby union footballer
- 1962 - Paula Abdul, American singer and choreographer
- 1962 - Jeremy Bates, English tennis player
- 1960 - Luke Morley, British guitarist
- 1959 - Mark DeBarge, American singer, songwriter and trumpeter
- 1959 - Christian Wulff, President of Germany
- 1958 - Sergei Makarov, Russian hockey player
- 1957 - Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003)
- 1956 - Doug Stone, American singer
- 1954 - Kathleen Turner, American actress
- 1953 - Larry Dunn, American musician
- 1952 - Robert Ainsworth, British politician
- 1951 - Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terrorist
- 1951 - Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist
- 1950 - Ann Wilson, American musician
- 1948 - Phylicia Rashad, American actress
- 1948 - Nick Drake, English musician (d. 1974)
- 1947 - Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer
- 1947 - Salman Rushdie, Indian author
- 1946 - Jimmy Greenhoff, English footballer
- 1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel laureate
- 1945 - Radovan Karadži?, Serbian-Bosnian politician
- 1944 - Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician
- 1942 - Elaine McFarlane, American singer
- 1942 - Jos Brink, Dutch actor (d. 2007)
- 1942 - Merata Mita, New Zealander filmmaker (d. 2010)
- 1941 - Václav Klaus, Czech politician and President
- 1941 - Conchita Carpio-Morales, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
- 1940 - Shirley Muldowney, American drag racer
- 1939 - Al Wilson, American singer (d. 2008)
- 1938 - Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1938 - Ian Smith, Australian actor
- 1936 - Tommy DeVito, American musician and singer
- 1936 - Shirley Goodman, American singer (d. 2005)
- 1936 - Marisa Galvany, American soprano
- 1933 - Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
- 1932 - Pier Angeli, Italian-born American actress (d. 1972)
- 1932 - Marisa Pavan, Italian-born actress
- 1930 - Gena Rowlands, American actress
- 1930 - François Abadie, French politician (d. 2001)
- 1929 - Thelma Barlow, English actress
- 1928 - Nancy Marchand, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1928 - Barry Took, English comedy writer (d. 2002)
- 1925 - Charlie Drake, British actor, writer and singer (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Leo Nomellini, American football player (d. 2000)
- 1922 - Aage Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2009)
- 1921 - Louis Jourdan, French actor
- 1919 - Pauline Kael, American movie critic (d. 2001)
- 1917 - Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabweian politician (d. 1999)
- 1915 - Julius Schwartz, American editor and agent (d. 2004)
- 1915 - Pat Buttram, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1914 - Anthony of Sourozh, Swiis-born British religious figure (d. 2003)
- 1914 - Alan Cranston, American politician (d. 2000)
- 1914 - Lester Flatt, American musician (d. 1979)
- 1912 - Don Gutteridge, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- 1912 - Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (d. 2005)
- 1910 - Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
- 1910 - Abe Fortas, American jurist (d. 1982)
- 1909 - Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (d. 1948)
- 1909 - Midori Naka, Japanese actress (d. 1945)
- 1907 - Clarence Wiseman, 10th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1985)
- 1906 - Ernst Boris Chain, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
- 1906 - Walter Rauff, German colonel (d. 1984)
- 1905 - Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994)
- 1903 - Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (d. 1941)
- 1903 - Wally Hammond, English cricketer (d. 1965)
- 1903 - Hans Litten, German jurist (d. 1938)
- 1902 - Guy Lombardo, Canadian bandleader (d. 1977)
- 1900 - Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist (d. 1986)
- 1898 - James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (d. 1968)
- 1897 - Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
- 1897 - Moe Howard, American actor (d. 1975)
- 1896 - Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (d. 1986)
- 1884 - Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French Dadaist artist and writer (d. 1974)
- 1877 - Charles Coburn, American actor (d. 1961)
- 1874 - Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer (d. 1941)
- 1872 - Theodore Payne, English horticulturist (d. 1963)
- 1865 - Dame May Whitty, English entertainer (d. 1948)
- 1861 - Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, British World War I military figure (d. 1928)
- 1861 - José Rizal, Filipino poet (d. 1896)
- 1858 - Sam Walter Foss, American librarian and poet (d. 1911)
- 1854 - Alfredo Catalani, Italian musician (d. 1893)
- 1851 - Billy Midwinter, Australian cricketer (d. 1890)
- 1850 - David Jayne Hill, American diplomat (d. 1932)
- 1846 - Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (d. 1928)
- 1834 - Charles Spurgeon, English preacher (d. 1892)
- 1816 - William Henry Webb, American industrialist (d. 1899)
- 1815 - Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (d. 1872)
- 1792 - Gustav Schwab, German author (d. 1850)
- 1771 - Joseph Gergonne, French mathematician (d. 1859)
- 1764 - José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (d. 1850)
- 1717 - Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1757)
- 1633 - Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (d. 1712)
- 1623 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1662)
- 1606 - James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (d. 1649)
- 1595 - Guru Hargobind, Indian religious figure (d. 1644)
- 1566 - King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625)
- 1301 - Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (d. 1333)