EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
June 19
Friday, June 19, 2026
Day 169 of 2026 | Week 25 | 190 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Animal rights advocate Regan Russell is run over and killed by a transport truck outside of a pig slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario.
The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued.
Antwon Rose II is fatally shot in East Pittsburgh by East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld after being involved in a near-fatal drive-by shooting.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requests asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army; he will remain there until 2019.
Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
Following a series of Michelin tire failures during the United States Grand Prix weekend at Indianapolis, and without an agreement being reached, 14 cars from seven teams in Michelin tires withdrew after completing the formation lap, leaving only six cars from three teams on Bridgestone tires to race.
The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn.
The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
English actress know for Doctor Who
American indie-pop singer-songwriter
British rock lead vocalist
Angolan footballer
American actor (Love and Mercy)
Irish stage and screen actor (The Hobbit films; Poldark)
British snooker player (world champion 2014
born in St. Louis
American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2003; unanimous All-American 2003
German basketball power forward (NBA Finals MVP 2011; NBA MVP 2007; 14 × NBA All-Star; Dallas Mavericks)
American fictional cat created by Jim Davis (Garfield comic strip)
American NFL running back (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
American NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins
American actor (Sons of Anarchy
American basketball guard (EuroLeague Final 4 MVP 2004
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