THE DAY IN HISTORY · JUNE 19
June 19 in history
What happened on June 19: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1865 and 1995, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Juneteenth
19 Jun 1865 — Union troops reach Galveston and proclaim that “all slaves are free” — two and a half years after the Proclamation. Freedom arrived where the army arrived; Juneteenth remembers exactly that.
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— Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
14–19 Jun 1995 — Chechen fighters led by Shamil Basayev seize a hospital in this southern Russian town and hold more than 1,500 hostages. About 130 people die by the official count and about 165 by others, many during two failed storming attempts, and the raiders leave in exchange for peace talks.
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