What happend on 19th June

18.06
20.06
2000

Datapoint, the company that commissioned the Intel 8008 microprocessor, sells its European operations and changes its name to Dynacore.

1999

Author Stephen King is struck by a minivan in a hit-and-run accident.

1999

Turin, Italy, is picked as the host city of the 2006 Winter Olympics.

1978

First appearance of the comic strip Garfield.

1976

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Silvia Sommerlath.

1970

Signature of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

1961

Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.

1954

The animated Bugs Bunny short Devil May Hare debuts in theaters, introducing The Tasmanian Devil.

1954

The last regular-service streetcar operated by Twin City Rapid Transit runs in Minneapolis, United States.

1950

The first commercial drag strip, the Santa Ana Drags, begins at Orange County Airport (now John Wayne Airport) at Santa Ana, in Southern California, United States. Admission wss 50 cents; or 75 cents if the ticket holder wanted to watch the mechanics work.