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 had arrived with the army; Juneteenth remembers its arrival in Texas.
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— Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
14–19 Jun 1995 — Chechen fighters led by Shamil Basayev seized a hospital in this southern Russian town, holding more than 1,500 hostages. Two attempts to storm the building failed. Many people died during those attempts; the official count for the crisis was about 130, while other counts put it at about 165. The raiders left in exchange for peace talks.
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