Today
Friday June 19 2026
- Day of the year
- 170/ 365
- Week
- 252,026
- Days left
- 19547%
- Moon
- 27%Waxing crescent
Today is Friday, June 19, 2026. It is day 170 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 195 remain, and 47% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 25.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- June 20World Refugee Day
- June 21International Day of Yoga
- June 23United Nations Public Service Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Jude the Apostleone of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus; traditionally identified with Jude the brother of Jesus
- Romualdfounder of the Camaldolese order
- Paisius of HilendarBulgarian clergyman
- Gervasius and ProtasiusChristian saints and martyrs
- Juliana FalconieriItalian nun
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:25
- Sunset
- 20:30
- Length of day
- 15h 6m
- Solar noon
- 12:57
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 2 days, June 21, 2026 (June solstice)
Public holidays — United States
- Public holidayJuneteenth National Independence Day
Next public holiday : Independence Day — July 3, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 27%
Moon age : 4.5 days
- Next full moon
- June 29, 2026
- Next new moon
- July 14, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Gemini
until June 21, 2026 — Cancer
Zodiac dates are an astrological convention, not the Sun's actual position among the constellations. The astronomy above is measured; this is not.
On this day in history
1306
The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven. Wikipedia
1800
War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria. Wikipedia
1865
Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are officially informed of their freedom. The anniversary was officially celebrated in Texas and other states as Juneteenth. On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the United S Wikipedia
1867
Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro. Wikipedia
1934
The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Wikipedia
1953
Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York. Wikipedia
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1961
Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom. Wikipedia
1978
Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication. Wikipedia
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. Wikipedia
2009
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. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day June 19
- 1623Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and physicist (died 1662)
- 1764José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (died 1850)
- 1896Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, American wife of the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, Duke of Windsor (died 1986)
- 1897Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)
- 1922Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
- 1941Václav Klaus, Czech economist and politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republicturns 85 years
- 1945Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel Prize laureateturns 81 years
- 1964Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and former Mayor of Londonturns 62 years
Died on this day June 19
- 1312Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English politician (born 1284)aged 28 years
- 1867Maximilian I of Mexico (born 1832)aged 35 years
- 1918Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (born 1888)aged 30 years
- 1937J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (born 1860)aged 77 years
- 1991Jean Arthur, American actress (born 1900)aged 91 years
- 1993William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)aged 82 years
- 2013James Gandolfini, American actor (born 1961)aged 52 years
- 2013Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1932)aged 81 years
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
The day in words
In New York the sun rises at 05:25 and sets at 20:30, giving 15h 6m of daylight — the same as yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 2 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 27% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on July 14, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 19 to Jude the Apostle, Romuald and Paisius of Hilendar.
No United Nations international day falls on June 19. The next one on the calendar is World Refugee Day, on June 20.
It is a public holiday in the United States: Juneteenth National Independence Day.
On this day in history: The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven (1306); War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria (1800). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Blaise Pascal was born on June 19, 1623; Piers Gaveston died on June 19, 1312.
189 days remain until Christmas and 196 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 19 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 47%
- of the year elapsed
- 189
- until Christmas
- 196
- until New Year
- 620
- until the next 29 February
2026 — Common year (365 days)
Work with dates
Sources
Every block on this page names where its data comes from. Nothing here is generated when the source is silent.
- United Nations — International Days— What's celebrated today
- Wikidata (P841)— Saints and name days · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia (en)— On this day in history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26