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Today in History 18 June 2024
1838: The Jesuit Catholic priests of the Society of Jesus in the U.S. slave state Maryland sell 272 enslaved Africans to another slave owner. For years, the Jesuits have debated the morality of owning enslaved people, but the issue is never resolved as a moral matter because in practical terms the Jesuits find they can make more money leasing their land to tenant farmers than have it worked by enslaved Africans. The sale of Africans earns the Catholic order a large amount of US$115,000 (equal to US$5,066,000 in 2024). In 2015, the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States agreed to pay US$100 million to the descendants of the Africans they once enslaved.
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1865: Abolition of slavery announced in Texas on “Juneteenth” In what is now known as Juneteenth, on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrive in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War is over and slavery in the United States is abolished.
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1913: South Africa implements the Natives Land Act.
The law limited the areas of land that could be owned by black people to “native reserve” areas, which comprised less than 10 percent of the country’s total area. It was in force until Apartheid was dismantled in the 1990s.
1964: The U.S. Senate passes the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 18 Senators unsuccessfully launched a filibuster to prevent passage of the law against discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Richard Russel stated, “We will resist to the bitter end any measure or any movement which would have a tendency to bring about social equality and intermingling and amalgamation of the races in our (Southern) states.” The bill was signed into law on July 2, 1964.
1978: Garfield, the lazy cat makes his debut. The first Garfield comic strip by Jim Davis appears in 41 newspapers on this day. It currently holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip.
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1987: An ETA car bomb kills 21 in Barcelona. The 1987 Hipercor bombing was one of the bloodiest attacks by the Basque separatist organization, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, or ETA.
1991: Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar surrenders to police. The narcoterrorist, and politician, who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel, dubbed “the king of cocaine” was one of the wealthiest criminals in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the time of his death—equivalent to $70 billion as of 2022.
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1996: Britain offered to slaughter up to 67,000 more cattle to end the ban on British beef after cattle had become infected with BSE.
1998: The government of Nigeria sends delegations comprising all the military service chiefs to the geo-political zones to have a meaningful dialogue with various interest groups on how to resolve the country’s festering political impasse.
2002: Steve Fossett takes off on his record-breaking balloon flight
The American adventurer lifted off from Northam in Western Australia to commence history’s first solo flight around the world in any aircraft. On July 3, after having traveled 33,195 km (20,626 mi), he touched down again in Queensland, Australia.
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BIRTHS ON THIS DAY: June 19
Salman Rushdie, 77 years
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie CH FRSL is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent.
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Charles Oputa, 74 years.
Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, television presenter, actor, and producer. He is known for his alternative lifestyle, political views, and media productions. He was born on 19 June 1950.
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Boris Johnson, 60 years
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was born on 19 June 1964, in Upper East Side, New York, United States. He is a British politician and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He was previously Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.
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Joshua Nkomo (19 June 1917 – 1 July 1999)
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, Matebaleland and independence leader and Vice President of Zimbabwe (1990-1999) was born on 19 June 1917 in Semokwe, Zimbabwe. The Umafukufuku (Shona for “Father Zimbabwe”) had his political organisations banned. He survived assassination attempts and was jailed by Rhodesia’s white minority government until he and Robert Mugabe mounted a civil war that led to minority rule in an independent Zimbabwe. Ideological differences with President Mugabe led to a government campaign against him that resulted in the deaths of 20,000 of his Matabeleland supporters. To end the bloodshed, he merged his ZAPU political party with Mugabe’s ZANU party to make Zimbabwe a one-party state and received the position of vice president. He died at the age of 82.
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