Today in History - History - June 19th

1829Robert Peel founds the London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies)

1967Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD

1940German 7th Armoured division under command of Rommel occupies Cherbourg

1987Geffen records sign their 1st artist (Donna Summer)

1936German boxer Max Schmeling World Champion KOs Joe Louis

1924Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m (3:52.6)

1985Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place

1964Bob Dylan completes UK tour

1956Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin end partnership after 16 films

1900In the USA, the Republican Party nominate President William McKinley for re-election, but choose a new candidate for Vice-President: Theodore Roosevelt

1978Zoe Saldana, Passaic, New Jersey, American actress (Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)

1623Blaise Pascal, mathematician/physicist/religious writer (Pascal)

1861Jose Protacio Rizal, Calamba City Laguna, optician/author/nationalist (Noli Me Tángere, El Filibusterismo)

1945Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician (Nobel)

1897Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], Brooklyn New York, American actor and comedian (The 3 Stooges)

1903Lou Gehrig [Henry Louis Gehrig], "Iron Horse", 1st baseman for NY Yankees (d. 1941)

1566James Stuart, King James VI of Scotland (1567-1625) and James I of England and Ireland (1603-25)

1962Paula Julie Abdul, Van Nuys California, singer/choreographer (Straight Up)

1942Actress Marilyn Monroe (16) marries first husband James Dougherty (21), a policeman

1999Earl of Wessex Prince Edward (35) weds Sophie Rhys-Jones (34) at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle

1965NBA forward Bob Pettit (32) weds Carole Crowell in Alexandria, Louisiana

1969Baseball manager Leo Durocher (63) weds socialite Lynne Walker Goldblatt (40) at the Ambassador West Hotel in Chicago

1843Philosopher Karl Marx (25) weds Jenny von Westphalen in Germany

1886US President William Taft (28) weds Helen Herron (25) in Cincinnati, Ohio

1867Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro at 34

1820Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies

1993William Golding, author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983), dies at 81

2013James Gandolfini, American actor, dies from a heart attack at 51