Today in History Today in History: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 AP Highlight in History: On June 19, 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y. They had been convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Read the original AP story AP Photo On this date in: 1586English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island, N.C., after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in America. 1862Slavery was outlawed in U.S. territories. 1903Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig was born in New York City. 1910Father's Day was celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, Wash. 1917During World War I, King George V changed the British royal family's German-sounding surname, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, to Windsor. 1934The Federal Communications Commission was created. 1961The Supreme Court struck down a provision in Maryland's constitution requiring state officeholders to profess a belief in God. 1964The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after an 83-day filibuster in the U.S. Senate. 1987The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law requiring any public school teaching the theory of evolution to teach creation science as well. 1999Britain's Prince Edward married commoner Sophie Rhys-Jones in Windsor, England. AP Photo/Findlay Kember 2000The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, barred officials from letting students lead stadium crowds in prayer before football games. 2007A truck bomb struck a Shiite mosque in central Baghdad, killing at least 87 people. 2008Democrat Barack Obama announced he would bypass public financing for the presidential election, even though Republican John McCain was accepting it. Video Highlights of This Day in History Today's Birthdays: Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi turns 68 years old today. AP Photo/Khin Maung Win NameProfessionAge Gena RowlandsActress83 Salman RushdieAuthor66 Phylicia RashadActress ("The Cosby Show")65 Ann WilsonRock singer (Heart)63 Kathleen TurnerActress59 Paula AbdulSinger, TV personality ("American Idol")51 Michael TruccoActor ("Battlestar Galactica")43 Jean DujardinActor ("The Artist")41 Robin TunneyActress41 Poppy MontgomeryActress38 Zoe SaldanaActress ("Avatar")35 Lauren Lee SmithActress ("CSI")33 Atticus ShafferActor ("The Middle")15 Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki turns 35 years old today. AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez
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