June 19: WikiLeaks, Royal Weddings, and the Birth of Baseball

June 19 is basically the historical equivalent of a variety show: we've got international intrigue, royal romance, baseball's birthday, and some YouTube stars thrown in for good measure. Buckle up, because this date has been busy.

WikiLeaks Founder Checks Into World's Most Famous Embassy

In 2012, Julian Assange took up residence at the Ecuadorian embassy in London after requesting asylum while facing allegations of sexual assault in Sweden. Not your typical houseguest situation—he'd end up staying for seven years, making it possibly the longest embassy crash in modern history. One imagines the Ecuadorian staff eventually got tired of making small talk in the hallways.

When Baseball Got Its Act Together

Way back in 1846, the first officially recorded baseball game using modern rules went down in Hoboken, New Jersey. The New York Nine absolutely demolished the New York Knickerbockers 23-1, which frankly sounds less like a game and more like a cry for help. This is the same date that in 1939, legendary player Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease that would forever bear his name in the United States. Baseball and June 19 go together like hot dogs and, well, baseball.

A Swedish Royal Wedding Fit for a Princess

In 2010, Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, married Daniel Westling at Stockholm Cathedral, proving that sometimes the commoner really does get the princess. The wedding was a major event, combining all the pageantry Scandinavia could muster with a genuine love story that had the whole continent swooning.

YouTube Royalty Arrives

Speaking of royalty, 1993 gave us KSI, the English YouTuber who would go on to become one of the platform's biggest stars. From FIFA videos to boxing matches to actual music charts, he's basically done it all. Also born on this day: Millie Gibson in 2004, the English actress who'd eventually step into the TARDIS as a Doctor Who companion. June 19 clearly has a thing for creating entertainers who know how to work a camera.