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Rosenbergs executed for espionage: 19 June 1953 - This Day in History

After the failure of court appeals and of a worldwide campaign for mercy, husband and wife Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were put to death this day in 1953, becoming the first American civilians to be executed for espionage.

More Events on this day:

1963: Soviet cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova, the first woman to travel in space, returned to Earth in the spacecraft Vostok 6.

1961: Great Britain recognized Kuwait's independence.

1934: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was organized in the United States.

1867: The emperor of Mexico, Maximilian, was executed by a firing squad.

1846: Alexander Joy Cartwright arranged a baseball game between the New York Knickerbockers and the New York Nine at Hoboken, New Jersey—the first baseball game to use the set of rules on which today's game is based.

Aung San Suu Kyi: Biography of the Day

Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar democratic and human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi, the daughter of Aung San (a martyred national hero) and Khin Kyi (a prominent diplomat), was born this day in 1945 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

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