Date 2024 June 19 | History by KabAstro

Historical Events

A law requiring classrooms display the Ten Commandments signed into law by Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry - first state to do so [1]
At least 550 people are reported to have died on hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as temperatures topped 51.8 degrees C (125.2 F) [1]

Event of Interest

Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn in for a second term as President of South Africa in Pretoria, at the head of a coalition government [1]

Activist and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa

Treaty of Interest

Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un sign a pact to "provide mutual assistance in case of aggression" in Pyongyang, bringing the countries the closest since the Cold War [1]