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Mary Holland, noted journalist, is born in London

June 19, 1936

Mary Holland, noted journalist, is born in London

Mary Holland, an influential journalist renowned for her fearless reporting on Northern Ireland during the Troubles, was born in London on June 19, 1935.

Mary Queen of Scots gives birth to the future King James VI of Scotland and I of England.

June 19, 1566

Mary Queen of Scots gives birth to the future King James VI of Scotland and I of England.

James VI of Scotland-James I of England and Ireland (Charles James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 ? March 27, 1625) was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland and was the first to style himself King of Great Britain. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 until the death of Elizabeth I of England in 1603. Then from the Union of the Crowns, in England and Ireland as James I, from 24 March 1603 until his death. He was the first monarch of England from the House of Stuart, succeeding the last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I, who died without children.