Historical Events In December - 19

1891  On this day in history edward Bernard Andre Maria Raczynski, Poland, pres-in-exile (1979-86)   

1894  Cricket day 5 1T Aus v Eng Eng 437 all out, Aus need 177 are 2-113 on December - 19.   

1894  Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner (1951-65) on this day in history.   

1895  On December - 19 ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre)   

1896  On this day in history john Seldon Whale, theologian   

1897  On this day in history louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator   

1901  Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, NYC, anthropologist/novelist on December - 19.   

1902  The birth of Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor on this day in history.   

1902  On December - 19 leonard Hirsch, British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symph Orch)   

1903  Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan on this day in history.   

1903  Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn & Manhattan on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 19 cyril Dean Darlington, England, biologist (hereditary mechanisms)   

1904  On December - 19 the Dawson City (Yukon) hockey team starts walking towards Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in the Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905   

1904  On December - 19 dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905   

1905  Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer on this day in history.   

1906  Leonid Brezhnev Russian leader of the Communist Party was born on December - 19.   

1906  The birth of Leonid Brezhnev, Former President and General secretary of the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

1906  H Allen Smith, Ill, humorist/author (Low Man on Totem Pole) on December - 19.   

1907  239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek PA on December - 19.   

1907  Explosion at Jacobs Creek PA, coal mine kills 239 on December - 19.   

1907  On this day in history 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania   

1910  On this day in history rayon first commercially produced, Marcus Hook PA   

1910  On this day in history 1st city ordinace requiring white & black residential areas (Balt)   

1910  Jean Genet, Paris France, criminal/novelist/dramatist (The Blacks) on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title   

1913  On this day in history william C De Vries, surgeon/inventor (artificial heart)   

1914  Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1915  The birth of Edith Piaf, French singer on December - 19.   

1915  Edith Piaf, [E Giovanna Gassion], Paris, chanteuse (Little Sparrow) on this day in history.   

1915  Alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1916  On December - 19 suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo   

1916  On this day in history adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea)   

1917  On December - 19 1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto)   

1917  Graham Sharp, ice skater on December - 19.   

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1036  On this day in history birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on this day in history.   

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on December - 19.   

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on this day in history.   

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on December - 19.   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on December - 19.   

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on this day in history.   

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.   

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on December - 19.   

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.   

1370  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on December - 19.   

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1737  On December - 19 death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

1741  On this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

1749  On this day in history francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76