Historical Events In December - 19

1969  Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released on December - 19.   

1971  On December - 19 "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances   

1972  On December - 19 apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth   

1974  On this day in history nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st VP   

1974  Nelson Rockefeller sworn in as American Vice-President on December - 19.   

1974  On December - 19 the personal computer revolution was launched quietly on this day when the Altair 8800, a do-it-yourself computer kit, went on sale for $397   

1975  On this day in history john Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice   

1977  On December - 19 nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101   

1979  On this day in history the Senate green lighted a $1.5 billion loan to help put the auto maker Chrysler back on its feet. In the short term, though, the loan did little to staunch the bleeding   

1980  Anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St Kitts on this day in history.   

1980  Iran requests $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages on December - 19.   

1982  On December - 19 jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71   

1983  After a grueling and sometimes bloody six weeks on the picket line, striking Greyhound workers agreed to sign off on a new contract and head back to work on December - 19.   

1984  Fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people on December - 19.   

1984  Michel Magne, composer, dies at 54 on December - 19.   

1985  ABC Sports announced that it was severing ties with Howard Cosell and released ‘The Mouth’ from all TV commitments on December - 19.   

1985  ABC Sports announces that sportscaster Howard Cosell will no longer be providing television commentary on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history nFL kicker Jan Stenerud announces his retirement, leaving behind a record of most career field goals (373).   

1986  On this day in history uSSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile   

1988  On this day in history nASA unveils plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars   

1988  Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany-5,000 evacuated on December - 19.   

1989  On this day in history american Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route   

1989  Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1990  Basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history 6,000th episode of One Life To Live   

1991  Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin on December - 19.   

1991  On this day in history ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81   

1993  Anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47 on December - 19.   

1994  On this day in history great Britain's prestigious Rolls-Royce, a luxury automobile maker, announced that its future cars would feature 12-cylinder motors manufactured by Germany's BMW   

1994  On December - 19 noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39   

1995  Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79 on December - 19.   

1996  On this day in history marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72   

1997  David Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

2005  Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; b. 1933) 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  On this day in history birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

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

0401  On this day in history anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies   

1075  On this day in history death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England   

1327  On December - 19 death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

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

1614  On December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

1741  On December - 19 vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.