Historical Events In December - 19

1891  Edward Bernard Andre Maria Raczynski, Poland, pres-in-exile (1979-86) on this day in history.  

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

1894  On December - 19 ford C Frick, baseball commissioner (1951-65)  

1895  Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre) on this day in history.  

1896  On this day in history john Seldon Whale, theologian  

1897  Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator on this day in history.  

1901  Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, NYC, anthropologist/novelist on this day in history.  

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

1902  Leonard Hirsch, British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symph Orch) on December - 19.  

1903  Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan on December - 19.  

1903  On December - 19 williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn & Manhattan  

1903  Cyril Dean Darlington, England, biologist (hereditary mechanisms) on this day in history.  

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 December - 19.  

1906  On this day in history leonid Brezhnev Russian leader of the Communist Party was born  

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

1906  On this day in history h Allen Smith, Ill, humorist/author (Low Man on Totem Pole)  

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

1907  Explosion at Jacobs Creek PA, coal mine kills 239 on this day in history.  

1907  On December - 19 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania  

1910  Rayon first commercially produced, Marcus Hook PA on December - 19.  

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

1910  On December - 19 jean Genet, Paris France, criminal/novelist/dramatist (The Blacks)  

1913  Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title on December - 19.  

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

1914  On this day in history johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87  

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

1915  On December - 19 edith Piaf, [E Giovanna Gassion], Paris, chanteuse (Little Sparrow)  

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

1916  On this day in history suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo  

1916  Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea) on December - 19.  

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  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on December - 19.  

1498  On December - 19 birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist  

1554  On this day in history birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)  

1676  On this day in history birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist  

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on December - 19.  

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 December - 19.  

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on December - 19.  

1075  On December - 19 death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England  

1327  On this day in history death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy  

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

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

1737  On this day in history death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)  

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.  

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