Historical Events In December - 19

1891  On December - 19 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  On this day in history ford C Frick, baseball commissioner (1951-65)  

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

1896  John Seldon Whale, theologian on this day in history.  

1897  On December - 19 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 December - 19.  

1902  Leonard Hirsch, British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symph Orch) on this day in history.  

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

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

1903  On this day in history 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  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 on December - 19.  

1905  On this day in history charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer  

1906  On December - 19 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  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 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  1st city ordinace requiring white & black residential areas (Balt) on this day in history.  

1910  Jean Genet, Paris France, criminal/novelist/dramatist (The Blacks) on December - 19.  

1913  On December - 19 jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title  

1913  On December - 19 william C De Vries, surgeon/inventor (artificial heart)  

1914  On December - 19 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 December - 19.  

1916  On December - 19 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  On December - 19 graham Sharp, ice skater  

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

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

1554  On December - 19 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  On December - 19 birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)  

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.  

1714  On December - 19 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 December - 19 anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies  

1075  On December - 19 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies  

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.