Historical Events In December - 19
Friday, 14 May 2021
1969 On this day in history beatle's 7th Christmas album is released
1971 On this day in history "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 Nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st VP on this day in history.
1974 On this day in history nelson Rockefeller sworn in as American Vice-President
1974 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 on this day in history.
1975 John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice on this day in history.
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 On December - 19 anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St Kitts
1980 On this day in history iran requests $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages
1982 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1984 On December - 19 fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people
1984 Michel Magne, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1985 On December - 19 aBC Sports announced that it was severing ties with Howard Cosell and released ‘The Mouth’ from all TV commitments
1985 ABC Sports announces that sportscaster Howard Cosell will no longer be providing television commentary on December - 19.
1985 NFL kicker Jan Stenerud announces his retirement, leaving behind a record of most career field goals (373) on December - 19.
1986 On December - 19 uSSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile
1988 NASA unveils plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars on this day in history.
1988 On December - 19 unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany-5,000 evacuated
1989 American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route on December - 19.
1989 On this day in history dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87
1990 Basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71 on December - 19.
1991 On December - 19 6,000th episode of One Life To Live
1991 Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin on December - 19.
1991 Ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81 on December - 19.
1993 On this day in history anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47
1994 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 on December - 19.
1994 Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39 on this day in history.
1995 Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79 on December - 19.
1996 On December - 19 marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72
1997 David Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52 on December - 19.
2005 On December - 19 keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; b. 1933)
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