Page 4: 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 December - 19.   

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

1895  Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre) on December - 19.   

1896  John Seldon Whale, theologian on December - 19.   

1897  On December - 19 louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator   

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 this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan   

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

1903  On this day in history cyril Dean Darlington, England, biologist (hereditary mechanisms)   

1904  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 December - 19 leonid Brezhnev Russian leader of the Communist Party was born   

1906  On December - 19 the birth of Leonid Brezhnev, Former President and General secretary of the Soviet Union   

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

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

1907  On December - 19 explosion at Jacobs Creek PA, coal mine kills 239   

1907  On December - 19 239 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  1st city ordinace requiring white & black residential areas (Balt) on December - 19.   

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

1913  Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title on this day in history.   

1913  On December - 19 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  On December - 19 the birth of Edith Piaf, French singer   

1915  Edith Piaf, [E Giovanna Gassion], Paris, chanteuse (Little Sparrow) on December - 19.   

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

1917  On this day in history 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  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on December - 19.   

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on December - 19.   

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

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 December - 19.   

1714  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

1723  On December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

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

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on this day in history.   

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

1370  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on this day in history.   

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

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on December - 19.   

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

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