Page 4: 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 this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history ford C Frick, baseball commissioner (1951-65)   

1895  On this day in history ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre)   

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 December - 19.   

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

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

1903  Cyril Dean Darlington, England, biologist (hereditary mechanisms) on December - 19.   

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  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  Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer on this day in history.   

1906  Leonid Brezhnev Russian leader of the Communist Party was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1907  239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

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

1910  On December - 19 1st city ordinace requiring white & black residential areas (Balt)   

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

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

1915  On this day in history 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  1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto) on December - 19.   

1917  On December - 19 graham Sharp, ice skater   

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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 December - 19 birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

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  On this day in history birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

0401  On December - 19 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 this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

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

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

1749  On December - 19 francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76