Page 4: Historical Events In December - 19

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

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

1896  On December - 19 john Seldon Whale, theologian   

1897  On this day in history louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator   

1901  Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, NYC, anthropologist/novelist on December - 19.   

1902  On December - 19 the birth of Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor   

1902  On this day in history leonard Hirsch, British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symph Orch)   

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 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 this day in history.   

1905  Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer on this day in history.   

1906  Leonid Brezhnev Russian leader of the Communist Party was born on December - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history explosion at Jacobs Creek PA, coal mine kills 239   

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

1910  On December - 19 rayon first commercially produced, Marcus Hook PA   

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

1910  On this day in history jean Genet, Paris France, criminal/novelist/dramatist (The Blacks)   

1913  On this day in history jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title   

1913  William C De Vries, surgeon/inventor (artificial heart) on this day in history.   

1914  Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87 on December - 19.   

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 December - 19.   

1916  On December - 19 suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo   

1916  Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea) on this day in history.   

1917  1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto) on this day in history.   

1917  Graham Sharp, ice skater on this day in history.   

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on December - 19.   

1498  On this day in history birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

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

1676  On December - 19 birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on December - 19.   

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  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