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 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 December - 19.   

1897  Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator on December - 19.   

1901  On December - 19 oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, NYC, anthropologist/novelist   

1902  The birth of Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor on December - 19.   

1902  Leonard Hirsch, British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symph Orch) on December - 19.   

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

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

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

1904  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 on December - 19.   

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 December - 19.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1910  On this day in history 1st city ordinace requiring white & black residential areas (Balt)   

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

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  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  Suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo on this day in history.   

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  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  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  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 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  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on December - 19.   

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on December - 19.   

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.   

1370  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on December - 19.   

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1737  On December - 19 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