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 December - 19 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 this day in history.   

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

1901  On this day in history oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, NYC, anthropologist/novelist   

1902  The birth of Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor on this day in history.   

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 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  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  On December - 19 charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1910  On December - 19 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 this day in history.   

1915  The birth of Edith Piaf, French singer on this day in history.   

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

1915  On December - 19 alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51   

1916  Suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo on December - 19.   

1916  On this day in history adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

1741  On this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.