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  Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner (1951-65) on December - 19.  

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

1896  On December - 19 john Seldon Whale, theologian  

1897  Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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  On December - 19 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  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 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  Explosion at Jacobs Creek PA, coal mine kills 239 on December - 19.  

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

1910  On this day in history rayon first commercially produced, Marcus Hook PA  

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

1910  Jean Genet, Paris France, criminal/novelist/dramatist (The Blacks) on this day in history.  

1913  On December - 19 jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title  

1913  On this day in history william C De Vries, surgeon/inventor (artificial heart)  

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

1915  On this day in history the birth of Edith Piaf, French singer  

1915  Edith Piaf, [E Giovanna Gassion], Paris, chanteuse (Little Sparrow) on this day in history.  

1915  Alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

1916  Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea) on December - 19.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on December - 19.  

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

1699  On this day in history birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)  

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 December - 19.  

0401  On December - 19 anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies  

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 December - 19.  

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

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

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