Historical Events In December - 19

1918  Robert Ripley began his Believe It or Not feature in The New York Globe. (If you like the weird and unusual, check out the bizarre web sites featured on our Strange But True page.) on December - 19.   

1918  On December - 19 robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column (NY Globe)   

1919  On December - 19 american Meteorological Society found   

1920  1st US indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass) on December - 19.   

1920  On December - 19 david Susskind, NYC, TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show)   

1921  Ludvik Podest, composer on this day in history.   

1922  Mrs Theres Vaughn, 24, confessed in court to being married 62 times on this day in history.   

1923  Luigi Innocenti, designer on December - 19.   

1924  The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost manufactured in England was sold in London on this day in history.   

1924  On December - 19 test Cricket debut of Bill Ponsford, who scored 110 in 1st innings   

1924  Edmund Purdom, England, actor (Asissi Underground, Pieces) on December - 19.   

1925  On December - 19 jimmy Dickens, Bolt WV, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)   

1925  On this day in history jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44   

1926  On this day in history bobby Layne, NFL QB (Detroit Lions)   

1928  First autogiro (predecessor of helicopter) flight in US on December - 19.   

1928  1st autogiro (predecessor of helicopter) flight in US on this day in history.   

1930  James Weldon Johnson resigns as executive secretary of NAACP on this day in history.   

1930  Johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns on this day in history.   

1931  Bradman scores 112 Australia v South Africa at cricket SCG on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history british Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas   

1933  On December - 19 electric Home and Farm Authority Inc, authorized   

1933  On this day in history electric Home & Farm Authority Inc, authorized   

1934  On December - 19 japan agress to fleet treaty of 1922 & 1930   

1938  Nazi "Ransom Plan" is rejected here, Joint Distribution Committee's Boycott Council votes for intensification of boycott against German goods. Failure of "Barter Plan" is seen on December - 19.   

1939  Russian air & ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa on December - 19.   

1939  On December - 19 eric Fogg, composer, dies at 36   

1941  Company-Sgt. Major John Robert Osborn (The Winnipeg Grenadiers) wins the Victoria Cross at Hong Kong on December - 19.   

1941  On this day in history german submarine U-574 sinks   

1941  L M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history military coup in Bolivia   

1945  Austrian Republic re-establishes on December - 19.   

1946  On December - 19 war breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi   

1946  Noel Cowards musical "Pacific 1860," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1948  8th largest snowfall in NYC history (15.3") on this day in history.   

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1036  On December - 19 birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

1498  On December - 19 birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

1554  On this day in history birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on December - 19.   

1683  On this day in history birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

1699  On December - 19 birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on December - 19.   

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on December - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1370  On this day in history urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies   

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

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