Page 6: Historical Events In December - 19

1948  On this day in history 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra   

1949  On this day in history luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland   

1950  General Eisenhower named NATO commander on December - 19.   

1950  Gen Eisenhower named NATO commander on this day in history.   

1951  Nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe on December - 19.   

1951  On December - 19 barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51   

1952  Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker" on this day in history.   

1952  Harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket & soccer intl for England), dies on this day in history.   

1953  On December - 19 kFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting   

1953  Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1955  On December - 19 carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes"   

1957  "The Music Man," starring Robert Preston, opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

1957  On December - 19 "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1375 performances   

1957  On this day in history john W Van Druten, US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56   

1958  1st radio broadcast from space (Pres Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth & Good Will to Men Everywhere") on December - 19.   

1959  Penn State’s Nittany Lions beat Alabama, 7-0, in the first Liberty Bowl football game on this day in history.   

1959  Walter Williams, thought to be the last surviving veteran of the US Civil War, dies in Houston, Texas at age 117 on December - 19.   

1959  1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0 on December - 19.   

1959  On this day in history walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117   

1960  Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die) on this day in history.   

1960  On December - 19 mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight   

1960  On this day in history neil Sedaka’s Calendar Girl was released on RCA Victor Records   

1960  On December - 19 fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Bkln (50 die)   

1961  On December - 19 british govt begins decimal coin system   

1962  Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland on this day in history.   

1962  Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission on this day in history.   

1962  Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history zanzibar becomes independent from UK   

1965  On this day in history french president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%)   

1966  Ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1967  Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead on December - 19.   

1967  Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history wCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1968  Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84 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  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on December - 19.   

1554  On December - 19 birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

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

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  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  On this day in history 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  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on December - 19.   

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

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

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

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