Historical Events In December - 19

1948  2nd political action of Java/Sumatra on December - 19.   

1949  Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland on December - 19.   

1950  On December - 19 general Eisenhower named NATO commander   

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

1951  On this day in history nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe   

1951  On this day in history barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51   

1952  On this day in history queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker"   

1952  On December - 19 harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket & soccer intl for England), dies   

1953  On this day in history kFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting   

1953  Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85 on December - 19.   

1955  Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" on this day in history.   

1957  On December - 19 "The Music Man," starring Robert Preston, opens on Broadway   

1957  On this day in history "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 this day in history.   

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

1959  On this day in history walter Williams, thought to be the last surviving veteran of the US Civil War, dies in Houston, Texas at age 117.   

1959  On this day in history 1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0   

1959  Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117 on this day in history.   

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

1960  Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight on December - 19.   

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

1960  Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Bkln (50 die) on December - 19.   

1961  British govt begins decimal coin system on this day in history.   

1962  Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland on December - 19.   

1962  On December - 19 street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission   

1962  On this day in history nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland   

1963  Zanzibar becomes independent from UK on this day in history.   

1965  French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%) on December - 19.   

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

1967  Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead on this day in history.   

1967  Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78 on December - 19.   

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

1968  On December - 19 norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84   

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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  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

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

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

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  On this day in history death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

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 this day in history.   

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