Page 6: 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 this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history general Eisenhower named NATO commander   

1950  Gen Eisenhower named NATO commander on December - 19.   

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

1953  KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85   

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

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

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 December - 19.   

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

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

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

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  Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland   

1962  Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission on December - 19.   

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

1963  On this day in history zanzibar becomes independent from UK   

1965  French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%) on this day in history.   

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  On December - 19 alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78   

1968  WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting on December - 19.   

1968  Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84 on December - 19.   

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

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 19 birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1737  On this day in history death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.