Page 6: Historical Events In December - 19

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

1949  On December - 19 luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland   

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

1950  On this day in history gen Eisenhower named NATO commander   

1951  On this day in history nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe   

1951  Barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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  KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting on December - 19.   

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

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

1957  On this day in history "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  John W Van Druten, US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56 on December - 19.   

1958  On this day in history 1st radio broadcast from space (Pres Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth & Good Will to Men Everywhere")   

1959  Penn State’s Nittany Lions beat Alabama, 7-0, in the first Liberty Bowl football game on December - 19.   

1959  On December - 19 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 December - 19 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  On December - 19 british govt begins decimal coin system   

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  Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland on December - 19.   

1963  Zanzibar becomes independent from UK on December - 19.   

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

1966  On December - 19 ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82   

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

1967  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on this day in history.   

1498  On this day in history birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on this day in history.   

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on this day in history.   

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on December - 19.   

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

1723  On December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

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