Page 6: Historical Events In December - 19

1950  Gen Eisenhower named NATO commander.   

1951  Nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe.   

1951  Barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51   

1952  Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker"   

1952  Harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket and soccer intl for England), dies.   

1953  KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting   

1953  Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85   

1955  Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes".   

1957  "The Music Man," starring Robert Preston, opens on Broadway   

1957  "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1375 performances   

1957  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 and Good Will to Men Everywhere")   

1959  Penn State’s Nittany Lions beat Alabama, 7-0, in the inaugural 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.   

1959  1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0   

1959  Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117.   

1960  Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die)   

1960  Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight   

1960  Neil Sedaka’s Calendar Girl was released on RCA Victor Records   

1960  Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Bkln (50 die).   

1961  British govt begins decimal coin system.   

1962  Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland   

1962  Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission   

1963  Zanzibar is recorded as becoming independent from UK.   

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

1966  Ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82   

1967  Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead.   

1967  Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78   

1968  WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

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

1969  Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released.   

1971  "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances   

1972  Apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth.   

1974  Nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st VP.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

1741  On December - 19 vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

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