Page 6: Historical Events In December - 19

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

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

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

1950  Gen Eisenhower named NATO commander on December - 19.   

1951  On this day in history nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe   

1951  Barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51 on December - 19.   

1952  Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker" on December - 19.   

1952  On this day in history 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  On this day in history carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes"   

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

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  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  On December - 19 penn State’s Nittany Lions beat Alabama, 7-0, in the first Liberty Bowl football game   

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

1961  On December - 19 british govt begins decimal coin system   

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

1962  On this day in history 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 December - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 December - 19.   

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

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on December - 19.   

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 December - 19.   

1370  On December - 19 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 this day in history.   

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

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.