Page 6: Historical Events In December - 19

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

1949  Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland on this day in history.   

1950  On December - 19 general Eisenhower named NATO commander   

1950  Gen Eisenhower named NATO commander on December - 19.   

1951  Nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe on December - 19.   

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

1952  On December - 19 queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker"   

1952  On this day in history 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  Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85 on December - 19.   

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

1957  On this day in history "The Music Man," starring Robert Preston, opens on Broadway   

1957  "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1375 performances on December - 19.   

1957  John W Van Druten, US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56 on December - 19.   

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

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  1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0 on December - 19.   

1959  On December - 19 walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117   

1960  On this day in history fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die)   

1960  On December - 19 mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight   

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 December - 19.   

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

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

1962  Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82   

1967  On December - 19 prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead.   

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

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1036  On this day in history birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on December - 19.   

1554  On December - 19 birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on December - 19.   

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

1699  On this day in history birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)   

1714  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

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 December - 19.   

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

1370  On December - 19 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 this day in history.   

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