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 December - 19 general Eisenhower named NATO commander  

1950  On this day in history gen Eisenhower named NATO commander  

1951  Nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe on this day in history.  

1951  On December - 19 barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51  

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

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 December - 19 robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85  

1955  Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" on December - 19.  

1957  On December - 19 "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  On December - 19 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 this day in history penn State’s Nittany Lions beat Alabama, 7-0, in the first Liberty Bowl football game  

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

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  British govt begins decimal coin system on this day in history.  

1962  On December - 19 nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland  

1962  On December - 19 street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission  

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

1963  Zanzibar becomes independent from UK on this day in history.  

1965  On December - 19 french president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%)  

1966  Ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead.  

1967  Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78 on December - 19.  

1968  On this day in history wCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting  

1968  On December - 19 norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84  

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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 December - 19.  

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 December - 19.  

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  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.  

1723  On this day in history 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  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.  

1370  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on December - 19.  

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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 December - 19.