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 December - 19.  

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

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

1952  Harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket & soccer intl for England), dies on December - 19.  

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

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

1957  "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1375 performances on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1959  On December - 19 penn State’s Nittany Lions beat Alabama, 7-0, in the first 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 on this day in history.  

1959  1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0 on December - 19.  

1959  Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117 on this day in history.  

1960  Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die) on this day in history.  

1960  Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight on this day in history.  

1960  On December - 19 neil Sedaka’s Calendar Girl was released on RCA Victor Records  

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

1961  British govt begins decimal coin system on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1963  On December - 19 zanzibar becomes independent from UK  

1965  On this day in history french president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%)  

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

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 December - 19.  

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

1498  On December - 19 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 December - 19 birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)  

1699  On December - 19 birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)  

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

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

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on December - 19.  

1075  On December - 19 death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England  

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  On this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies  

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