Page 6: Historical Events In December - 19

1948  2nd political action of Java/Sumatra on December - 19.   

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

1950  On December - 19 general Eisenhower named NATO commander   

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

1951  Nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe on December - 19.   

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

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

1952  On December - 19 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 December - 19 carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes"   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 December - 19.   

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 December - 19.   

1960  Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight on December - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1961  British govt begins decimal coin system on December - 19.   

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

1962  Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission on this day in history.   

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

1963  On December - 19 zanzibar becomes independent from UK   

1965  French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%) on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82   

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 December - 19 wCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1968  Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84 on December - 19.   

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on December - 19.   

1498  On this day in history birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on December - 19.   

1676  On December - 19 birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on December - 19.   

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  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 19.   

1327  On December - 19 death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

1370  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on this day in history.   

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

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