Page 6: 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  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 this day in history.   

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 December - 19.   

1953  On this day in history robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1960  Neil Sedaka’s Calendar Girl was released on RCA Victor Records on December - 19.   

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  On December - 19 nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland   

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  On December - 19 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 this day in history.   

1968  WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting on December - 19.   

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 this day in history birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

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

1683  On this day in history 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  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on December - 19.   

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on this day in history.   

0401  On this day in history anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies   

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

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  On December - 19 francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76