Page 7: Historical Events In December - 19

1969  On this day in history beatle's 7th Christmas album is released   

1971  "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth   

1974  Nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st VP on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history nelson Rockefeller sworn in as American Vice-President   

1974  The personal computer revolution was launched quietly on this day when the Altair 8800, a do-it-yourself computer kit, went on sale for $397 on December - 19.   

1975  On this day in history john Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice   

1977  Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101 on December - 19.   

1979  On December - 19 the Senate green lighted a $1.5 billion loan to help put the auto maker Chrysler back on its feet. In the short term, though, the loan did little to staunch the bleeding   

1980  Anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St Kitts on December - 19.   

1980  On December - 19 iran requests $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages   

1982  On December - 19 jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71   

1983  On December - 19 after a grueling and sometimes bloody six weeks on the picket line, striking Greyhound workers agreed to sign off on a new contract and head back to work   

1984  Fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people on December - 19.   

1984  Michel Magne, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history aBC Sports announced that it was severing ties with Howard Cosell and released ‘The Mouth’ from all TV commitments   

1985  ABC Sports announces that sportscaster Howard Cosell will no longer be providing television commentary on December - 19.   

1985  On this day in history nFL kicker Jan Stenerud announces his retirement, leaving behind a record of most career field goals (373).   

1986  USSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile on December - 19.   

1988  NASA unveils plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars on this day in history.   

1988  Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany-5,000 evacuated on December - 19.   

1989  On December - 19 american Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route   

1989  On December - 19 dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87   

1990  Basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71 on this day in history.   

1991  6,000th episode of One Life To Live on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 19 boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin   

1991  Ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81 on December - 19.   

1993  Anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47 on December - 19.   

1994  On this day in history great Britain's prestigious Rolls-Royce, a luxury automobile maker, announced that its future cars would feature 12-cylinder motors manufactured by Germany's BMW   

1994  Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39 on December - 19.   

1995  Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1996  Marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1997  David Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52 on December - 19.   

2005  On this day in history keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; b. 1933)   

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

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

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

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on December - 19.   

1741  On this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

1749  On December - 19 francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76