Historical Events In December - 19

1969  On December - 19 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 December - 19 apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth  

1974  On December - 19 nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st VP  

1974  Nelson Rockefeller sworn in as American Vice-President on this day in history.  

1974  On December - 19 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  

1975  John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice on this day in history.  

1977  On this day in history nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101  

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  Iran requests $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages on this day in history.  

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

1983  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 on this day in history.  

1984  On this day in history fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people  

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

1985  On December - 19 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  NFL kicker Jan Stenerud announces his retirement, leaving behind a record of most career field goals (373) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history american Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route  

1989  On this day in history dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87  

1990  Basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71 on December - 19.  

1991  6,000th episode of One Life To Live on December - 19.  

1991  Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin on December - 19.  

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  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 on December - 19.  

1994  Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79  

1996  Marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72 on December - 19.  

1997  On this day in history david Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52  

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  On December - 19 birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist  

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.  

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on this day in history.  

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on this day in history.  

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 19.  

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

1075  On this day in history death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England  

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

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

1614  On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67  

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on this day in history.  

1741  On December - 19 vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies  

1749  On this day in history francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76