Page 7: Historical Events In December - 19

1969  On December - 19 beatle's 7th Christmas album is released   

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

1972  On this day in history 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 December - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1979  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 on December - 19.   

1980  On December - 19 anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St Kitts   

1980  On this day in history iran requests $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages   

1982  Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71 on December - 19.   

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  Fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people on this day in history.   

1984  On December - 19 michel Magne, composer, dies at 54   

1985  ABC Sports announced that it was severing ties with Howard Cosell and released ‘The Mouth’ from all TV commitments on December - 19.   

1985  ABC Sports announces that sportscaster Howard Cosell will no longer be providing television commentary on this day in history.   

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

1986  On December - 19 uSSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile   

1988  NASA unveils plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars on December - 19.   

1988  On this day in history unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany-5,000 evacuated   

1989  American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route on December - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1991  On this day in history boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin   

1991  On December - 19 ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81   

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

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 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 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  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  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  On December - 19 birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

1723  On this day in history 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  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.   

1370  On this day in history 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  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on this day in history.   

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