Historical Events In December - 19

1891  On this day in history edward Bernard Andre Maria Raczynski, Poland, pres-in-exile (1979-86)   

1894  Cricket day 5 1T Aus v Eng Eng 437 all out, Aus need 177 are 2-113 on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history ford C Frick, baseball commissioner (1951-65)   

1895  On December - 19 ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre)   

1896  John Seldon Whale, theologian on December - 19.   

1897  On December - 19 louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator   

1901  On December - 19 oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, NYC, anthropologist/novelist   

1902  The birth of Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor on December - 19.   

1902  Leonard Hirsch, British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symph Orch) on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 19 williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan   

1903  Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn & Manhattan on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 19 cyril Dean Darlington, England, biologist (hereditary mechanisms)   

1904  On this day in history the Dawson City (Yukon) hockey team starts walking towards Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in the Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905   

1904  On December - 19 dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905   

1905  On this day in history charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer   

1906  On this day in history leonid Brezhnev Russian leader of the Communist Party was born   

1906  The birth of Leonid Brezhnev, Former President and General secretary of the Soviet Union on December - 19.   

1906  H Allen Smith, Ill, humorist/author (Low Man on Totem Pole) on December - 19.   

1907  On December - 19 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek PA   

1907  Explosion at Jacobs Creek PA, coal mine kills 239 on December - 19.   

1907  On this day in history 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania   

1910  On December - 19 rayon first commercially produced, Marcus Hook PA   

1910  1st city ordinace requiring white & black residential areas (Balt) on December - 19.   

1910  Jean Genet, Paris France, criminal/novelist/dramatist (The Blacks) on December - 19.   

1913  On this day in history jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title   

1913  On December - 19 william C De Vries, surgeon/inventor (artificial heart)   

1914  On December - 19 johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87   

1915  On December - 19 the birth of Edith Piaf, French singer   

1915  Edith Piaf, [E Giovanna Gassion], Paris, chanteuse (Little Sparrow) on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51   

1916  Suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo on this day in history.   

1916  Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea) on December - 19.   

1917  1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto) on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history graham Sharp, ice skater   

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on this day in history.   

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on December - 19.   

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

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 December - 19.   

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  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on December - 19.   

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on December - 19.   

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on December - 19.   

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

1614  On December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

1737  On December - 19 death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.