Page 6: Historical Events In December - 19

1948  On December - 19 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra   

1949  On this day in history luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland   

1950  General Eisenhower named NATO commander on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history gen Eisenhower named NATO commander   

1951  Nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe on December - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history kFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting   

1953  Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1955  Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" on this day in history.   

1957  "The Music Man," starring Robert Preston, opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

1957  "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1375 performances on this day in history.   

1957  John W Van Druten, US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1958  1st radio broadcast from space (Pres Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth & Good Will to Men Everywhere") on December - 19.   

1959  Penn State’s Nittany Lions beat Alabama, 7-0, in the first Liberty Bowl football game on this day in history.   

1959  Walter Williams, thought to be the last surviving veteran of the US Civil War, dies in Houston, Texas at age 117 on this day in history.   

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 December - 19.   

1960  Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight on December - 19.   

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 December - 19.   

1961  On this day in history british govt begins decimal coin system   

1962  Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland on December - 19.   

1962  Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission on this day in history.   

1962  On December - 19 nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland   

1963  On this day in history zanzibar becomes independent from UK   

1965  On December - 19 french president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%)   

1966  Ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead.   

1967  Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78 on December - 19.   

1968  On this day in history wCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1968  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.   

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

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