Historical Events In December - 19

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

1949  Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history general Eisenhower named NATO commander   

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

1951  On this day in history nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe   

1951  Barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1952  On December - 19 queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker"   

1952  Harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket & soccer intl for England), dies on this day in history.   

1953  KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting on December - 19.   

1953  On December - 19 robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85   

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

1957  "The Music Man," starring Robert Preston, opens on Broadway on December - 19.   

1957  On December - 19 "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1375 performances   

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

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  On this day in history penn State’s Nittany Lions beat Alabama, 7-0, in the first Liberty Bowl football game   

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

1959  1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0 on this day in history.   

1959  Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117 on December - 19.   

1960  On December - 19 fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die)   

1960  Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history neil Sedaka’s Calendar Girl was released on RCA Victor Records   

1960  Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Bkln (50 die) on this day in history.   

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

1962  On this day in history nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland   

1962  On December - 19 street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission   

1962  On December - 19 nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland   

1963  On December - 19 zanzibar becomes independent from UK   

1965  French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%) on December - 19.   

1966  On this day in history ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82   

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 this day in history.   

1968  On December - 19 wCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1968  Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84 on December - 19.   

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1036  On December - 19 birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

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

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on December - 19.   

1676  On this day in history 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  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on December - 19.   

1714  On December - 19 birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 19.   

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

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

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.   

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