Page 7: Historical Events In December - 19

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

1971  On December - 19 "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances   

1972  Apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth on December - 19.   

1974  On this day in history nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st VP   

1974  Nelson Rockefeller sworn in as American Vice-President on December - 19.   

1974  On this day in history 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  On December - 19 john Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice   

1977  On December - 19 nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101   

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  Anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St Kitts on this day in history.   

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  Fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people on December - 19.   

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  On this day in history aBC Sports announces that sportscaster Howard Cosell will no longer be providing television commentary.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1988  On December - 19 unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany-5,000 evacuated   

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

1989  Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87 on December - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1991  On December - 19 boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin   

1991  Ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1993  Anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1994  On December - 19 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 December - 19.   

1995  Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79 on December - 19.   

1996  On December - 19 marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72   

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

2005  On December - 19 keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; b. 1933)   

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1036  On this day in history birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on December - 19.   

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 December - 19.   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on December - 19.   

1723  On December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 19.   

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

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

1737  On this day in history death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

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

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