Page 7: Historical Events In December - 19

1969  Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 19 nelson Rockefeller sworn in as American Vice-President   

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 this day in history.   

1975  On December - 19 john Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice   

1977  On this day in history nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101   

1979  On December - 19 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   

1980  On this day in history anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St Kitts   

1980  Iran requests $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages on December - 19.   

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

1983  On this day in history 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   

1984  Fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people on December - 19.   

1984  Michel Magne, composer, dies at 54 on December - 19.   

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 December - 19.   

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

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

1988  On December - 19 nASA unveils plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars   

1988  On December - 19 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  On this day in history basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71   

1991  6,000th episode of One Life To Live on this day in history.   

1991  Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81   

1993  On this day in history 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  On this day in history noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39   

1995  Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1996  Marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72 on December - 19.   

1997  On December - 19 david Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52   

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 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  On December - 19 birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on this day in history.   

1699  On December - 19 birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England   

1327  On this day in history death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

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

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

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 December - 19.   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.