Historical Events In December - 19
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1969 On this day in history beatle's 7th Christmas album is released
1971 On December - 19 "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances
1972 On December - 19 apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth
1974 Nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st VP on December - 19.
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 December - 19.
1975 On this day in history 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 December - 19.
1980 Iran requests $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages on this day in history.
1982 On this day in history jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71
1983 On December - 19 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 On December - 19 fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people
1984 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1985 On December - 19 aBC Sports announces that sportscaster Howard Cosell will no longer be providing television commentary.
1985 On December - 19 nFL kicker Jan Stenerud announces his retirement, leaving behind a record of most career field goals (373).
1986 USSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile on this day in history.
1988 On December - 19 nASA unveils plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars
1988 Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany-5,000 evacuated on this day in history.
1989 On December - 19 american Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route
1989 On December - 19 dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87
1990 Basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71 on this day in history.
1991 On December - 19 6,000th episode of One Life To Live
1991 Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin on December - 19.
1991 On December - 19 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 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 on this day in history.
1994 Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39 on this day in history.
1995 On this day in history dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79
1996 Marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1997 On this day in history david Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52
2005 Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; b. 1933) on this day in history.
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