Historical Events In December - 19

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

1498  On December - 19 birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

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

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 December - 19.   

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 December - 19.   

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

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

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

1737  On December - 19 death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

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

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.