Page 4: Historical Events In December - 19

1891  On this day in history edward Bernard Andre Maria Raczynski, Poland, pres-in-exile (1979-86)   

1894  Cricket day 5 1T Aus v Eng Eng 437 all out, Aus need 177 are 2-113 on this day in history.   

1894  Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner (1951-65) on December - 19.   

1895  On this day in history ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre)   

1896  John Seldon Whale, theologian on December - 19.   

1897  Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, NYC, anthropologist/novelist   

1902  The birth of Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor on December - 19.   

1902  Leonard Hirsch, British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symph Orch) on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 19 williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan   

1903  On this day in history williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn & Manhattan   

1903  Cyril Dean Darlington, England, biologist (hereditary mechanisms) on this day in history.   

1904  On December - 19 the Dawson City (Yukon) hockey team starts walking towards Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in the Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905   

1904  Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905 on this day in history.   

1905  Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer on this day in history.   

1906  On December - 19 leonid Brezhnev Russian leader of the Communist Party was born   

1906  The birth of Leonid Brezhnev, Former President and General secretary of the Soviet Union on December - 19.   

1906  On December - 19 h Allen Smith, Ill, humorist/author (Low Man on Totem Pole)   

1907  On December - 19 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek PA   

1907  On December - 19 explosion at Jacobs Creek PA, coal mine kills 239   

1907  On this day in history 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania   

1910  On this day in history rayon first commercially produced, Marcus Hook PA   

1910  On December - 19 1st city ordinace requiring white & black residential areas (Balt)   

1910  On December - 19 jean Genet, Paris France, criminal/novelist/dramatist (The Blacks)   

1913  On December - 19 jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title   

1913  William C De Vries, surgeon/inventor (artificial heart) on this day in history.   

1914  Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1915  On December - 19 the birth of Edith Piaf, French singer   

1915  Edith Piaf, [E Giovanna Gassion], Paris, chanteuse (Little Sparrow) on December - 19.   

1915  Alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51 on December - 19.   

1916  On this day in history suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo   

1916  Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea) on December - 19.   

1917  1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto) on December - 19.   

1917  On December - 19 graham Sharp, ice skater   

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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 this day in history 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 December - 19.   

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

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

1723  On this day in history 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  On December - 19 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 this day in history.   

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1741  On this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

1749  On December - 19 francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76