Page 6: Historical Events In December - 19

1948  2nd political action of Java/Sumatra on December - 19.   

1949  On December - 19 luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland   

1950  General Eisenhower named NATO commander on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history gen Eisenhower named NATO commander   

1951  On December - 19 nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe   

1951  Barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1952  On December - 19 queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker"   

1952  On this day in history harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket & soccer intl for England), dies   

1953  On December - 19 kFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting   

1953  On this day in history robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85   

1955  Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" on December - 19.   

1957  On December - 19 "The Music Man," starring Robert Preston, opens on Broadway   

1957  On this day in history "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1375 performances   

1957  On this day in history john W Van Druten, US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56   

1958  On December - 19 1st radio broadcast from space (Pres Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth & Good Will to Men Everywhere")   

1959  On December - 19 penn State’s Nittany Lions beat Alabama, 7-0, in the first Liberty Bowl football game   

1959  On December - 19 walter Williams, thought to be the last surviving veteran of the US Civil War, dies in Houston, Texas at age 117.   

1959  1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0 on this day in history.   

1959  On December - 19 walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117   

1960  On this day in history fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die)   

1960  On December - 19 mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight   

1960  On this day in history neil Sedaka’s Calendar Girl was released on RCA Victor Records   

1960  On this day in history fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Bkln (50 die)   

1961  British govt begins decimal coin system on this day in history.   

1962  Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission   

1962  On December - 19 nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland   

1963  Zanzibar becomes independent from UK on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history french president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%)   

1966  Ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82 on December - 19.   

1967  On this day in history prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead.   

1967  On December - 19 alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78   

1968  On this day in history wCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1968  On December - 19 norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84   

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on this day in history.   

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

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on December - 19.   

1676  On this day in history birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  On this day in history birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

1699  On this day in history birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)   

1714  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

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

0401  On this day in history anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies   

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

1327  On December - 19 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  On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

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 this day in history.   

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