Page 6: Historical Events In December - 19

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

1949  Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland on December - 19.   

1950  General Eisenhower named NATO commander on December - 19.   

1950  On this day in history gen Eisenhower named NATO commander   

1951  On this day in history nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe   

1951  On this day in history barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51   

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

1952  Harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket & soccer intl for England), dies on this day in history.   

1953  KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1953  Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85 on December - 19.   

1955  On December - 19 carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes"   

1957  On this day in history "The Music Man," starring Robert Preston, opens on Broadway   

1957  "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1375 performances on December - 19.   

1957  On December - 19 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  Penn State’s Nittany Lions beat Alabama, 7-0, in the first Liberty Bowl football game on this day in history.   

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

1959  Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117 on this day in history.   

1960  Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die) on this day in history.   

1960  Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight on this day in history.   

1960  Neil Sedaka’s Calendar Girl was released on RCA Victor Records on December - 19.   

1960  Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Bkln (50 die) on this day in history.   

1961  British govt begins decimal coin system on December - 19.   

1962  Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland on December - 19.   

1962  Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission on this day in history.   

1962  On December - 19 nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia & Nyasaland   

1963  Zanzibar becomes independent from UK on December - 19.   

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  Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history 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  Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84 on December - 19.   

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

1498  On this day in history birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

1554  On December - 19 birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

1676  On this day in history 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  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on December - 19.   

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

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

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

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

1614  On December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

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