Page 6: Historical Events In December - 19

1948  2nd political action of Java/Sumatra on this day in history.   

1949  Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history general Eisenhower named NATO commander   

1950  On this day in history gen Eisenhower named NATO commander   

1951  On this day in history nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe   

1951  On December - 19 barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51   

1952  Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker" on December - 19.   

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 December - 19.   

1953  Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1955  Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1958  1st radio broadcast from space (Pres Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth & Good Will to Men Everywhere") on this day in history.   

1959  Penn State’s Nittany Lions beat Alabama, 7-0, in the first Liberty Bowl football game on this day in history.   

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

1959  1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0 on December - 19.   

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

1960  Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die) on December - 19.   

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

1960  On December - 19 neil Sedaka’s Calendar Girl was released on RCA Victor Records   

1960  Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Bkln (50 die) on December - 19.   

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

1962  On December - 19 nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland   

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

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

1963  On December - 19 zanzibar becomes independent from UK   

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

1966  Ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1967  On December - 19 prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead.   

1967  Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78 on December - 19.   

1968  WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting on December - 19.   

1968  On this day in history norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84   

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

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  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on December - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

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

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.   

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