Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In December - 19
Saturday, 23 November 2024
1969 Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released on December - 19. 
1971 "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances on December - 19.
1972 Apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth on December - 19.
1974 Nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st VP on December - 19.
1974 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1975 John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice on December - 19.
1977 On December - 19 nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101
1979 On December - 19 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
1980 On this day in history anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St Kitts
1980 Iran requests $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages on this day in history.
1982 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71 on December - 19.
1983 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 on December - 19.
1984 On this day in history 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 this day in history nFL kicker Jan Stenerud announces his retirement, leaving behind a record of most career field goals (373).
1986 On this day in history uSSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile
1988 On this day in history nASA unveils plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars
1988 On December - 19 unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany-5,000 evacuated
1989 American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route on this day in history.
1989 Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87 on December - 19.
1990 On December - 19 basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71
1991 On December - 19 6,000th episode of One Life To Live
1991 On December - 19 boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin
1991 On December - 19 ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81
1993 Anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47 on December - 19.
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 On this day in history noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39
1995 On December - 19 dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79
1996 On December - 19 marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72
1997 On December - 19 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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