Page 7: Historical Events In December - 19

1969  Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released on December - 19.   

1971  On this day in history "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances   

1972  On December - 19 apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth   

1974  On this day in history nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st VP   

1974  On December - 19 nelson Rockefeller sworn in as American Vice-President   

1974  On December - 19 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   

1975  On this day in history john Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice   

1977  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people   

1984  Michel Magne, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history aBC Sports announced that it was severing ties with Howard Cosell and released ‘The Mouth’ from all TV commitments   

1985  On December - 19 aBC Sports announces that sportscaster Howard Cosell will no longer be providing television commentary.   

1985  On December - 19 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  NASA unveils plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars on this day in history.   

1988  Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany-5,000 evacuated on this day in history.   

1989  On December - 19 american Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route   

1989  On December - 19 dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87   

1990  On this day in history basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71   

1991  6,000th episode of One Life To Live on this day in history.   

1991  Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin on this day in history.   

1991  Ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81 on December - 19.   

1993  Anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history 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   

1994  On December - 19 noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39   

1995  On this day in history dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79   

1996  Marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72 on December - 19.   

1997  David Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52 on December - 19.   

2005  On this day in history keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; b. 1933)   

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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 this day in history.   

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 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 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  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.   

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

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

1737  On December - 19 death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

1741  On December - 19 vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.