
December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days remaining. ==Events== *324 - Licinius abdicates his position as List of Roman Emperors. *1187 - Pope Clement III elected *1732 - Benjamin Franklin publishes ''Poor Richard's Almanack'' *1777 - George Washington's army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania *1828 - John C. Calhoun pens ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'', protesting the Tariff of 1828. *1835 - Toledo Blade newspaper begins publishing. *1842 - United States recognizes the independence of Hawaii *1912 - William H. Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum, that killed over 1,000 people on June June 15, 1904, the worst disaster in New York City before September 11, 2001 attacks, was pardoned after 3 1/2 years in Sing Sing prison by President Taft. *1916 - The Battle of Verdun ended. *1928 - First autogiro flight in the United States *1945 - Austria becomes a republic for the second time, the first having been founded in 1918 and interrupted by the Austrofascism from 1934 onwards and the Anschluss in 1938. *1946 - Ho Chi Minh attacks France in Hanoi *1961 - The Indian Army invades the Portugal province of Estado da India Portuguesa (Portuguese State of India) comprising of Goa, Damão, Diu (Dadrá and Nagar-Avelí previously invaded in 1954). Later the Constitution of India is ammended to include the ex-Portuguese territory acquired by act of conquest by the Indian Union from Portugal. *1962 - Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland *1963 - Zanzibar received its independence from the United Kingdom to become a constitutional monarchy under the sultan. *1972 - Apollo 17, the last manned lunar flight, returns to Earth. *1974 - Australian Prime Minister, Harold Holt is pronounced dead. *1974 - The Altair 8800, the first personal computer, goes on sale *1974 - Portuguese Democratic Revolution. (Revolucao de Abril) *1978 - John Wayne Gacy is arrested for the killings of 33 boys and young men *1979 - ''Kramer vs. Kramer'' opens in theaters, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep. *1980 - Anguilla is made a dependency of the United Kingdom separate from Saint Kitts and Nevis *1984 - The United Kingdom and People's Republic of China sign the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which handed Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. *1997 - A Silkair Boeing 737-300 crashes into the Musi River, in Sumatra, Indonesia killing 104 *1998 - The United States House of Representatives pass articles of impeachment against President of the United States Bill Clinton over the Lewinsky scandal. *2001 - ''The Fellowship of the Ring (movie)'' is the first ''The Lord of the Rings'' movie to open in theaters. *2001 - A new world-record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 mb (32.06 inches Hg) is set at Tosontsengel, Hövsgöl, Hövsgöl Aymag, Mongolia. ==Births== *1683 - King Philip V of Spain *1699 - William Bowyer, printer *1813 - Thomas Andrews (scientist), chemist (d. 1885) *1820 - Mary Ashton Livermore, women's rights activist (d. 1905) *1865 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, stage actress (d. 1932) *1885 - Joe \"King\" Oliver, jazz musician (d. 1938) *1888 - Fritz Reiner, Hungarian conductor (d. 1963) *1894 - Ford Frick, commissioner of baseball *1900 - Geza von Cziffra, film director (d. 1989) *1901 - Rudolf Hell, inventor (d. 2002) *1906 - Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet politician (d. 1982) *1910 - Jean Genet, French writer (d. 1986) *1915 - Edith Piaf, French singer and actress (d. 1963) *1916 - Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, publicist *1918 - Professor Longhair, musician (d. 1980) *1920 - David Susskind, movie, stage, and television producer (d. 1987) *1923 - Gordon Jackson (actor), film, stage and television actor (d. 1990) *1925 - Tankred Dorst, dramatist *1929 - Bob Brookmeyer, musician *1933 - Cicely Tyson, actress *1934 - Al Kaline, Baseball Hall of Famer *1935 - Bobby Timmons, jazz pianist (d. 1974) *1939 - Gwynn Dowell, teacher *1940 - Phil Ochs, singer, songwriter (d. 1976) *1941 - Maurice White, musician *1944 - Richard Leakey, anthropologist * 1944 - Alvin Lee, musician *1946 - Stan Smith, tennis player * 1946 - Robert Urich, actor (d. 2002) *1949 - Claudia Kolb, swimmer *1960 - Mike Lookinland, actor *1961 - Matthew Waterhouse, British actor *1961 - Reggie White, American football player (d. 2004) *1964 - Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball star *1965 - Chito Martinez, Belizean baseball player *1969 - Kristy Swanson, actress *1971 - Tiffany Towers, actress *1972 - Alyssa Milano, actress * 1972 - Warren Sapp, American football player *1974 - Jake Plummer, American football player * 1974 - Ricky Ponting, Australia cricket *1980 - Jake Gyllenhaal, actor * 1980 - Marla Sokoloff, actress ==Deaths== *401 - Pope Anastasius I *1370 - Pope Urban V (b. 1310) *1737 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) *1741 - Vitus Bering, explorer *1749 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (b. 1672) *1819 - Sir Thomas Fremantle, English naval officer and politician (b. 1765) *1848 - Emily Brontë, English author (b. 1818) *1939 - Hans Langsdorff, German naval officer (b. 1894) *1967 - Harold Holt, seventeenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908) *1968 - Norman Thomas, American socialist (b. 1884) *1989 - Stella Gibbons, English author (b. 1902) *1996 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (b. 1924) *1999 - Desmond Llewelyn, actor (b. 1914) *2003 - Hope Lange, American actress *2003 - Peter Carter-Ruck, British libel lawyer *2004 - Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano ==Holidays and observances== * Feast of Saint Boniface ==Fictional Events== *2003 - the events of the fictional docu-drama The Day Britain Stopped take place. December 18 - December 20 - November 19 - January 19 -- historical anniversaries == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/19 BBC: On This Day] ---- la:19 Decembris
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December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days remaining. ==Events== *324 - Licinius abdicates his position as List of Roman Emperors. *1187 - Pope Clement III elected *1732 - Benjamin Franklin publishes ''Poor Richard's Almanack'' *1777 - George Washington's army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania *1828 - John C. Calhoun pens ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'', protesting the Tariff of 1828. *1835 - Toledo Blade newspaper begins publishing. *1842 - United States recognizes the independence of Hawaii *1912 - William H. Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum, that killed over 1,000 people on June June 15, 1904, the worst disaster in New York City before September 11, 2001 attacks, was pardoned after 3 1/2 years in Sing Sing prison by President Taft. *1916 - The Battle of Verdun ended. *1928 - First autogiro flight in the United States *1945 - Austria becomes a republic for the second time, the first having been founded in 1918 and interrupted by the Austrofascism from 1934 onwards and the Anschluss in 1938. *1946 - Ho Chi Minh attacks France in Hanoi *1961 - The Indian Army invades the Portugal province of Estado da India Portuguesa (Portuguese State of India) comprising of Goa, Damão, Diu (Dadrá and Nagar-Avelí previously invaded in 1954). Later the Constitution of India is ammended to include the ex-Portuguese territory acquired by act of conquest by the Indian Union from Portugal. *1962 - Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland *1963 - Zanzibar received its independence from the United Kingdom to become a constitutional monarchy under the sultan. *1972 - Apollo 17, the last manned lunar flight, returns to Earth. *1974 - Australian Prime Minister, Harold Holt is pronounced dead. *1974 - The Altair 8800, the first personal computer, goes on sale *1974 - Portuguese Democratic Revolution. (Revolucao de Abril) *1978 - John Wayne Gacy is arrested for the killings of 33 boys and young men *1979 - ''Kramer vs. Kramer'' opens in theaters, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep. *1980 - Anguilla is made a dependency of the United Kingdom separate from Saint Kitts and Nevis *1984 - The United Kingdom and People's Republic of China sign the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which handed Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. *1997 - A Silkair Boeing 737-300 crashes into the Musi River, in Sumatra, Indonesia killing 104 *1998 - The United States House of Representatives pass articles of impeachment against President of the United States Bill Clinton over the Lewinsky scandal. *2001 - ''The Fellowship of the Ring (movie)'' is the first ''The Lord of the Rings'' movie to open in theaters. *2001 - A new world-record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 mb (32.06 inches Hg) is set at Tosontsengel, Hövsgöl, Hövsgöl Aymag, Mongolia. ==Births== *1683 - King Philip V of Spain *1699 - William Bowyer, printer *1813 - Thomas Andrews (scientist), chemist (d. 1885) *1820 - Mary Ashton Livermore, women's rights activist (d. 1905) *1865 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, stage actress (d. 1932) *1885 - Joe \"King\" Oliver, jazz musician (d. 1938) *1888 - Fritz Reiner, Hungarian conductor (d. 1963) *1894 - Ford Frick, commissioner of baseball *1900 - Geza von Cziffra, film director (d. 1989) *1901 - Rudolf Hell, inventor (d. 2002) *1906 - Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet politician (d. 1982) *1910 - Jean Genet, French writer (d. 1986) *1915 - Edith Piaf, French singer and actress (d. 1963) *1916 - Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, publicist *1918 - Professor Longhair, musician (d. 1980) *1920 - David Susskind, movie, stage, and television producer (d. 1987) *1923 - Gordon Jackson (actor), film, stage and television actor (d. 1990) *1925 - Tankred Dorst, dramatist *1929 - Bob Brookmeyer, musician *1933 - Cicely Tyson, actress *1934 - Al Kaline, Baseball Hall of Famer *1935 - Bobby Timmons, jazz pianist (d. 1974) *1939 - Gwynn Dowell, teacher *1940 - Phil Ochs, singer, songwriter (d. 1976) *1941 - Maurice White, musician *1944 - Richard Leakey, anthropologist * 1944 - Alvin Lee, musician *1946 - Stan Smith, tennis player * 1946 - Robert Urich, actor (d. 2002) *1949 - Claudia Kolb, swimmer *1960 - Mike Lookinland, actor *1961 - Matthew Waterhouse, British actor *1961 - Reggie White, American football player (d. 2004) *1964 - Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball star *1965 - Chito Martinez, Belizean baseball player *1969 - Kristy Swanson, actress *1971 - Tiffany Towers, actress *1972 - Alyssa Milano, actress * 1972 - Warren Sapp, American football player *1974 - Jake Plummer, American football player * 1974 - Ricky Ponting, Australia cricket *1980 - Jake Gyllenhaal, actor * 1980 - Marla Sokoloff, actress ==Deaths== *401 - Pope Anastasius I *1370 - Pope Urban V (b. 1310) *1737 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) *1741 - Vitus Bering, explorer *1749 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (b. 1672) *1819 - Sir Thomas Fremantle, English naval officer and politician (b. 1765) *1848 - Emily Brontë, English author (b. 1818) *1939 - Hans Langsdorff, German naval officer (b. 1894) *1967 - Harold Holt, seventeenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908) *1968 - Norman Thomas, American socialist (b. 1884) *1989 - Stella Gibbons, English author (b. 1902) *1996 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (b. 1924) *1999 - Desmond Llewelyn, actor (b. 1914) *2003 - Hope Lange, American actress *2003 - Peter Carter-Ruck, British libel lawyer *2004 - Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano ==Holidays and observances== * Feast of Saint Boniface ==Fictional Events== *2003 - the events of the fictional docu-drama The Day Britain Stopped take place. December 18 - December 20 - November 19 - January 19 -- historical anniversaries == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/19 BBC: On This Day] ---- la:19 Decembris
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