desember

December 19 Events in History - December 19 Birthdays - December 19 Deaths

2011 North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-il, dies; Kim Jong-un is announced as his father's successor 2011 Samsung Electronics files a patent infringement claim against Apple in Germany 2010 Dubai holds the closing ceremonies for its 7th International Film Festival 2010 Hundreds of investors staged protests in Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, in response to the stock exchange's steepest daily fall 1998 House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice 1997 MTV drops video "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy 1996 "Once Upon a Matress," opens at Broadhurst New York City for 187 performances 1995 Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles and Diana to divorce 1993 "Red Shoes" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 5 performances 1993 Guinee general Lansana re-elected president 1991 "Christmas Carol" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 14 performances 1991 6,000th episode of One Life To Live 1991 Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin 1991 New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession 1989 American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route 1989 Larry Bird, of the Celtics, begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games 1988 NASA unviels plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars 1988 Oklahoma's College football team gets 3 year probation 1988 Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany - 5,000 evacuated 1987 Bruins' Linseman and Blues' Doug Gilmore score goals, 2 seconds apart 1987 Gari Kasparov becomes world chess champ 1986 U.S.S.R. frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile 1986 Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency 1986 Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500 1985 "Wind in the Willows" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 4 performances 1985 Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart 1985 STS-61-C scrubbed at T -13s because of SRB auxiliary power problem 1984 China Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty 1984 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1984 Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people 1984 Scotty Bowman becomes NHL's all time winningest coach 1984 UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 1984 Wayne Gretzky, 23, is 18th and youngest NHL-er to score 1,000 points 1980 Anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St. Kitts 1980 Iran requests $24 billion in U.S. guarantees to free hostages 1980 Mutaual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater 1978 France performs nuclear test 1978 Indira Gandhi ambushed in India 1977 Dutch government of Van Agt/Wiegel forms 1976 Jo Ann Washam/Chi Chi Rodriguez wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Champ 1976 John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. India Delhi 1976 President Brezhnev receives his 5th Lenin order 1976 Piper Cherokee crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt 1975 John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1975 Ron Wood joined the Rolling Stones 1974 "Man With Golden Gun" premieres in US 1974 Dave Kryskow scores Washington Capitals 1st NHL shorthanded goal 1974 Nelson A. Rockefeller sworn-in as 41st Vice President 1973 "Molly" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 68 performances 1973 Grenada adopts constitution 1972 Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon landing series, returns to Earth 1971 "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 97 performances 1971 CBS airs "Homecoming A Christmas Story," (introducing the Waltons) 1971 NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp 1971 Stanley Kubrick's X-rated "A Clockwork Orange" premieres 1969 Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released 1968 WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting 1965 French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%) 1963 Zanzibar becomes independent from UK 1962 Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1962 Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission 1962 Transit 5A1, 1st operational navigational satellite, launched 1961 British government begins decimal coin system 1961 Indonesian President Sukarno proclaims general mobilization 1960 Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die) 1960 Frank Sinatra's 1st session with Reprise Records (Ring-A-Ding-Ding) 1960 Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight 1959 1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0 1958 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere") 1957 "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1375 performances 1955 Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" 1953 KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1952 Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker" 1951 Nazi General Christiansen leaves Netherlands 1950 General Eisenhower named NATO commander 1950 Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion 1949 Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland 1949 WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra 1948 8th largest snowfall in New York City history (15.3") 1948 Cleveland Browns beats Buffalo Bills 49-7 in AAFC championship game 1948 Philadelphia Eagles shutout Chicago Cards 7-0 in NFL championship game 1946 Noel Cowards musical "Pacific 1860," premieres in London 1946 War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi 1945 Austrian Republic re-establishes 1945 Jean Giraudoux' "La Folle de Chaillot," premieres in Paris 1943 Military coup in Bolivia 1941 German submarine U-574 sinks 1941 Hitler takes complete command of German Army 1941 U.S. Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WW II 1939 Russian air and ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa 1934 Japan agress to fleet treaty of 1922 and 1930 1933 Electric Home and Farm Authority Inc, authorized 1932 British Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas 1931 Bradman scores 112 Australia vs. South Africa at cricket SCG 1931 Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia 1930 James Weldon Johnson resigns as executive secretary of NAACP 1928 1st autogiro (predecessor of helicopter) flight in US 1924 Test Cricket debut of Bill Ponsford, who scored 110 in 1st innings 1922 Mrs Theres Vaughn, 24, confessed in court to being married 62 times 1920 1st U.S. indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass) 1919 American Meteorological Society found 1918 Robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column (New York Globe) 1917 1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto) 1917 Quebec Bulldogs play their 1st professional hockey game 1916 Suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo 1913 Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title 1910 1st city ordinace requiring white and black residential areas (Balt) 1910 Rayon 1st commercially produced, Marcus Hook, Penn 1907 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Penn 1907 Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239 1904 Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905 1903 Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan 1891 Canadian Rugby Union forms 1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Beryl Coronet" 1889 Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii 1888 Stanley's expedition reaches Fort Bodo, East-Africa 1887 Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw 1884 Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1881 Opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels) 1871 Albert L Jones (New York City), patents corrugated paper 1862 Skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tennessee (80 casualties) 1861 Battle of Black Water 1859 Grading started for Market Street RR 1854 Allen Wilson of Connecticut patents sewing machine to sew curving seams 1843 Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England 1842 U.S. recognizes independence of Hawaii 1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin approaches New Zealand 1828 South Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws 1823 Georgia passes 1st U.S. state birth registration law 1795 1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky 1788 Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam 1783 English government of Pitt, Jr. forms 1777 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for winter 1776 Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" 1732 Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" 1696 Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris 1688 King James II's wife and son flee to France 1686 Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) 1562 Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency and huguenots under Conde captured 1551 Dutch west coast hit by hurricane 1154 King Henry II of England crowned 1055 Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad 401 St. Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope