Jumat, 30 November 2012

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



2011North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-il, dies; Kim Jong-un is announced as his father's successor
2011Samsung Electronics files a patent infringement claim against Apple in Germany
2010Dubai holds the closing ceremonies for its 7th International Film Festival
2010Hundreds of investors staged protests in Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, in response to the stock exchange's steepest daily fall
1998House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice
1997MTV drops video "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy
1996"Once Upon a Matress," opens at Broadhurst New York City for 187 performances
1995Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles and Diana to divorce
1993"Red Shoes" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 5 performances
1993Guinee general Lansana re-elected president
1991"Christmas Carol" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 14 performances
19916,000th episode of One Life To Live
1991Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin
1991New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession
1989American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route
1989Larry Bird, of the Celtics, begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games
1988NASA unviels plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars
1988Oklahoma's College football team gets 3 year probation
1988Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany - 5,000 evacuated
1987Bruins' Linseman and Blues' Doug Gilmore score goals, 2 seconds apart
1987Gari Kasparov becomes world chess champ
1986U.S.S.R. frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile
1986Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency
1986Michael 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
1985Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart
1985STS-61-C scrubbed at T -13s because of SRB auxiliary power problem
1984China Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty
1984China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1984Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people
1984Scotty Bowman becomes NHL's all time winningest coach
1984UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984Wayne Gretzky, 23, is 18th and youngest NHL-er to score 1,000 points
1980Anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St. Kitts
1980Iran requests $24 billion in U.S. guarantees to free hostages
1980Mutaual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater
1978France performs nuclear test
1978Indira Gandhi ambushed in India
1977Dutch government of Van Agt/Wiegel forms
1976Jo Ann Washam/Chi Chi Rodriguez wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Champ
1976John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. India Delhi
1976President Brezhnev receives his 5th Lenin order
1976Piper Cherokee crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt
1975John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1975Ron Wood joined the Rolling Stones
1974"Man With Golden Gun" premieres in US
1974Dave Kryskow scores Washington Capitals 1st NHL shorthanded goal
1974Nelson A. Rockefeller sworn-in as 41st Vice President
1973"Molly" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 68 performances
1973Grenada adopts constitution
1972Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon landing series, returns to Earth
1971"Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 97 performances
1971CBS airs "Homecoming A Christmas Story," (introducing the Waltons)
1971NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp
1971Stanley Kubrick's X-rated "A Clockwork Orange" premieres
1969Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released
1968WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1965French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%)
1963Zanzibar becomes independent from UK
1962Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1962Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission
1962Transit 5A1, 1st operational navigational satellite, launched
1961British government begins decimal coin system
1961Indonesian President Sukarno proclaims general mobilization
1960Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die)
1960Frank Sinatra's 1st session with Reprise Records (Ring-A-Ding-Ding)
1960Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight
19591st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0
19581st 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
1955Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes"
1953KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1952Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker"
1951Nazi General Christiansen leaves Netherlands
1950General Eisenhower named NATO commander
1950Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion
1949Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland
1949WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
19482nd political action of Java/Sumatra
19488th largest snowfall in New York City history (15.3")
1948Cleveland Browns beats Buffalo Bills 49-7 in AAFC championship game
1948Philadelphia Eagles shutout Chicago Cards 7-0 in NFL championship game
1946Noel Cowards musical "Pacific 1860," premieres in London
1946War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi
1945Austrian Republic re-establishes
1945Jean Giraudoux' "La Folle de Chaillot," premieres in Paris
1943Military coup in Bolivia
1941German submarine U-574 sinks
1941Hitler takes complete command of German Army
1941U.S. Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WW II
1939Russian air and ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa
1934Japan agress to fleet treaty of 1922 and 1930
1933Electric Home and Farm Authority Inc, authorized
1932British Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas
1931Bradman scores 112 Australia vs. South Africa at cricket SCG
1931Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia
1930James Weldon Johnson resigns as executive secretary of NAACP
19281st autogiro (predecessor of helicopter) flight in US
1924Test Cricket debut of Bill Ponsford, who scored 110 in 1st innings
1922Mrs Theres Vaughn, 24, confessed in court to being married 62 times
19201st U.S. indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass)
1919American Meteorological Society found
1918Robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column (New York Globe)
19171st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto)
1917Quebec Bulldogs play their 1st professional hockey game
1916Suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo
1913Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title
19101st city ordinace requiring white and black residential areas (Balt)
1910Rayon 1st commercially produced, Marcus Hook, Penn
1907239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Penn
1907Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239
1904Dawson 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
1903Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan
1891Canadian Rugby Union forms
1890Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Beryl Coronet"
1889Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii
1888Stanley's expedition reaches Fort Bodo, East-Africa
1887Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw
1884Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1881Opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels)
1871Albert L Jones (New York City), patents corrugated paper
1862Skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tennessee (80 casualties)
1861Battle of Black Water
1859Grading started for Market Street RR
1854Allen Wilson of Connecticut patents sewing machine to sew curving seams
1843Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England
1842U.S. recognizes independence of Hawaii
1835HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin approaches New Zealand
1828South Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws
1823Georgia passes 1st U.S. state birth registration law
17951st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky
1788Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam
1783English government of Pitt, Jr. forms
1777Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for winter
1776Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls"
1732Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"
1696Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris
1688King James II's wife and son flee to France
1686Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)
1562Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency and huguenots under Conde captured
1551Dutch west coast hit by hurricane
1154King Henry II of England crowned
1055Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad
401St. Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

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