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This is a list of selected December 19 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
December 19 is the 353rd day of the ... 1956 – Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients ...
1875 – Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of Black History Month (d. 1950) 1906 – Leonid Brezhnev, 5th supreme leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1982) 1907 – Jimmy McLarnin, Irish welterweight boxing champion (d. 2004) 1955 – Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (d. 2012)
1917 – A ship carrying TNT and picric acid in Halifax Harbour, Canada, caught fire after a collision and caused one of the largest accidental explosions in history (pictured). 1956 – In what became known as the Blood in the Water match at the Melbourne Olympics , the Hungarian water polo team defeated the Soviet Union 4–0 against the ...
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...
1903 - Birth of John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1957) 1919 - Death of Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (b. 1854) 1944 - Birth of Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel laureate; 1981 - The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in Norfolk, Virginia; 2001 - Death of Samuel A. Goldblith, American food ...
Britney Spears has a message for her two boys!. As her two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James Federline, celebrate their birthdays, the pop icon honored them with an Instagram post.Jayden James ...
Professor Longhair (December 19, 1918 –January 30, 1980), (born Henry Roeland Byrd) American blues pianist, would have turned 106 this year. Édith Piaf (December 19, 1915 –October 11, 1963), French singer and actress, would have turned 109 this year.