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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 year ... 1875 – Carter G. Woodson, American historian and author, founded Black History Month (d. 1950) 1875 ...
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 ...
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December 19 – The fictional character Ham Gravy makes his début in Thimble Theatre comics. December 21 – The United States deports 249 people, including Emma Goldman, to Russia during the Red Scare. December 26 – Babe Ruth is sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time.
There are enough sports figures to fill an All-Star-caliber birthday party. Among them, Cleveland Cavaliers star J.R. Smith (1985) and Super Bowl-winning quarterback Joe Theismann (1949) were born ...