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| Birthday December 19, 1683 Philip V, 1st Bourbon king of Spain (1700-46) |
| Birthday December 19, 1790 Sir William Parry, British Arctic explorer |
| Birthday December 19, 1817 James Archer born |
| Birthday December 19, 1821 Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer, women's suffrage leader |
| Birthday December 19, 1849 Henry Clay Frick, industrialist; worked for Carnegie |
| Birthday December 19, 1865 Minnie Maddern Fiske, American stage Actress |
| Birthday December 19, 1906 H. Allen Smith, author |
| Birthday December 19, 1906 Leonid Brezhnev, Ukraine |
| Birthday December 19, 1910 Jean Genet, French novelist and playwright (The Blacks) |
| Birthday December 19, 1920 David Susskind, TV producer |
| Birthday December 19, 1926 Bobby Layne, pro quarterback (Detroit Lions) |
| Birthday December 19, 1928 Galt MacDermot, Canadian composer |
| Birthday December 19, 1933 Cicely Tyson, in NYC (Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman) |
| Birthday December 19, 1941 Maurice White, Singer |
| Birthday December 19, 1944 Tim Reid, Actor (WKRP) |
| Birthday December 19, 1945 Elaine Joyce, Actress (Dating Game) |
| Birthday December 19, 1946 Robert Urich, Actor, (Starman, Vega$, Spencer for Hire) |
| Birthday December 19, 1947 Janie Fricke, Singer |
| Birthday December 19, 1949 Claudia Kolb, swimmer |
| Birthday December 19, 1963 Jennifer Beals, in Chicago (Flashdance) |
| Birthday December 19, 1972 Alyassa Milano, (Who's the Boss) |
| History December 19, 1686 Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) |
| History December 19, 1732 Benjamin Frankin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" |
| History December 19, 1732 Poor Richard's Almanack is published |
| History December 19, 1741 Vitus Bering Dutch navigator & explorer died |
| History December 19, 1776 Thomas Paine publishes American Crisis |
| History December 19, 1776 Thomas Paine publishes his 1st `American Crisis' essay |
| History December 19, 1777 Washington leads troops into winter quarters at Valley Forge |
| History December 19, 1777 Continental Army enters winter camp at Valley Forge |
| History December 19, 1777 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge Pa for the winter |
| History December 19, 1842 US recognized independence of Hawaii |
| History December 19, 1843 Charles Dickens publishes `A Christmas Carol ' in England |
| History December 19, 1859 Grading started for Market Street RR |
| History December 19, 1861 Battle of Black Water |
| History December 19, 1889 Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii |
| History December 19, 1907 Pennsylvania miners perish in coal mine explosion |
| History December 19, 1907 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek Penn |
| History December 19, 1915 Haig becomes commander-in-chief of the British army in France |
| History December 19, 1917 National Hockey League (NHL) opens its first season |
| History December 19, 1932 British Broadcasting Corp. began transmitting overseas |
| History December 19, 1933 Electric Home & Farm Authority Inc authorized |
| History December 19, 1941 Hitler takes command of the German army |
| History December 19, 1946 War broke out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacked French |
| History December 19, 1950 Gen. Eisenhower named NATO commander |
| History December 19, 1957 The Music Man starring Robert Preston opens on Broadway |
| History December 19, 1962 Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission |
| History December 19, 1964 John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn released |
| History December 19, 1964 Another bloodless coup topples the government in Saigon |
| History December 19, 1968 Bullitt hits the silver screen in Sweden |
| History December 19, 1971 NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp |
| History December 19, 1972 Last lunar-landing mission ends |
| History December 19, 1972 Apollo 17 returns to Earth |
| History December 19, 1972 North Vietnam condemns Linebacker raids |
| History December 19, 1974 Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st VP |
| History December 19, 1977 Nellie Tayloe Ross 1st woman governor dies at 101 |
| History December 19, 1984 Fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people |
| History December 19, 1984 Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China |
| History December 19, 1986 World Series parachutist sentenced |
| History December 19, 1986 Gorbachev releases Sakharov from internal exile |
| History December 19, 1986 USSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile |
| History December 19, 1997 Titanic sails into theaters |
| History December 19, 2005 Ahmadinejad bans all Western music in Iranian state television and radio broadcasts |