On This Day — December 19

🕰️ Notable Events on December 19

• 2016 — Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is assassinated while at an art exhibition in Ankara. The assassin, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, is shot and killed by Turkish guards. Wikipedia ↗
• 2016 — A vehicular attack in Berlin, Germany, kills and injures multiple people at a Christmas market. Wikipedia ↗
• 2013 — Spacecraft Gaia is launched by European Space Agency. Wikipedia ↗
• 2012 — Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea. Wikipedia ↗
• 2001 — A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia. Wikipedia ↗
• 2001 — Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Wikipedia ↗
• 2000 — The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one person and injuring three. Wikipedia ↗
• 1998 — President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached. Wikipedia ↗
• 1997 — SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104. Wikipedia ↗
• 1995 — The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Native American tribe. Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky. Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher. Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas. Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth. Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead. Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India. Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges. Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Start of the First Indochina War. Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — John Amery, British Fascist, at the age of 33 executed by the British Government for treason. Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres. Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage the HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour. Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service. Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Empire. Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England. Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite. Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after three-and-a-half-years in Sing Sing prison. Wikipedia ↗
• 1907 — Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania. Wikipedia ↗
• 1900 — Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign. Wikipedia ↗
• 1828 — Nullification Crisis: Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun pens the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828. Wikipedia ↗
• 1796 — French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1777 — American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Wikipedia ↗
• 1776 — Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis". Wikipedia ↗
• 1675 — The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory. Wikipedia ↗
• 1606 — The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States. Wikipedia ↗
• 1562 — The Battle of Dreux takes place during the French Wars of Religion. Wikipedia ↗
• 1490 — Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy. Wikipedia ↗
• 1187 — Pope Clement III is elected. Wikipedia ↗
• 1154 — Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey. Wikipedia ↗
• 211 — Publius Septimius Geta, co-emperor of Rome, is lured to come without his bodyguards to meet his brother Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla), to discuss a possible reconciliation. When he arrives, the Praetorian Guard murders him and he dies in the arms of his mother, Julia Domna. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on December 19

• 1996 — Franck Kessié, Ivorian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — M'Baye Niang, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Maudy Ayunda, Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Isiah Koech, Kenyan runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Young K, Korean songwriter and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Iker Muniain, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Raphael Spiegel, Swiss footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Declan Galbraith, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Greg Bretz, American snowboarder Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Yong Jun-hyung, South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Michał Masłowski, Polish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Kousei Miura, Japanese jockey Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Hamza Riazuddin, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Peter Winn, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Cédric Baseya, French-Congolese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Karim Benzema, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Ronan Farrow, American activist, journalist, and lawyer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Ingrid Burley, American rapper and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Greek footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Zuzana Hejnová, Czech hurdler Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Miguel Lopes, Portuguese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Calvin Andrew, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Gary Cahill, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Andrea Baldini, Italian fencer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Neil Kilkenny, English-Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Sally Kipyego, Kenyan runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Dan Logan, English bass player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Lady Sovereign, English rapper Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Ian Kennedy, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Nektarios Alexandrou, Cypriot footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Casey Crescenzo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Bridget Phillipson, English politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Laura Pomeroy, Canadian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Matt Stajan, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Mo Williams, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Grégory Dufer, Belgian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Marla Sokoloff, American actress and musician Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Kevin Devine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Rafael Soriano, Dominican baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Patrick Casey, American actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — LaTasha Jenkins, American sprinter Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Irina Voronina, Russian model Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Makis Belevonis, Greek footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Russell Branyan, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Brandon Sanderson, American author and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Jeremy Soule, Canadian composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Olivier Tébily, Ivorian-French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Eduard Ivakdalam, Indonesian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Joe Jurevicius, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Felipe Lopez, Dominican-American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Jake Plummer, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Michalis Grigoriou, Greek footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Erick Wainaina, Kenyan runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Zulfiya Zabirova, Russian cyclist Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Alyssa Milano, American actress and television personality Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Warren Sapp, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Karen Pickering, English swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Tyson Beckford, American model and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Michael Bates, American sprinter and football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Kristy Swanson, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Tom Gugliotta, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Richard Hammond, English journalist and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Nayan Mongia, Indian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Azerbaijani composer, pianist, and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Ken Marino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Criss Angel, American magician Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Charles Austin, American high jumper Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Chuckii Booker, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Rajesh Chauhan, Indian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Alberto Tomba, Italian skier Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Eric Weinrich, American ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Chito Martínez, Belizean-American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Béatrice Dalle, French actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Lorie Kane, Canadian golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Jennifer Beals, American model and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Til Schweiger, German actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Gary Fleder, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Eric Allin Cornell, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Matthew Waterhouse, English actor and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Reggie White, American football player and wrestler (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Derrick Jensen, American author and activist Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Michelangelo Signorile, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Iván Vallejo, Ecuadorian mountaineer Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Lisa Wilkinson, Australian television host and journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Steven Isserlis, English cellist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Limahl, English pop singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Cyril Collard, French actor, director, and composer (d. 1993) Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Kevin McHale, American basketball player, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Phil Harris, American captain and fisherman (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Tom Lawless, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Shane McEntee, Irish farmer and politician, Minister of State for Food, Horticulture and Food Safety (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Rob Portman, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Jeff Allam, English race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Tim Parks, English author and translator Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Walter Murphy, American pianist and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Mohammad Reza Aref, Iranian engineer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Alan Rouse, English mountaineer and author (d. 1986) Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Eleanor J. Hill, American lawyer and diplomat Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Sebastian, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Orna Berry, Israeli computer scientist and businesswoman Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Claudia Kolb, American swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Jimmy Bain, Scottish bass player and songwriter (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author, and broadcaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Robert Urich, American actor and producer (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Elaine Joyce, American actress, singer, and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — John McEuen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — William Christie, American-French harpsichord player and conductor Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Mitchell Feigenbaum, American physicist and mathematician Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Martin Hume Johnson, English physiologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Alvin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Tim Reid, American actor and director Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Steve Tyrell, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Zal Yanovsky, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Ross M. Lence, American political scientist and academic (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — James L. Jones, American general and politician, 22nd United States National Security Advisor Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Cornell Dupree, American guitarist (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Dennis E. Fitch, American pilot (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — "Mean Gene" Okerlund, American sports announcer Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Lee Myung-bak, South Korean businessman and politician, 10th President of South Korea Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Maurice White, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (d. 1974) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Al Kaline, American baseball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Pratibha Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th President of India Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Kevan Gosper, Australian runner and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Christopher Smout, Scottish historian and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Salvador Elizondo, Mexican author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Wayne Tippit, American actor (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Bob Brookmeyer, American trombonist, pianist, and composer (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish potter Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Gregory Carroll, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Howard Sackler, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1982) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Eve Bunting, Irish-American author and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Nathan Oliveira, American painter and sculptor (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Bobby Layne, American football player and coach (d. 1986) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Tankred Dorst, German author and playwright Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — William Schutz, American psychologist and academic (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Gary Morton, American comedian and producer (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Edmund Purdom, British-Italian actor (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Robert V. Bruce, American historian and author (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗

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