What Happened on December 19?
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EVENTS ON DECEMBER 19
Constantine I of Greece
Year:
1920
King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.
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Fritz Haarmann
Year:
1924
German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
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Steamboat
Year:
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 3+1⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
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Darr Mine disaster
Year:
1907
Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
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Dreyfus affair
Year:
1900
French parliament votes amnesty for all involved in scandalous army treason trial known as Dreyfus affair.
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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
Year:
1924
The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
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Ram Prasad Bismil
Year:
1927
Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
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World War II
Year:
1941
World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.
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Risto Ryti
Year:
1940
Risto Ryti, the Prime Minister of Finland, is elected President of the Republic of Finland in a presidential election, which is exceptionally held by the 1937 electoral college.
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BBC World Service
Year:
1932
BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.
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BIRTHS ON DECEMBER 19
Bobby Timmons
Year of birth:
1935
Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (died 1974)
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Tony Taylor (baseball)
Year of birth:
1935
Tony Taylor, Cuban baseball player and coach (died 2020)
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Joanne Weaver
Year of birth:
1935
Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (died 2000)
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Al Kaline
Year of birth:
1934
Al Kaline, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2020)
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Pratibha Patil
Year of birth:
1934
Pratibha Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th President of India
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Jay Arnette
Year of birth:
1938
Jay Arnette, American basketball player
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Phil Ochs
Year of birth:
1940
Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
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Cornell Dupree
Year of birth:
1942
Cornell Dupree, American guitarist (died 2011)
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Ross M. Lence
Year of birth:
1943
Ross M. Lence, American political scientist and academic (died 2006)
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Gene Okerlund
Year of birth:
1942
Gene Okerlund, American sports announcer (died 2019)
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DEATHS ON DECEMBER 19
Rudolph Karstadt
Year of death:
1944
Rudolph Karstadt, German businessman (born 1856)
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Abbas II of Egypt
Year of death:
1944
Abbas II of Egypt (born 1874)
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Paul Langevin
Year of death:
1946
Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (born 1872)
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Robert Millikan
Year of death:
1953
Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868)
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Kyösti Kallio
Year of death:
1940
Kyösti Kallio, Finnish politician, the 4th President of Finland (born 1873)
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Stephen Warfield Gambrill
Year of death:
1938
Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (born 1873)
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Ram Prasad Bismil
Year of death:
1927
Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian poet and activist (born 1897)
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Ashfaqulla Khan
Year of death:
1927
Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (born 1900)
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Yun Bong-gil
Year of death:
1932
Yun Bong-gil, South Korean activist (born 1908)
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Norman Thomas
Year of death:
1968
Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (born 1884)
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HOLIDAYS ON DECEMBER 19
Saint Nicholas Day
Christian feast day: Saint Nicholas Day
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Goa Liberation Day
Goa Liberation Day (Goa, India)
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December 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: December 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Pope Urban V
Christian feast day: Pope Urban V
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O Antiphons
Christian feast day: O Radix
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Pope Anastasius I
Christian feast day: Pope Anastasius I
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Lillian Trasher
Christian feast day: Lillian Trasher (Episcopal Church)
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Public holidays in Anguilla
National Heroes and Heroines Day (Anguilla)
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