December 19

Events

 * - abdicates his position as.
 * - is crowned at Westminster Abbey
 * - The ', the ', and the  depart carrying settlers who, at, would found the first of the  that became the.
 * - : 's goes into winter quarters at.
 * - :  pens the , protesting the.
 * - The first issue of  newspaper is published in.
 * -, by , is first published in.
 * - William H. Van Schaick, captain of the  which caught fire and killed over 1,000 people, is pardoned by  after 3-and-a-half-years in  prison.
 * - : - On the, the  successfully holds off the  and drives it back to its starting position.
 * - restored as King of the  after the death of his son  and a plebescite.
 * - becomes Supreme  of the
 * - annexes, part of.
 * - receives its  from the, to become a  under.
 * - Prison guard George Hodson is killed during and 's escape from  in.
 * -  is.
 * - : The last manned lunar flight, , crewed by, and , returns to.
 * - Sixteen lives are lost when the goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
 * - The original trophy, the , is stolen from the headquarters of the  in.
 * - The, stating that the would resume the exercise of sovereignty over  and the  would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from , , is signed in  by  and.
 * - crashes into the, near  in , killing 104.
 * - : The forwards articles I and III of  against   to the.
 * - The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the attack a  office in, killing one person and injuring three.
 * - The fire at the, as a result of the , is finally extinguished after three months.
 * 2001  - A record high  of 1085.6  (32.06 ) is recorded at, ,.
 * 2001  - :  - Riots erupt in  after 's  measures restrict the withdrawal of cash from bank deposits.
 * - financial crisis leads hundreds to protest outside of presidential palace.

Births

 * - (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, English printer (d. )
 * -, American astronomer (d. )
 * -, eldest child of and  (d. )
 * -, Irish chemist (d. )
 * -, Confederate general (d. )
 * -, Hawaiian philanthropist (d. )
 * -, laureate (d. )
 * -, Canadian politician, (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American jazz musician (d. )
 * -, Austro-Hungarian-born American conductor (d. )
 * -, American baseball commissioner (d. )
 * -, German inventor (d. )
 * - Sir, British actor (d. )
 * -, laureate (d. )
 * -, leader of the Soviet Union (d. )
 * -, former Champion (d. )
 * -, American (Baptist) preacher (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, French singer and actress (d. )
 * -, American blues musician (d. )
 * -, American TV talk show host (d. )
 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, English actor
 * 1924  -,  defenceman (d. )
 * -, American songwriter
 * 1925  -, German dramatist
 * -, British actor and screenwriter (d. )
 * -, American jazz musician
 * 1929  -, American screenwriter (d. )
 * -, Mexican writer.
 * -, American actress
 * 1933  -, Australian athlete
 * -, baseball player
 * 1934  -, Dutch singer
 * 1934  -, former  politician.
 * -, American actress
 * 1935  -, American jazz pianist (d. )
 * -, 1957
 * -, American folk singer (d. )
 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, American political scientist (d. )
 * -, American-born director of
 * 1944  -, American mathematical physicist
 * 1944  -, British anthropologist
 * 1944  -, British singer/guitarist
 * 1944  -, American actor
 * 1944  -, Canadian guitarist   (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American actress
 * 1949  -, Danish musician
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1957  -, American film director
 * 1957  -, French film director (d. )
 * -, British singer
 * -, American actor
 * 1960  -, American writer
 * -, laureate
 * 1961  -, British actor
 * 1961  -, American football player (d. )
 * -, American film actress
 * -, Lithuanian basketball player
 * -, Belizean baseball player
 * -, American ice hockey player
 * 1966  -, Italian alpine skier
 * -, American singer, musician and producer
 * -, American illusionist and escapist
 * 1967  -, Hong Kong actor
 * -, American actress
 * 1969  -, British television presenter
 * 1969  -, Mexican wrestler
 * -, American model
 * -, Canadian adult film actress
 * 1971  -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * 1972  -, American football player
 * -, Russian cyclist
 * 1973  -, Japanese actor
 * -, American football player
 * 1974  -,  test cricketer
 * 1974  -, Bassist for the Finnish band,
 * -, Ivorian footballer
 * -, Spanish basketball player
 * -, American screenwriter and actor
 * -, Colombian actress
 * -, American musician.
 * -, American actor
 * 1980  -, American actress
 * -, American musician
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, hockey player
 * -, English footballer
 * 1985  -, English musician
 * -, French footballer
 * -, American girlfriend of Matt McGarr
 * -, British singer

Deaths

 * -, wife of of England
 * -, Duchess of Burgundy
 * - (b. )
 * -, Crown Prince of Poland (b. )
 * -, Danish-born explorer (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, Italian priest and composer (b. )
 * -, wife of (b. )
 * -, German writer (b. )
 * -, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. )
 * -, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump
 * -, British naval officer and politician (b. )
 * -, British author (b. )
 * -, German neuroscientist (b. )
 * -, Protester against Japanese occupation of Korea (executed) (b. )
 * -, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's (b. )
 * -, German naval officer (b. )
 * - Khedive (b. )
 * 1944  -, German entrepreneur (b. )
 * -, French physicist (b. )
 * -, American physicist and laureate (b. )
 * -, seventeenth (b. )
 * -, American socialist (b. )
 * -, social critic, combative journalist and anarchist (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, British author (b. )
 * -, roadie for American band Black Flag, Henry Rollins' best friend (b. )
 * -, American drummer (b. )
 * -, Italian actor (b. )
 * -, Japanese industrialist (b. )
 * 1997  -, American blues guitarist (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American jazz (b. )
 * 2000  -, American singer  (b. )
 * -, French saxophonist. (b. )
 * -, British lawyer (b. )
 * 2003  -, American actress (b. )
 * -, British-born American chemist and laureate (b. )
 * 2004  -, Italian soprano (b. )
 * -, American mafioso (b. )
 * -, American mafioso (b. )