| 1154 |
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Henry II is crowned king of England. |
| 1562 |
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The French Wars of Religion between the Huguenots and the Catholics begins with the Battle of Dreux. |
| 1793 |
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French troops recapture Toulon from the British. |
| 1862 |
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Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest begins tearing up the railroads in Union generals Grant and Rosecrans rear, causing considerable delays in the movement of Union supplies. |
| 1900 |
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The French Parliament votes amnesty for everyone involved in the Dreyfus Affair. |
| 1909 |
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American socialist women denounce suffrage as a movement of the middle class. |
| 1941 |
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Japanese land on Hong Kong and clash with British troops. |
| 1941 |
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Adolf Hitler assumes the position of commander in chief of the German army. |
| 1942 |
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The British advance 40 miles into Burma in a drive to oust the Japanese from the colony. |
| 1944 |
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During the Battle of the Bulge, American troops begin pulling back from the twin Belgian cities of Krinkelt and Rocherath in front of the advancing German Army. |
| 1945 |
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Congress confirms Eleanor Roosevelt as U.S. delegate to the United Nations. |
| 1950 |
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The North Atlantic Council names General Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander of Western European defense forces. |
| 1959 |
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Reputed to be the last civil war veteran, Walter Williams, dies at 117 in Houston. |
| 1974 |
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Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as vice president of the United states after a House of Representatives vote. |
| 1982 |
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Four bombs explode at South Africa’s only nuclear power station in Johannesburg. |
| 1984 |
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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang sign an agreement that committed Britain to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 in return for terms guaranteeing a 50-year extension of its capitalist system. Hong Kong was leased by China to Great Britain in 1898 for 99 years. |
| 1998 |
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President Bill Clinton is impeached. The House of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment against President Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton was the second president in American history to be impeached. |
| Born on December 19 |
| 1683 |
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Philip V, the first Bourbon King of Spain. |
| 1820 |
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Mary Ashton Livermore, a temperance worker, women’s rights activist, lecturer, and writer. Founded her own suffrage paper, the Agitator, in 1869. |
| 1906 |
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Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet General Secretary of the Communist party and President of the Supreme Soviet from 1964 until 1982. |
| 1915 |
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Edith Piaf, internationally famous French cabaret singer, best remembered for her songs "La Vie en rose" and "Non, je ne regrette rein." |
| 1933 |
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Cicely Tyson, actress, best remembered for her role in The Autobiography of Ms. Jane Pittman. |
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One Comment to “Today in History: December 19”
wow this is a good place to get history on my math report.i have
to do the history of number 19 .so i cant wiat to do another
history report.thanks alot.
By anna on Nov 16, 2008 at 11:38 am