December 19th, 1876

Born on December 19th, 1876

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What happened on December 19th?

December 19th, 2022

Argentina won the 2022 World Cup.

December 19th, 2016

Andrei Karlov (pictured), Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated at an art gallery in Ankara.

December 19th, 2013

The European Space Agency's spacecraft Gaia was launched with the goal of constructing the largest and most precise star catalogue ever made.

December 19th, 1997

SilkAir Flight 185 crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia, killing 104 people.

December 19th, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 101/435 was hijacked by the co-pilot and landed in a cow pasture in China, where he was apprehended.

December 19th, 1984

China and the United Kingdom signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, agreeing to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997.

December 19th, 1983

The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from the offices of the Brazilian Football Confederation.

December 19th, 1964

The ruling junta of South Vietnam, led by Nguyễn Khánh, initiated a coup, dissolving the High National Council, a civilian advisory body.

December 19th, 1956

British physician and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams was arrested in connection with the death of Edith Alice Morrell.

December 19th, 1843

A Christmas Carol (illustration pictured), a novella by Charles Dickens about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after being visited by ghosts, was published.

December 19th, 1776

Thomas Paine published the first in a series of pamphlets entitled The American Crisis, opening with the line: "These are the times that try men's souls."

December 19th, 1675

King Philip's War: In the Great Swamp Fight, the colonial militia of New England and their Pequot allies attacked a Narragansett fort in Rhode Island, killing many warriors and hundreds of non-combatants.

December 19th, 1154

Henry II was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey, London.

December 19th, 2016

A vehicular attack in Berlin, Germany, kills and injures multiple people at a Christmas market.

December 19th, 2013

Spacecraft Gaia is launched by the European Space Agency.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 19th

Born on December 19th, 1876

91

Enrique Pla y Deniel

Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1876-1968)

*December 19th, 1876, Barcelona †July 5th, 1968, Toledo

84

Bernard Friedberg

Austrian Hebraist (1876-1961)

*December 19th, 1876, Kraków †January 27th, 1961

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Who's birthday is on December 19th?

39

Alphonse Kirchhoffer

French fencer

*December 19th, 1873, 11th arrondissement of Paris †June 30th, 1913, 5th arrondissement of Paris

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

51

Eleanor H. Porter

American novelist

*December 19th, 1868, Littleton †May 21st, 1920, Cambridge

75

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

*December 19th, 1906, Kamyanske †November 10th, 1982, Zareche

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

72

Mileva Marić

Serbian mathematician and wife of Albert Einstein

*December 19th, 1875, Titel †August 4th, 1948, Zürich

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

36

Karim Benzema

French and Algerian footballer (born 1987)

*December 19th, 1987, Lyon

78

Albert A. Michelson

Polish physicist

*December 19th, 1852, Strzelno †May 9th, 1931, Pasadena

80

Ralph Richardson

British actor (1902–1983)

*December 19th, 1902, Cheltenham †October 10th, 1983, London

66

Minnie Maddern Fiske

American actress, playwright, and editor

*December 19th, 1865, New Orleans †February 15th, 1932, New York City

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

*December 19th, 1924, Harlem †January 28th, 2021, New York City

60

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

29

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

74

Carter Godwin Woodson

American historian, writer, and journalist

*December 19th, 1875, New Canton †April 3rd, 1950, Washington, D.C.

22

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

60

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

89

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

35

Alexis Sánchez

Chilean association football player

*December 19th, 1988, Tocopilla

Same year
Born in 1876

91

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

83

Felix Jacoby

German classicist and philologist (1876–1959)

*March 19th, 1876, Magdeburg †November 10th, 1959, Berlin

55

Fred Duesenberg

American automobile designer and manufacturer

*December 6th, 1876, Lippe †July 26th, 1932

71

Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876–1948)

*December 25th, 1876, Karachi †September 11th, 1948, Karachi

69

Manuel de Falla

Spanish composer

*November 23rd, 1876, Cádiz †November 14th, 1946, Alta Gracia

40

Jack London

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

*January 12th, 1876, San Francisco †November 22nd, 1916, Glen Ellen

82

Pius XII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

*March 2nd, 1876, Rome †October 9th, 1958, Castel Gandolfo

39

Jean Webster

American novelist (1876-1916)

*July 24th, 1876, Fredonia †June 11th, 1916, New York City

84

Wilhelm Pieck

German communist politician, president of GDR (1876-1960)

*January 3rd, 1876, Guben †September 7th, 1960, Berlin

75

Rudolf Winderlich

German chemist (1876-1951)

*May 26th, 1876, Iserlohn †July 15th, 1951, Oldenburg

60

Orso Mario Corbino

Italian physicist (1876-1937)

*April 30th, 1876, Augusta †January 23rd, 1937, Rome

41

Mata Hari

Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917)

*August 7th, 1876, Leeuwarden †October 15th, 1917, Vincennes

72

Susan Glaspell

American writer (1876-1948)

*July 1st, 1876, Davenport †July 27th, 1948, Provincetown

64

Sherwood Anderson

American writer

*September 13th, 1876, Camden †March 8th, 1941, Colón City

78

Otto Diels

German chemist

*January 23rd, 1876, Hamburg †March 7th, 1954, Kiel

56

Anna de Noailles

Romanian-French writer (1876-1933)

*November 15th, 1876, 7th arrondissement of Paris †April 30th, 1933, 16th arrondissement of Paris

96

Pau Casals

Catalan cellist and conductor

*December 29th, 1876, El Vendrell †October 22nd, 1973, San Juan

75

Robert Guérin

President of FIFA (1876-1952)

*June 28th, 1876, France †March 19th, 1952

81

Paul Rivet

French ethnologist (1876-1958)

*May 7th, 1876, Wasigny †March 21st, 1958, Paris

93

Percival Proctor Baxter

American politician (1876–1969)

*November 22nd, 1876, Portland †December 6th, 1969, Portland

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Public holidays on December 19th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 19th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1876 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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