December 19th, 1909

Born on December 19th, 1909

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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, 1909

55

Iikka Martas

Finnish architect

*December 19th, 1909, Tbilisi †January 24th, 1965, Helsinki

66

Edwin B. Astwood

Bermudian-American physiologist/endocrinologist (1909-1976)

*December 19th, 1909, Hamilton †February 17th, 1976, Hamilton

92

Wallie Amos Criswell

Southern Baptist clergyman (1909-2002)

*December 19th, 1909, Eldorado †January 10th, 2002, Dallas

87

Yutaka Haniya

Japanese writer

*December 19th, 1909, Taiwan Island †February 19th, 1997

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Who's birthday is on December 19th?

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

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

75

Leonid Brezhnev

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

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

80

Ralph Richardson

British actor (1902–1983)

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

91

Gisèle Freund

French photographer

*December 19th, 1908, Schöneberg †March 31st, 2000, 14th arrondissement of Paris

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

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

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

36

Karim Benzema

French and Algerian footballer (born 1987)

*December 19th, 1987, Lyon

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

60

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

75

Jean Genet

French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)

*December 19th, 1910, Paris †April 14th, 1986, Paris

100

John Crutcher

American politician (1916-2017)

*December 19th, 1916, Ensign †March 13th, 2017, Jefferson

29

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

89

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

22

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

60

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

100

Norman D. Vaughan

American writer and musher

*December 19th, 1905, Salem †December 23rd, 2005, Providence Alaska Medical Center

57

Alberto Tomba

Italian alpine ski racer

*December 19th, 1966, Province of Bologna

78

Albert A. Michelson

Polish physicist

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

35

Alexis Sánchez

Chilean association football player

*December 19th, 1988, Tocopilla

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Born in 1909

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

*August 7th, 1909, Swift Current †October 17th, 1981, Toronto

69

Walter Arnold

German sculptor and politician (1909-1979)

*August 27th, 1909, Leipzig †July 11th, 1979, Dresden

86

Arthur Dale Trendall

Australian classical archaeologist (1909-1995)

*March 28th, 1909, Auckland †November 13th, 1995, Melbourne

80

Peter von Blanckenhagen

Baltic-german-american archaeologist

*March 21st, 1909, Riga †March 6th, 1990, New York City

80

Hermann Bengtson

German historian

*July 2nd, 1909, Ratzeburg †November 2nd, 1989, Munich

85

Jessica Tandy

British-American actress (1909–1994)

*June 7th, 1909, London †September 11th, 1994, Fairfield County

82

Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter, 1909–1992

*October 28th, 1909, Dublin †April 28th, 1992, Madrid

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

*April 29th, 1909, Owensboro †September 12th, 1994, Woodland Hills

73

Isa Miranda

Italian actress (1905-1982)

*July 5th, 1909, Milan †July 8th, 1982, Rome

65

U Thant

Third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1909-1974)

*January 22nd, 1909, Pantanaw †November 25th, 1974, New York City

62

Kwame Nkrumah

Ghanaian pan-Africanist and the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana (1909-1972)

*September 21st, 1909, Nkroful †April 27th, 1972, Bucharest

103

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italian neurologist (1909-2012)

*April 22nd, 1909, Turin †December 30th, 2012, Nomentano

106

Hans Erni

Swiss painter and engraver (1909-2015)

*February 21st, 1909, Lucerne †March 21st, 2015, Lucerne

87

Daniel Mayer

French politician, member of the French Resistance (1909-1996)

*April 29th, 1909, Paris †December 29th, 1996, Orsay

108

Jacques Clemens

Belgian priest

*July 11th, 1909, The Hague †March 7th, 2018, Loverval

89

Gratien Gélinas

Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator

*December 8th, 1909, Mauricie †March 16th, 1999, Deux-Montagnes

104

Frits Thors

Dutch television presenter

*September 13th, 1909, Amsterdam †April 19th, 2014, Laren

53

Hans-Heinrich Sievert

German decathlete (1909-1963)

*December 1st, 1909, Gut Grittern †April 5th, 1963, Eutin

34

Simone Weil

(1909-1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, writer and social activist

*February 3rd, 1909, Paris †August 24th, 1943, Ashford

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1909 is a normal year and no leap year.

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