December 19th, 1915

Born on December 19th, 1915

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1915

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

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

82

Claudia Testoni

Italian hurler (1915-1998)

*December 19th, 1915, Bologna †July 17th, 1998, Cagliari

74

Ken O'Brien

Animator (1915-1990)

*December 19th, 1915, Montana †January 17th, 1990, Ventura

103

Ke Hua

Chinese diplomat (1915–2019)

*December 19th, 1915, Puning †January 1st, 2019

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 19th?

100

John Crutcher

American politician (1916-2017)

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

75

Leonid Brezhnev

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

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

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

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

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

80

Ralph Richardson

British actor (1902–1983)

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

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

36

Karim Benzema

French and Algerian footballer (born 1987)

*December 19th, 1987, Lyon

60

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

89

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

29

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

22

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

60

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

97

Manoel de Barros

Brazilian poet

*December 19th, 1916, Cuiabá †November 13th, 2014, Campo Grande

57

Alberto Tomba

Italian alpine ski racer

*December 19th, 1966, Province of Bologna

82

Lee Myung-bak

President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013

*December 19th, 1941, Osaka

35

Alexis Sánchez

Chilean association football player

*December 19th, 1988, Tocopilla

58

Gary Fleder

American film director

*December 19th, 1965, Norfolk

77

James Booth

English actor and screenwriter (1927-2005)

*December 19th, 1927, Croydon †August 11th, 2005, Hadleigh

91

Gisèle Freund

French photographer

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

Same year
Born in 1915

96

Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

*April 10th, 1915, Detroit †December 7th, 2011, Los Angeles

90

Jean Parker

American actress

*August 11th, 1915, Deer Lodge †November 30th, 2005, Woodland Hills

89

Wee Kim Wee

4th President of Singapore (1915–2005)

*November 4th, 1915, Singapore †May 2nd, 2005, Siglap

82

Frank Sinatra

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

*December 12th, 1915, Hoboken †May 14th, 1998, Los Angeles

91

Augusto Pinochet

Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990

*November 25th, 1915, Valparaíso †December 10th, 2006, Santiago

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

98

Eli Wallach

American actor (1915–2014)

*December 7th, 1915, Brooklyn †June 24th, 2014, New York City

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

85

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

82nd Prime Minister of France

*March 7th, 1915, 13th arrondissement of Paris †November 10th, 2000, 7th arrondissement of Paris

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

67

Fernando Lamas

Argentine-born actor

*January 9th, 1915, Buenos Aires †October 8th, 1982, Los Angeles

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

*December 5th, 1915, Ningguo †February 12th, 2017, Beijing

86

Anthony Quinn

Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)

*April 21st, 1915, Chihuahua City †June 3rd, 2001, Boston

94

Paul Samuelson

American economist

*May 15th, 1915, Gary †December 13th, 2009, Belmont

86

Fred Hoyle

British astronomer

*June 24th, 1915, Bingley †August 20th, 2001, Bournemouth

90

Barnard Hughes

American actor (1915–2006)

*July 16th, 1915, Westchester County †July 11th, 2006, New York City

99

Charles Hard Townes

20th-century American physicist

*July 28th, 1915, Greenville †January 27th, 2015, Oakland

89

Saul Bellow

Canadian-American writer

*June 10th, 1915, Lachine †April 5th, 2005, Brookline

81

Lars Ahlin

Swedish author and aesthetiian

*April 4th, 1915, Sundsvall †March 11th, 1997, Stockholm

91

Fritz Holthoff

German politician (1915-2006)

*January 5th, 1915, Dortmund †September 18th, 2006, Duisburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1915 is a normal year and no leap year.

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