December 19th, 1929

Born on December 19th, 1929

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What happened on December 19th, 1929?

December 19th, 1929

The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Congress

What else 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.

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

Born on December 19th, 1929

52

Howard Sackler

American screenwriter

*December 19th, 1929, Brooklyn †October 12th, 1982, Ibiza

94

Lorenzo Buffon

Italian footballer

*December 19th, 1929, Majano

81

Bob Brookmeyer

American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer

*December 19th, 1929, Kansas City †December 15th, 2011, New London

54

Pentti Hämäläinen

Finnish boxer (1929-1984)

*December 19th, 1929, Kotka †December 11th, 1984, Kotka

94

Paul Nizon

Swiss art historian and writer

*December 19th, 1929, Bern

94

David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry

British potter, designer, hereditary peer, aristocrat (born 1929)

*December 19th, 1929, London

82

Ron Caron

Canadian ice hockey executive (1929-2012)

*December 19th, 1929, Gatineau †January 9th, 2012, Montreal

58

Hans Hubberten

German screenwriter

*December 19th, 1929, Krefeld †June 11th, 1988, Bad Kohlgrub

90

Pablo Macera

Peruvian historian

*December 19th, 1929, Huacho †January 9th, 2020, Lima

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47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

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

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

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

89

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

77

James Booth

English actor and screenwriter (1927-2005)

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

75

Leonid Brezhnev

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

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

36

Karim Benzema

French and Algerian footballer (born 1987)

*December 19th, 1987, Lyon

60

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

29

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

82

Lee Myung-bak

President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013

*December 19th, 1941, Osaka

60

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

80

Ralph Richardson

British actor (1902–1983)

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

22

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

57

Alberto Tomba

Italian alpine ski racer

*December 19th, 1966, Province of Bologna

91

Bernhard Vogel

German politician

*December 19th, 1932, Göttingen

58

Gary Fleder

American film director

*December 19th, 1965, Norfolk

87

Nikolaus Arndt

German architect

*December 19th, 1928, Rivne †May 2nd, 2016, Wiesentheid

35

Alexis Sánchez

Chilean association football player

*December 19th, 1988, Tocopilla

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39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

91

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

95

Christian Meier

German historian of ancient history and professor

*February 16th, 1929, Słupsk

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

70

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

83

Robert Bonnaud

Historian

*November 13th, 1929, Marseille †January 22nd, 2013, 13th arrondissement of Paris

87

Hans Koschnick

German politician (SPD), Mayor of Bremen (1929-2016)

*April 2nd, 1929, Bremen †April 21st, 2016, Bremen

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

86

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

*October 31st, 1929, Naples †June 27th, 2016, Rome

94

Milan Kundera

Franco-Czech poet and novelist

*April 1st, 1929, Brno †July 11th, 2023, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

15

Anne Frank

German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

*June 12th, 1929, Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross †February 1st, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

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No: With 365 days 1929 is a normal year and no leap year.

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