December 19th, 1942

Born on December 19th, 1942

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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, 1942

81

Heywood Gould

American film director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1942, The Bronx

68

Cornell Dupree

American R&B/soul jazz guitarist

*December 19th, 1942, Fort Worth †May 8th, 2011, Fort Worth

76

Gene Okerlund

American professional wrestling interviewer and announcer

*December 19th, 1942, Brookings †January 2nd, 2019, Sarasota

81

Rufus

French actor and comedian

*December 19th, 1942, Riom

65

Heinz Stangl

Austrian painter (1942-2008)

*December 19th, 1942, Vienna †March 10th, 2008, Vienna

81

Syd Little

English comedian

*December 19th, 1942, Blackpool

73

Rod Zimmer

Canadian politician

*December 19th, 1942, Kuroki †June 7th, 2016, Ottawa

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

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

82

Lee Myung-bak

President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013

*December 19th, 1941, Osaka

70

Sam Kelly

British actor (1943–2014)

*December 19th, 1943, Manchester †June 14th, 2014, Esher

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

74

Maurice White

American musician (1941–2016)

*December 19th, 1941, Memphis †February 4th, 2016, Los Angeles

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

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

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

60

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

89

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

36

Karim Benzema

French and Algerian footballer (born 1987)

*December 19th, 1987, Lyon

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

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

60

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

75

Leonid Brezhnev

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

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

29

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

78

Elaine Joyce

American actress

*December 19th, 1945, Cleveland

22

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

57

Alberto Tomba

Italian alpine ski racer

*December 19th, 1966, Province of Bologna

58

Gary Fleder

American film director

*December 19th, 1965, Norfolk

67

Manfred Rein

Austrian politician (1948-2016)

*December 19th, 1948, Dornbirn †April 22nd, 2016, Feldkirch

62

Eric Allin Cornell

American physicist, professor

*December 19th, 1961, Palo Alto

Same year
Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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