December 19th, 1945

Born on December 19th, 1945

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What happened on December 19th, 1945?

December 19th, 1945

John Amery, British Fascist, is executed at the age of 33 by the British Government for treason.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Amery

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, 1945

78

Elaine Joyce

American actress

*December 19th, 1945, Cleveland

78

John McEuen

American musician

*December 19th, 1945, Oakland

78

Antoine Salamin

Swiss racing driver

*December 19th, 1945, Sierre

78

Trevor Manning

Field hockey player

*December 19th, 1945, Wellington

72

Ron Hunt

Professional footballer (1945-2018)

*December 19th, 1945, Paddington †August 23rd, 2018, England

78

Jack Fisk

Film director, art director

*December 19th, 1945, Canton

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Who's birthday is on December 19th?

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

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

70

Sam Kelly

British actor (1943–2014)

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

60

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

82

Lee Myung-bak

President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013

*December 19th, 1941, Osaka

36

Karim Benzema

French and Algerian footballer (born 1987)

*December 19th, 1987, Lyon

89

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

60

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

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

67

Manfred Rein

Austrian politician (1948-2016)

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

74

Maurice White

American musician (1941–2016)

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

29

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

77

Richard Leakey

Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician

*December 19th, 1944, Nairobi †January 2nd, 2022, Nairobi

75

Leonid Brezhnev

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

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

57

Alberto Tomba

Italian alpine ski racer

*December 19th, 1966, Province of Bologna

22

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

58

Gary Fleder

American film director

*December 19th, 1965, Norfolk

79

William Christie

American-born French conductor and harpsichordist

*December 19th, 1944, Buffalo

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Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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