December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days remaining until the end of the year. 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 360th day of the year (361st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year and has yet to occur. ... December 2006 is the twelfth and final month of the year and will begin in 2 day(s). ... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... December 19, 2004 Conflict in Iraq: Bomb blasts in the Iraqi Shia cities of Karbala and Najaf kill up to 60 people and injure a further 120. ... December 19, 2003 Italian dairy company Parmalat declared a 3. ... December 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → // Events December 31, 2002 United States troops get into a brief gun battle with paramilitary forces of the Warzirstan Scouts of Pakistan, in a remote tribal area along the undefined Afghan/Pakistani border, in Paktia Province... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: December 2 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection five days after Dynegy canceled a US$8. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in December, 2000. ... For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...

[edit] Events

• 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.
• 1154- Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
• 1490 - Anne of Brittany is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy.
• 1606 - The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery depart England carrying settlers who, at Jamestown, Virginia, found the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
• 1776 - Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in the Pennsylvania Journal titled The American Crisis.
• 1777 - American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
• 1828 - Nullification Crisis: Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun pens the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828.
• 1835 - The first issue of The Blade newspaper is published in Toledo, Ohio.
• 1907 - A group of 239 coal miners die during a mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
• 1912 - William H. Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over 1,000 people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after three-and-a-half-years in Sing Sing prison.
• 1916 - World War I: Battle of Verdun - On the Western Front, the French Army successfully holds off the German Army and drives it back to its starting position.
• 1920 - King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander I of Greece and a plebiscite.
• 1924 - The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
• 1932 - BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service
• 1941 - World War II: Adolf Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army.
• 1961 - India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
• 1967 - Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead.
• 1972 - Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
• 1975 - John Paul Stevens appointed as a justice of The United States Supreme Court.
• 1981 - Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
• 1983 - The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro.
• 1984 - The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that the People's Republic of China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.
• 1986 - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from internal exile in Gorky.
• 1994 - Rolls-Royce announces its future cars will feature V12 engine which will be produced by BMW.
• 1997 - SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
• 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives forwards articles I and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.
• 2000 - The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, killing one person and injuring three.
• 2001 - A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia.
• 2001 - Argentine economic crisis: December 2001 riots - Riots erupt in Buenos Aires after Domingo Cavallo's corralito measures restrict the withdrawal of cash from bank deposits.
• 2007 - The Lakotah people, a Native American tribe, proclaim independence and withdraw all their treaties with the United States. They then proceed to establish the Republic of Lakotah, with an ongoing process of international recognition as a separate country.

Events Constantine becomes the sole emperor of the Roman Empire. ... Aureus of Licinius, celebrating his tenth year of reign and the fifth year of his son Licinius (on the obverse). ... This is a list of the Roman Emperors with the dates they ruled the Roman Empire. ... King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by his adopted son Henry Plantagenet who becomes King Henry II of England, aged 21. ... Henry II of England (called Curtmantle; 25 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) ruled as King of England (1154–1189), Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. ... The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral (and indeed often mistaken for one), in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... Portrait of Anne of Brittany by Jean Bourdichon. ... Maximilian I of Habsburg (March 22, 1459 – January 12, 1519) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death. ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... Susan Constant was the largest of three ships of the English East India Company led by Captain Christopher Newport on the voyage which resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia in 1607. ... Godspeed was one of the three ships of the English East India Company led by Captain Christopher Newport on the voyage which resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia in 1607. ... Discovery was a 70-ton fly-boat of the English East India Company, launched before 1602. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... At Jamestown Settlement, replicas of Christopher Newports 3 ships are docked in the harbor. ... In 1775, the British claimed authority over the red and pink areas on this map and Spain ruled the orange. ... For other uses, see 1776 (disambiguation). ... For other persons of the same name, see Thomas Paine (disambiguation). ... A pamphlet is an unbound booklet (that is, without a hard cover or binding). ... The American Crisis was a series of pamphlets published in London from 1776–1783 during the American Revolution by revolutionary author Thomas Paine. ... Year 1777 (MDCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about military actions only. ... George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. ... The Continental Army was an army formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. ... The Village of Valley Forge is an unincorporated settlement located just outside of Valley Forge National Historic Park in Schuylkill Township of Chester County, Pennsylvania. ... Year 1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson that arose when the state of South Carolina attempted to nullify a federal law passed by the United States Congress. ... The Vice President of the United States[1] (sometimes referred to as VPOTUS,[2] Veep, or VP) is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president. ... John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a leading United States Southern politician and political philosopher from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. ... The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, also known as Calhouns Exposition , was written in 1828 by John C. Calhoun,in disguise under the pseudonym Mr. ... The Tariff of 1828 (also known as the Tariff of Abominations, ch. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Blade is a daily newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, first published on December 19, 1835. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio Location of Toledo within Lucas County, Ohio. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Jacobs Creek is a tributary of the Youghiogheny River beginning in Acme, PA and draining at its mouth in the town of Jacobs Creek, PA into the Youghiogheny River. ... Year 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... We dont have an article called William H. Van Schaick Start this article Search for William H. Van Schaick in. ... Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ... Wreckage of the General Slocum The General Slocum was a steamship launched in 1891. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... For other persons named William Howard Taft, see William Howard Taft (disambiguation). ... Alternative meaning: Sing Sing (band) Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a prison in Ossining, New York. ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Belligerents France German Empire Commanders Philippe Pétain Robert Nivelle Erich von Falkenhayn Crown Prince Wilhelm Strength About 30,000 on 21 February 1916 About 150,000 on 21 February 1916 Casualties and losses 378,000; of whom 163,000 died. ... Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the contested armed frontier between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. ... The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre (Army of the land), is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces and the largest. ... The German Army (German: [1], [IPA: heɐ]  ) is the land component of the Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Forces) of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Constantine I, King of the Hellenes (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος A, Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων) (2 August 1868 - 11 January 1923) ruled Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. ... For other uses, see Greek (disambiguation). ... Alexander of Greece King of Greece Alexander I, King of the Hellenes, ruled Greece from 1917-1920. ... Elections Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A referendum (plural referendums or referenda), ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, originally a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... AX201 at Cat and Fiddle Hill during the Scottish Reliability Trial 1907 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Silver Ghost Sedanca De Ville 1921 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Silver Ghost Tourer 1922 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Silver Ghost 1924 The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost refers both to a car... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world through multiple technologies. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Hitler redirects here. ... Commander-in-Chief (in NATO-lingo often C-in-C or CINC pronounced sink) is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. ... The German Army (German: [1], [IPA: heɐ]  ) is the land component of the Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Forces) of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Daman and Diu (Portuguese: Gujarati is the main language; use of Portuguese is declining because it is not official or taught at school (but still spoken by 10% in Daman). ... Portuguese India evolution Capital Cochin (1510-1530); Nova Goa Language(s) Portuguese Political structure Ultramarine Province King President  - 1511-1521 Manuel I  - 1958-1961 Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás Viceroy  - 1505-1509 Francisco de Almeida (first)  - 1827-1835 Manuel de Portugal e Castro (last) Governor-general  - 1509-1515... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... The Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. ... Harold Edward Holt CH (5 August 1908 – presumed dead 17 December 1967) was an Australian politician who became the 17th Prime Minister of Australia in 1966. ... Death in absentia describes a legal finding of death if a person has been missing for more than a certain period of time. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the series of human spaceflight missions. ... Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. ... Eugene Andrew Cernan (born March 14, 1934) is a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut of Czech and Slovak ancestry. ... Ronald E. Evans (November 10, 1933 - April 7, 1990) (Captain, USN Ret. ... Dr. Harrison Hagan Jack Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is a geologist, astronaut and former U.S. senator. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... This article needs cleanup. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football (soccer) competition contested by the mens national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA... Jules Rimet (b. ... Replica of the Jules Rimet Trophy (1930–1970) The FIFA World Cup (1974–Present) The World Cup is a gold trophy that is awarded to the winners of the FIFA World Cup. ... The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) or Confederação Brasileira de Futebol in Portuguese is the governing body of football in Brazil, and was founded on August 20, 1914 as Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (CBD), meaning Brazilian Sports Confederation. ... This article is about the Brazilian city. ... This article is about the year. ... The Sino-British Joint Declaration, formally known as the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Peoples Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong, was signed by the Prime Ministers of the Peoples... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Peking redirects here. ... Deng Xiaoping   (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Teng Hsiao-ping; August 22, 1904 – February 19, 1997) was a prominent Chinese politician and reformer, and the late leader of the Communist Party of China (CCP). ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first and only woman to hold either post. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Soviet redirects here. ... Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev[1] (Russian: , IPA: ; born 2 March 1931) is a Russian politician. ... Andrei Sakharov, 1943 For the historian, see Andrey Nikolayevich Sakharov. ... Internal Exile (A Collection of a Boys Own Stories) was Fishs second solo album after leaving Marillion in 1988. ... The name Gorki or Gorky (Горький) can refer to any of the following things: Leninskie Gorki (Горки) - a village near Moscow where Lenin died in 1924 Nizhny Novgorod (from 1932-1990 called Gorki) Maxim Gorky Arshile Gorky Gorky Park (Novel) - a novel by Martin Cruz Smith Gorki,a Belgian band... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... 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Type Bicameral Speaker of the House of Representatives House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Steny Hoyer, (D) since January 4, 2007 House Minority Leader John Boehner, (R) since January 4, 2007 Members 435 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party... Depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, then President of the United States, in 1868. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 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The Argentine economic crisis was part of the situation that affected Argentinas economy during the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... The December 2001 riots were a period of civil unrest and rioting in Argentina, which took place during December 2001, with the most violent incidents taking place on December 19 and December 20 in the capital, Buenos Aires. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ... Domingo Cavallo (right) Domingo Felipe Mingo Cavallo (born July 21, 1946) is an Argentine economist and politician. ... Corralito was the informal name for the economic measures taken in Argentina during 2001 by economy minister Domingo Cavallo in order to stop the draining of bank accounts. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

[edit] Births

• 1554 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
• 1683 - Philip V of Spain (d. 1746)
• 1699 - William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)
• 1714 - John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)
• 1778 - Princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, eldest child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI (d. 1851)
• 1784 - Marcus Morton, 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1864)
• 1813 - Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (d. 1885)
• 1817 - James J. Archer, Confederate general (d. 1904)
• 1831 - Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian philanthropist (d. 1884)
• 1852 - Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1931)
• 1853 - Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Quebec (d. 1942)
• 1865 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (d. 1932)
• 1885 - Joe "King" Oliver, American jazz musician (d. 1938)
• 1888 - Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-born American conductor (d. 1963)
• 1894 - Ford Frick, American baseball commissioner (d. 1978)
• 1901 - Rudolf Hell, German inventor (d. 2002)
• 1902 - Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor (d. 1983)
• 1903 - George Davis Snell, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
• 1906 - Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1982)
• 1907 - Jimmy McLarnin, former Welterweight Champion (d. 2004)
• 1909 - W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (d. 2002)
• 1910 - Jean Genet, French writer (d. 1986)
• 1915 - Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (d. 1963)
• 1918 - Professor Longhair, American blues musician (d. 1980)
• 1920 - Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer
• 1920 - David Susskind, American TV talk show host (d. 1987)
• 1922 - Eamonn Andrews, Irish-born television presenter (d. 1987)
• 1923 - Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
• 1924 - Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (d. 1994)
• 1924 - Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1989)
• 1924 - Gary Morton, second husband of Lucille Ball (d. 1999)
• 1924 - Edmund Purdom, English actor
• 1925 - Tankred Dorst, German dramatist
• 1925 - Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter
• 1926 - Bobby Layne, American football player (d. 1986)
• 1926 - Herb Stempel, American game show contestant
• 1927 - James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1928 - Nathan Oliveira, American artist
• 1929 - Bob Brookmeyer, American jazz musician
• 1929 - Howard Sackler, American screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1932 - Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer
• 1933 - Kevan Gosper, Australian athlete
• 1933 - Cicely Tyson, American actress
• 1934 - Rudi Carrell, Dutch singer
• 1934 - Al Kaline, American baseball player
• 1934 - Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American politician
• 1935 - Barbara Bostock, American actress
• 1935 - Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (d. 1974)
• 1936 - Marian McKnight, Miss America 1957
• 1940 - Phil Ochs, American folk singer (d. 1976)
• 1941 - Maurice White, American singer and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1942 - Rufus, French actor
• 1943 - Ross M. Lence, American political scientist (d. 2006)
• 1944 - William Christie, American-born director of Les Arts Florissants
• 1944 - Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist
• 1944 - Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist, conservationist and politician
• 1944 - Alvin Lee, English singer/guitarist (Ten Years After)
• 1944 - Tim Reid, American actor
• 1944 - Zal Yanovsky, Canadian guitarist (The Lovin' Spoonful) (d. 2002)
• 1945 - Elaine Joyce, American actress
• 1946 - Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author and broadcaster
• 1946 - Robert Urich, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1948 - Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 - Nancy Kyes, American actress
• 1949 - Sebastian, Danish musician
• 1956 - Tom Lawless, American baseball player
• 1957 - Cyril Collard, French film director (d. 1993)
• 1957 - John Gulager, American film director
• 1957 - Kevin McHale, American basketball player
• 1958 - Limahl, English singer (Kajagoogoo)
• 1960 - Mike Lookinland, American actor
• 1960 - Michelangelo Signorile, American writer
• 1961 - Eric Allin Cornell, American physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1961 - Matthew Waterhouse, English actor
• 1961 - Reggie White, American football player (d. 2004)
• 1962 - Jill Talley, American actress
• 1963 - Jennifer Beals, American film actress
• 1963 - Til Schweiger, German actor
• 1964 - Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1965 - Chito Martínez, Belizean baseball player
• 1965 - Jessica Steen, American actress
• 1966 - Chuckii Booker, American singer, musician and producer
• 1966 - Robert MacNaughton, American stage and screen actor
• 1966 - Alberto Tomba, Italian alpine skier
• 1966 - Eric Weinrich, American ice hockey player
• 1967 - Frankie Lam, Hong Kong actor
• 1967 - Criss Angel, Illusionist,Actor, Musician, etc.
• 1969 - Richard Hammond, English television presenter
• 1969 - Tom Gugliotta, American basketball player
• 1969 - Kristy Swanson, American actress
• 1969 - Villano IV, Mexican professional wrestler
• 1970 - Tyson Beckford, American model
• 1971 - Liz Cho, American television reporter
• 1971 - Amy Locane, American actress
• 1971 - Tiffany Towers, Canadian adult film actress
• 1972 - Alyssa Milano, American actress
• 1972 - Rosa Blasi, American actress
• 1972 - Warren Sapp, American football player
• 1973 - Takashi Sorimachi, Japanese actor
• 1973 - Zulfiya Zabirova, Russian cyclist
• 1974 - Mikko Paananen, Finnish bassist (HIM)
• 1974 - Jake Plummer, American football player
• 1974 - Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer
• 1975 - Olivier Tebily, Ivorian footballer
• 1977 - Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player
• 1978 - Patrick Casey, American screenwriter and actor
• 1979 - Kevin Devine, American musician
• 1979 - Paola Rey, Colombian actress
• 1980 - Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
• 1980 - Marla Sokoloff, American actress
• 1982 - Vincent Accardi, American musician
• 1982 - Maurice Williams, American basketball player
• 1983 - Matt Stajan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 - Ian Kennedy, Major League Baseball pitcher
• 1985 - Gary Cahill, English footballer
• 1985 - Neil Kilkenny, English-born Australian footballer
• 1985 - Lady Sovereign, English musician
• 1986 - Ryan Babel, Dutch Footballer
• 1987 - Karim Benzema, French footballer
• 1988 - Paulina Gretzky, American-born Canadian actress and model
• 1987 - Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer
• 1991 - Declan Galbraith, English singer

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This is a list of viceroys (governors and lieutenant-governors) of the Canadian province of Quebec, before and after Confederation in 1867. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1865 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Minnie Maddern Fiske (December 19, 1865 – February 15, 1932), was one of the leading American actresses of the early twentieth century. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Joe King Oliver, (December 19, 1885 – April 10, 1938) was a jazz cornet player and bandleader. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Ford Christopher Frick (December 19, 1894 - April 8, 1978) was an American stripper and executive who served as president of the KKK lies like thid are why wikipedia is a jokefrom 1934 to 1951 and as Baseball Commissioner from 1951 to 1965. ... 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Year 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... George Davis Snell (December 19, 1903 – June 6, 1996) was a U.S. geneticist and co-recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Baruj Benacerraf and Jean Dausset, for discovery of the Major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface molecules important for the immune... Emil Adolf von Behring was the first person to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on the treatment of diphtheria. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Brezhnev redirects here. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Jimmy Archibald McLarnin, (December 19, 1907-October 28, 2004), was a two-time welterweight boxing champion of the world. ... Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... W.A. Criswell,Ph. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Jean Genet (French IPA: ) (December 19, 1910) – April 15, 1986), was a prominent, controversial French writer and later political activist. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Édith Piaf (December 19, 1915–October 11, 1963) was one of Frances most beloved singers,[1] and became a national icon. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Professor Longhair (born Henry Roeland Byrd, also known as Roy Bald Head Byrd and as Fess) (December 19, 1918 - January 30, 1980) was a legendary New Orleans blues musician. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... James Cecil Dickens (born December 19, 1920 from Bolt, West Virginia), Hillbilly singers never will come any hillbilly-er than Little Jimmy Dickens. ... David Susskind (December 19, 1920, New York City - February 22, 1987, New York City, heart attack) was best known as a pioneer TV talk show host. ... This article is about the year 1987. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Eamonn Andrews Eamonn Andrews (19 December 1922 – 5 November 1987) was a Irish born television presenter in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the year 1987. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Scottish actor. ... This article is about the year. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... Carlo Chiti was an Italian racing car and engine designer. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... For the article on the baseball umpire, see: Doug Harvey (umpire) Douglas Norman Harvey (December 19, 1924 - December 26, 1989) was a star player in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Gary Morton (born 1924) was the second husband of Lucille Ball. ... Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, glamour girl and star of the landmark sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show and Heres Lucy. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Edmund Purdom is an English actor and voice actor. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tankred Dorst (born December 12, 1925) is a German playwright and storyteller. ... Robert B. Sherman (born December 19, 1925) (see also: Sherman Brothers) is an Academy Award-winning American songwriter who specializes in musical films with his brother Richard M. Sherman. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Lawrence Layne was born December 19, 1926, in Santa Ana, Texas. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Herb Stempel (born December 19, 1926) is a television game show contestant who became famous for his participation in the 1950s show Twenty One, where he had a suspiciously long run of wins in 1956, and for his eventual exposure of what became known as the Quiz show scandals. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...