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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.
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 found, at Jamestown, Virginia , 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.
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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 .
1946 – Start of the First Indochina War .
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 is appointed 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 .
1995 – The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indian tribe.
1997 – SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River , near Palembang in Indonesia , killing 104.
1997 – Titanic (starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet ) is released in theaters. This movie would become the most financially successful movie in history, grossing approximately $600 million domestically and $1.8 billion worldwide.
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.
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)
1796 – Breton de los Herreros , Spanish playwright (d. 1873)
1813 – Thomas Andrews , Irish chemist (d. 1885)
1817 – James J. Archer , Confederate general (d. 1904)
1820 – Mary Livermore , American journalist and women's rights advocate (d. 1905)
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)
1861 – Italo Svevo , Italian author (d. 1928)
1865 – Minnie Maddern Fiske , American actress (d. 1932)
1875 – Carter Woodson , American historian and author, founder of Black History Month (d. 1950)
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)
1895 – Werner Dankwort , German diplomat (d. 1986)
1895 – Ingeborg Refling Hagen , Norwegian author and teacher (d. 1989)
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 , American comic; widower of Lucille Ball (d. 1999)
1924 – Edmund Purdom , English actor
1925 – Tankred Dorst , German dramatist
1925 – Robert B. Sherman , American songwriter
1925 – William Schutz , American psychologist (d. 2002)
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 (d. 2006)
1934 – Al Kaline , American baseball player
1934 – Casper R. Taylor, Jr. , American politician
1934 – Pratibha Patil , President of India
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 )
1941 – Lee Myung-bak , President of South Korea
1942 – Rufus , French actor
1943 – Ross M. Lence , American political scientist (d. 2006)
1943 – General James L. Jones , Nominee for National Security Advisor
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)
1947 – Jimmy Bain Scottish musician
1948 – Ken Brown , Canadian ice hockey player
1949 – Nancy Kyes , American actress
1949 – Sebastian , Danish musician
1951 – Alan Rouse , British mountaineer (d. 1986)
1952 – Walter Murphy , American composer, pianist and arranger
1955 – Lincoln Hall (climber) , Australian mountaineer
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 )
1959 – Ivan Vallejo , Ecuadorian mountaineer
1960 – Mike Lookinland , American actor
1960 – Michelangelo Signorile , American writer
1960 – Derrick Jensen , American author and activist
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
1962 – Gary Fleder , American film director
1963 – Jennifer Beals , American actress
1963 – Til Schweiger , German actor
1964 – Arvydas Sabonis , Lithuanian basketball player
1964 – Béatrice Dalle , French actress
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 , American illusionist, actor, and musician
1969 – Richard Hammond , English television presenter
1969 – Tom Gugliotta , American basketball player
1969 – Kristy Swanson , American actress
1969 – Villano IV , Mexican professional wrestler
1971 – 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 – Joe Jurevicius , American football player
1974 – Jake Plummer , American football player
1974 – Ricky Ponting , Australian cricketer
1975 – Olivier Tebily , Ivorian footballer
1975 – Jon Smith , British writer
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 – Chris Haslam , Canadian Skateboarder and Bass Player (Kobra Triangle)
1980 – Iman Ali , Pakistan-based model and actress
1980 – Marla Sokoloff , American actress
1982 – Vincent Accardi , American musician (Brand New )
1982 – Maurice Williams , American basketball player
1982 – Tero Pitkamaki , Finnish javelin thrower
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
1988 – Peter Winn , English footballer
1988 – Alexis Sánchez , Chilean footballer
1989 – Valdimar Bergstað , Icelandic horse rider
1991 – Declan Galbraith , English singer