What are the important events that happened on December 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 19: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 19 is the 353rd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 6, 2023 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,382,400 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectapentacontatrigon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 53 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,015 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 19 Historical Events
- 1154 –Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
- 1777 –American Revolutionary War: George Washington’s Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
- 1843 –Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol goes on sale.
- 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.
- 1941 –World War II: Adolf Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army.
- 1956 –Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
- 1963 –Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
- 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 –Argentine economic crisis: December 2001 riots – Riots erupt in Buenos Aires.
Who were born on December 19?
- 1820 –Mary Livermore, American journalist and women’s rights advocate (d. 1905)
- 1920 –David Susskind, American TV talk show host (d. 1987)
- 1922 –Eamonn Andrews, Irish-born television presenter (d. 1987)
- 1928 –Nathan Oliveira, American artist (d. 2010)
- 1941 –Lee Myung-bak, South Korean politician
- 1955 –Rob Portman, American politician, senator from Ohio
- 1960 –Derrick Jensen, American author and activist
- 1973 –Michalis Grigoriou, Greek footballer and coach
- 1977 –Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player
- 1992 –Iker Muniain, Spanish/Basque footballer
Who died on December 19?
- 1327 –Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
- 1749 –Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (b. 1672)
- 1878 –Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)
- 1944 –Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (b. 1856)
- 1989 –Stella Gibbons, English author (b. 1902)
- 1997 –Masaru Ibuka, Japanese industrialist (Sony) (b. 1908)
- 2003 –Hope Lange, American actress (b. 1933)
- 2003 –Les Tremayne, English-born American actor (b. 1913)
- 2004 –Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (b. 1922)
- 2008 –Kenny Cox, American jazz musician (b. 1940)
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