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 354th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 6, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,909,440 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 ‘trihectapentacontatetragon’ day.
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 41 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 4,381 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 19 Historical Events
- 1924 –The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
- 1927 –Three Indian revolutionaries viz. Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan were executed by the British government.
- 1932 –BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service
- 1963 –Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
- 1964 –The South Vietnamese military junta of Nguyen Khanh dissolved the High National Council and arrested some of the members.
- 1975 –John Paul Stevens is appointed a justice of The United States Supreme Court.
- 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.
- 1998 –Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives forwards articles I and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.
- 2001 –Argentine economic crisis: December 2001 riots – Riots erupt in Buenos Aires.
Who were born on December 19?
- 1683 –Philip V of Spain (d. 1746)
- 1909 –W. A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (d. 2002)
- 1918 –Professor Longhair, American blues musician (d. 1980)
- 1935 –Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (d. 1974)
- 1941 –Maurice White, American singer and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- 1942 –Cornell Dupree, American session guitarist
- 1960 –Michelangelo Signorile, American writer
- 1960 –Mike Lookinland, American actor
- 1974 –Joe Jurevicius, American football player
- 1983 –Nektarios Alexandrou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
Who died on December 19?
- 1111 –Al-Ghazali, Islamic philosopher (b. 1058)
- 1814 –Joseph Bramah, British inventor and locksmith (b. 1748)
- 1878 –Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)
- 1968 –Norman Thomas, American socialist (b. 1884)
- 1998 –Mel Fisher, American treasure hunter (b. 1922)
- 2000 –John Lindsay, American politician (b. 1921)
- 2002 –Arthur Rowley, English footballer (b. 1926)
- 2003 –Les Tremayne, English-born American actor (b. 1913)
- 2005 –Vincent Gigante, American mafioso (b. 1927)
- 2008 –Michael Connell, American political consultant (b. 1963)
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