All Events

Historical Events on December 19

  • Henry II of England

    1154

    Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.

  • Thomas Paine

    1776

    Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".

  • American Revolutionary War

    1777

    American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

  • World War II

    1941

    World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.

  • First Indochina War

    1946

    Start of the First Indochina War.

  • Indian annexation of Goa

    1961

    India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.

  • Apollo program

    1972

    Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.

  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    1986

    Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.

  • Bill Clinton

    1998

    President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.

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Famous Birthdays on December 19

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Famous Deaths on December 19

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