December 19

December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days remaining.

Events:

• 1972 - Apollo 17 returns to Earth.
• 1984 - Great Britain and China sign accord that will return Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
• 1998 - U.S. President Bill Clinton is impeached.

Births:

• 1900 - Géza von Cziffra, film director (+ 1989)
• 1901 - Rudolf Hell, inventor
• 1906 - Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet politician
• 1910 - Jean Genet, novelist (+ 1986)
• 1915 - Edith Piaf, singer, actress
• 1916 - Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, publicist
• 1918 - Professor Longhair, musician
• 1925 - Tankred Dorst, dramatist
• 1933 - Cicely Tyson, actress
• 1940 - Phil Ochs, singer, songwriter
• 1944 - Richard E. Leakey, anthropologist

Deaths:

Holidays and Observances:

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See Also:

December 18 - December 20 - November 19 - January 19-- listing of all days

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December