Friday, December 19, 2014

History for December 19

History for December 19 - On-This-Day.com
William Parry 1790, Leonid Brezhnev (Russia) 1906, Edith Piaf 1915 


Cicely Tyson 1933, Al Kaline 1934, Richard Leakey 1944 


1562 - The Battle of Dreux was fought between the Huguenots and the Catholics, beginning the French Wars of Religion. 


1732 - Benjamin Franklin began publishing "Poor Richard's Almanac." 


1843 - Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was first published in England. 


1871 - Corrugated paper was patented by Albert L. Jones. 


1957 - Meredith Wilson’s "The Music Man" opened at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. It ran for 1,375 shows. 


1972 - Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings. 


1973 - Johnny Carson started a fake toilet-paper scare on the "Tonight Show." 


1989 - U.S. troops invaded Panama to overthrow the regime of General Noriega. 


1996 - The school board of Oakland, CA, voted to recognize Black English, also known as "ebonics." The board later reversed its stance. 


1997 - "Titanic" opened in American movie theaters. 


1998 - U.S. President Bill Clinton was impeached on two charges of perjury and obstruction of justice by the U.S. House of Representatives. 

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