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Notable anniversaries in history for today: December 19
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Hercules Robinson in Ireland; South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Edmund Purdom in England; actor (Asissi Underground, Pieces).
- 100th: 1924 - Test Cricket debut of Bill Ponsford, who scores 110 in first innings.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Al Kaline in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Hall of Fame outfielder (Detroit Tigers/American League batting champion 1955).
- 90th: 1934 - Japan agress to fleet treaty of 1922 and 1930.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Alvin Lee in Nottingham, England; rock vocals/guitarist (Ten Years After).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Tim Reid in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; comedian (Venus Flytrap - WKRP, Frank's Place, Sister Sister, That 70's Show).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Zal Yanovsky; rock guitarist (Lovin' Spoonful - "Do You Believe in Magic").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Arvydas Sabonis; NBA center (Portland Trail Blazers).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Beatrice Dalle in Breast, France; actress (Betty Blue, Sabbath).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Lorie Kane in Prince Edward Island, Canada; LPGA golfer (du Maurier Ltd-1994, 1995).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Mike Fetters in Van Nuys, California, USA; pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Randall McDaniel; NFL guard (Minnesota Vikings).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Scott Cohen; actor (Gilmore Girls).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Bryant Westbrook; cornerback (Detroit Lions).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Jake Plummer; quarterback (Arizona Cardinals).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Ricky Ponting; cricket player (prodigious Tasmania batsman, Australia 1995).
- 50th: 1974 - Dave Kryskow scores Washington Capitals' first NHL shorthanded goal.
- 50th: 1974 - Nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st Vice-President.
- 40th: 1984 - People's Republic of China Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty for the return of Hong Kong in 1997.
- 40th: 1984 - People's Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor.
- 40th: 1984 - Fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah kills 27 people.
- 40th: 1984 - Scotty Bowman becomes NHL's all time winningest coach.
- 40th: 1984 - Wayne Gretzky, 23, is 18th and youngest NHL player to score 1,000 points.
- 30th: 1994 - A planned exchange rate correction of the Mexican Peso to the US Dollar becomes a massive financial meltdown in Mexico, unleashing the 'Tequila' effect on global financial markets.
- 30th: 1994 - The Whitewater scandal investigation begins in Washington, DC.
- 30th: 1994 - Civil unions between homosexuals are made legal in Sweden.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Herbert C. Brown, English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912).
- 15th: 2009 - Death of Iran's most senior dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, at age 87.
- 5th: 2019 - Libya's Government of National Accord activates a cooperation accord with Turkey, allowing for a potential Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War.
- 5th: 2019 - A locust plague devastates 173,000 acres (70,000 hectares) of crop and grazing land in Ethiopia and Somalia.
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